The Midnight Special, July 13, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special THEME”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. (Joni Mitchell): “Free Man in Paris”; Joni Mitchell; Court and Spark; CD / Asylum LP 1974 253 002
  3. Artie Traum: In Paris; Artie Traum; South of Lafayette; Roaring Stream RS202
  4. Tim Harrison: Maps of Paris; Tim Harrison; Wheatfield with Crows; Second Avenue Songs SAS 2008
  5. Ellis Paul (w/Patty Griffin): Paris in a Day; Ellis Paul (w/Patty Griffin); A Carnival of Voices; CD PH 1191
  6. Jim Bizer: I Must Be Dreaming; Jim Bizer; About Time; Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  7. Girlyman: Somewhere Different Now; Girlyman; Everything’s Easy; Girlyman GM003
  8. Chet Atkins: The Poor People of Paris/Jean’s Song (Monnot); Chet Atkins; The Essential Chet Atkins, Disc 1; RCA Nashville 88697 07677 201
  9. Paul Simon: “Stranded in a Limousine”; Paul Simon; One Trick Pony (Studio Recordings, 4); Warner Bros. R2 78902
  10. King Margo: Animal; King Margo; single; kingmargo.com 7.19.24
  11. Dana Cooper: This Land is Your Land (Guthrie); Dana Cooper; The Ghost of Tucumcari; Dana Cooper Music DC2024
  12. The Chicks: Wide Open Spaces (Gibson); The Chicks; Playlist: The Very Best of the Dixie Chicks; Columbia/Legacy 88697 61981 2
  13. Woody Guthrie w/Lead Belly & Cisco Houston: We Shall Be Free; Woody Guthrie w/Lead Belly & Cisco Houston; Folkways: The Original Vision Songs of Woody Guthrie & Lead Belly; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40000
  14. Woody Guthrie: “Hard Travelin’”; Woody Guthrie; Hard Travelin’ (Asch Recordings Vol. 3); Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40102
  15. Judy Collins: “Deportee/Plane Wreck at Los Gatos Canyon” (Guthrie/Hoffman); Judy Collins; 3 & 4 (disc 1); Wildflower Records WFL 1301-2
  16. Old Crow Medicine Show: I Hear Them All; Old Crow Medicine Show; Big Iron World; Nettwerk 0 6700 30431 2 0
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Dana Robinson: “What Would Woody Do?”; Dana Robinson; Avenue of the Saints; Avenue of the Saints | Threshold Music TM0007
  19. The Byrds: Eight Miles High; The Byrds; Super Hits; Rounder 116101798
  20. The Byrds: “So You Want to Be a Rock n’ Roll Star” (Hillman, McGunn); The Byrds; Super Hits; Columbia Legacy CK 65637
  21. Roger McGuinn: I Wanna Grow Up to Be a Politician; Roger McGuinn; Essential Byrds: Disk 2; Columbia/Legacy C2K 89110 2-2
  22. The Byrds: “Ballad of Easy Rider”; The Byrds; Movie Music, the definitive performances, disc 1; Movie Music, the definitive performances, disc 1 | Columbia J2K 65813 disc 1
  23. Roger McGuinn: Wild Mountain Thyme (trad./McGuinn); Roger McGuinn; 22 Timeless Tracks from The Folk Den; April First Productions AFP0404
  24. Lynne Hanson: Just a Poet; Lynne Hanson; Just a Poet; lynnehanson.com 198500129779
  25. Leonard Cohen: Joan of Arc; Leonard Cohen; Songs of Love and Hate; Columbia/Legacy 88697 04741 24
  26. Raye Zaragoza: “Fight Like A Girl”; Raye Zaragoza; Woman in Color; Woman in Color/Rebel River Records www.rayezaragoza.com
  27. Jack Kennedy: If I Went to Paris; Jack Kennedy; If I Went to Paris – single; single
  28. Annie Gallup: Poor Man’s Paris (Jensen/Gallup); Annie Gallup; Did You Hear the Red-Winged Blackbird?; anniegallup.com
  29. Flanders & Swann: Paris; Flanders & Swann; Complete Flanders & Swann/Bestiary of Flanders & Swann; EMI/Parlaphone CDFSB 1/CDP 7974672
  30. Richard Thompson: Lost in the Crowd; Richard Thompson; Ship to Shore; New West NW6578
  31. Rachel Portman: Party Preparations; David Snell, conductor; Chocolat: Orig. Movie Soundtrack; Sony Music Soundtrax SK 89472
  32. Linda Thompson: I Used to Be So Pretty; Ren Harvieu; Proxy music; Story sound records 161-059
  33. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  34. Michael Smith: Famous in France; Michael Smith; Folkstage: Michael Smith 1-25-03; WFMT Folkstage 1-25-03
  35. The Derailers: All the Rage in Paris; The Derailers; Here Come the Derailers; Lucky Dog CK 85793
  36. Lauren Sheehan: Oh, My Stars (Hurley); Lauren Sheehan; Rose City Ramble; none 8 80074 20032 8
  37. Michael Hurley: I Paint a Design; Michael Hurley; Wolfways; Wolfways | Koch Records KOC 3-7910-2
  38. Shawn Colvin: You and the Mona Lisa; Shawn Colvin; Polaroids; Columbia CK 93452
  39. Eileen McGann w/The Mrs. Ackroyd Band: I Live Not Near The Louvre (Trad./Barker); Eileen McGann w/The Mrs. Ackroyd Band; Tubular Dogs; Tubular Dogs | Mrs. Ackroyd Records DOG 014
  40. Richard Shindell: On a Sea of Fleur-de-Lis; Richard Shindell; Sparrows Point; Shanachie CD 8002
  41. Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor, Danny Thompson: Fleur-de-lis (Stevenson); Savourna Stevenson, June Tabor, Danny Thompson; Singing the Storm; Cook CD102
  42. Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (Linden/Wilson): Fleur de Lys; Blackie & The Rodeo Kings (Linden/Wilson); South; File Under: Music FUM037
  43. Pete Seeger: Monsieur Banjo (trad.); Pete Seeger; American Favorite Ballads: 4; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40153
  44. Bonnie Dobson: Monsieur Le Cure (Trad.); Bonnie Dobson; She’s Like a Swallow; Prestige/International PI 13021
  45. Susan Werner: “La Vie en Rose” (Edith Piaf); Susan Werner; Live at the Tin Angel; Live at the Tin Angel | Werner SWerner 002
  46. Jacques Brel: “Ne Me Quitte pas”; Jacques Brel; Jacques Brel; Barclay 543625-2
  47. The Milk Carton Kids: When You’re Gone; The Milk Carton Kids; I Only See The Moon; Far Cry Records FCR00005CD
  48. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  49. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004