Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
Cahn, Sammy: “Mama Don’t Allow It”; Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites/Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
Johnny Cash: “When Papa Played the Dobro” (Flatt & Scruggs); Johnny Cash; Ride This Train; Columbia CK 83632
Rhiannon Giddens: “Music and Joy”; Rhiannon Giddens; Songs of Our Native Daughters; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
Tim Grimm: “Thirteen Years”; Tim Grimm; A Stranger in this Time; Vault Records VR013
Darrell Scott: “Hummingbird”; Darrell Scott; Family Tree; Sugar Hill SHCD-3894
Willie Nelson: Hank’s Guitar; Willie Nelson; The Border; Sony Legacy 1 965888902 0
BettySoo: Lonesome Whistle (Williams/Davis); BettySoo; Heat Sin Water Skin; bettysoo.com 700261269139
Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry: “Guitar Highway”; Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry; Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing; Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40011
Bonnie Koloc w/Chuck Suchy: You Played Me Just Like a Piano; Bonnie Koloc w/Chuck Suchy; Folkstage: Bonnie Koloc, Dave Moore, Chuck Suchy Disc 2; WFMT 12.01.01
Si Kahn: “To Hear Doc Watson Play”; Si Kahn; Best of the Rest: Si Kahn at 75; Best of the Rest: Si Kahn at 75/Strictly Country SCR82
Tom Paxton: “Did You Hear John Hurt?”; Tom Paxton w/Steve Goodman; New Songs from the Briarpatch; New Songs from the Briarpatch | Vanguard VSD 79395
The Grateful Dead: Uncle John’s Band (Garcia/Hunter); The Grateful Dead; Best of the Grateful Dead; Rhino 08122 7955984
Hobart Smith w/Stephen Wade: “On Music/Cumberland Gap”; Stephen Wade et al.; A Storyteller’s Story: Sources of Banjo Dancing; A Storyteller’s Story/Patuxent CD-333
Tony Trischka w/Loudon Wainwright: “Hand Me My Banjo Down”; Tony Trischka w/Loudon Wainwright; New Deal; New Deal | Rounder 82161 0493-2
Thos Darn Accordions!: “We’re An Accordion Band”; Those Darn Accordions!; Squeeze This; Squeeze This!/Flying Fish FF CD70627
Bill Giardini: “The Midnight Special – Accordion” (Traditional); Bill Giardini; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011
Judy Collins: “My Father”; Judy Collins; Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins; Elektra Records Elektra 75030-2
Ernie Hendrickson: My Friend, Roll On; Ernie Hendrickson; Roll On; Lo-Hi Records 8 77319 00811 5
Richie Havens: “My Father’s Shoes” (Cliff Eberhardt); Richie Havens; Cuts To The Chase; Forward R2 71735
Small Potatoes: I Brought My Father With Me (M. Smith); Small Potatoes; Time Flies; Folk Era FE1427CD
Dana “Short Order” Cooke: “My Father’s Bald”; Dana “Short Order” Cooke; Wildman; Spike CD-000001A
Uncle Bonsai: “I Am My Dad” (Andrew Ratshin); Uncle Bonsai; But I’m Happy Now; Yellow Tail YT-10004
Carrie Newcomer: My Father’s Only Son + Intro; Carrie Newcomer; Carrie Newcomer on Folkstage April 2001; WFMT FS 4-14-2001
Terry Klein: Does the Fish Feel the Knife; Terry Klein; Good Luck, Take Care; terrykleinmusic.com 8 2547998302 5
Guy Clark: “The Randall Knife”; Guy Clark; Songs and Stories; Dualtone [2011]
David Mallett: Daddy’s Oldsmobile; David Mallett; In the Falling Dark; Vanguard 79480-2
Steve Goodman: “My Old Man”; Steve Goodman; Say It In Private; Red Pajamas RPJ-012CD
Taproot: “Me and My Dad” (Deborah Silverstein); Taproot; If You Build It; If You Build It Taproot/TR001
Syd Straw: My Daddy Flies (That Ship in the Sky); Syd Straw; Daddy-O-Daddy! Rare Family Songs of Woody Guthrie; Rounder 11661-8087-2
Suzy Eddie Izzard: Dad’s Last Joke (spoken); Suzy Eddie Izzard; Wunderbar (2019-2021 tour); Universal Studios iTunes
Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
James Lee Stanley: Midnight Radio (Siegel/Stanley); James Lee Stanley; Midnight Radio; Regency RY 9600
Todd Snyder: “Vinyl Records”; Todd Snider; New Connection; New Connection Oh Boy/)BR-023
Joan Baez: “Play Me Backwards”; Joan Baez; Play Me Backwards; Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648
Bessie Smith: “I Ain’t Gonna Play No Second Fiddle”; Bessie Smith; Bessie Smith 1925-1933; Bessie Smith 1925-1933 | Nimbus Records Limited HRM 6003
Samoa Wilson w/the Jim Kweskin Band: “He Ain’t Got Rhythm”; Samoa Wilson w/the Jim Kweskin Band; I Just Want to be Horizontal; I Just Want to be Horizontal/Kingswood 1 92914 00068 6
The Stone Poneys: “Different Drum” (Mike Nesmith); The Stone Poneys; single; Capitol 2004
The Four Bitchin’ Babes: Ukulele Pick-Me-Up (Marxer); The Four Bitchin’ Babes; Mid Life Vices; Hem and How Productions HEMHOW003
Jonathan Byrd: Fiddle and Bow/Whole World Round (M. Jayne); Jonathan Byrd; Waitress; Waitress/self Byrd 001
Ruthie Foster: “Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air)”; Ruthie Foster; The Phenomenal Ruthie Foster; Runaway Soul / Blue Corn BCM0202
Cosy Sheridan: George and His 88 Keys; Cosy Sheridan; Grand Design; BWE 0165 CD
Eric Taylor: “Blue Piano”; Eric Taylor; Scuffletown; Emminent Scuffletown / EM-26001-2
R. Carlos Nakai: “Daybreak Vision”; R. Carlos Nakai; Canyon Trilogy; Canyon Classics CR-610
