The Midnight Special, July 20, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. The Byrds: “Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins”; The Byrds; Ballad of Easy Rider; Ballad of Easy Rider | Columbia CS 9942
  3. Nanci Griffith: Armstrong (Stewart); Nanci Griffith; Clock Without Hands; Elektra 62660-2
  4. Hugh Blumenfeld: “Shoot The Moon”; Hugh Blumenfeld; Rocket Science; Rocket Science | 1800PrimeCD 43
  5. Vance Gilbert: “Rocket to the Moon”; Vance Gilbert; Edgewise; Philo Edgewise CD PH 1156
  6. Damon Bramblett: Nobody Wants to Go to the Moon Anymore; Damon Bramblett; Damon Bramblett; Texas Music Group TMG-LS 4003
  7. Michael Hurley: Moon Song; Michael Hurley; Wolf Ways; Koch KOC 3-7910-2
  8. Our Native Daughters: Moon Meets the Sun; Our Native Daughters; Songs of Our Native Daughters; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SF CD 40232
  9. Nick Drummond: “Moonrise”; Nick Drummond; Eye of the Storm; Nick Drummond [2020]
  10. Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin: “On a Moonlit Night”; Stephanie Bettman & Luke Halpin; It All Comes Back to Love; It All Comes Back to Love | self 84502 42274
  11. The Flatlanders: Down in the Light of the Melon Moon; The Flatlanders; Now Again; New West NW6040
  12. Mike Craver: Everyone’s Gone to the Moon; Mike Craver; Shining Down; Sapsucker 2324
  13. Cheryl Wheeler: Howl at the Moon; Cheryl Wheeler; Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar; Philo CD PH 1192
  14. Sam Bush: “Howlin’ at the Moon”; Sam Bush; Howlin’ at the Moon; Howlin’ at the Moon | Sugar Hill Records SHCD-3876
  15. Indigo Girls: “Howl at the Moon”; Indigo Girls; Look Long; Look Long Rounder/1166100867
  16. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  17. John Stewart: Mother Country; John Stewart; Folkstage: John Stewart; WFMT Folkstage 03-20-04
  18. Jimmy Webb w/Lucinda Williams: Galveston; Jimmy Webb w/Lucinda Williams; Just Across The River; E1 Music E1 CD-2068
  19. Sly & the Family Stone: Everyday People (Stewart); Sly & the Family Stone; single; Epic 5-10407
  20. Lynne Hanson: Princess and Her Pea; Lynne Hanson; Just a Poet; lynnehanson.com 198500129779
  21. Connie Kaldor: “Prairie Moon”; Connie Kaldor; Small Café; Small Café | Philo CD PH 1205
  22. Annie & Rod Capps: We Need The Rain; Annie & Rod Capps; Love and Rain; Yellow Room Records YRR025
  23. Natalie Merchant: “Motherland”; Natalie Merchant; Motherland; Motherland/Elektra 62721-2
  24. Greg Greenway: Mussolini’s Head; Greg Greenway; Mussolini’s Head; Eastern Front Records EFR CD 115
  25. Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet: “Living in Babylon”; Heartbeats Rhythm Quartet; Spinning World; Spinning World/Green Linnet GLCD 2111
  26. The Box Band: Hit ’em High; The Box Band; single;
  27. Happy Traum: “Crash on the Levee (Down in the Flood)”; Happy Traum; Just for the Love of It; Lark’s Nest 7 00261 42584 9
  28. Happy Traum: There’s a Bright Side Somewhere (Trad., arr. H. Traum); Happy Traum; There’s a Bright Side Somewhere; Homespun CDHAPBS 7 00261 49132 5
  29. Happy Traum: Friends and Neighbors (trad.); Happy Traum; I Walk The Road Again; Roaring Stream Records RS-HT05
  30. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Long): Instrumental; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 007
  31. Kate Campbell: Back to the Moon; Kate Campbell; Save the Day; Large River Music LR-4106
  32. Jim Bizer: Let’s Go To Mars; Jim Bizer; About Time; Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  33. Dan Hicks & The Acoustic Warriors: Up! Up! Up!; Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks; Shootin’ Straight; On the Spot/Private Music 01005-5821182-2
  34. Bob Newhart: An Infinite Number of Monkeys; Bob Newhart; Buttoned-down Mind Strikes Back; Warner 1393-2
  35. Bob Newhart: Bus Driver Training; Bob Newhart; Buttoned-down Mind Strikes Back; Warner 1393-2
  36. Garnet Rogers: Under the Summer Moonlight; Garnet Rogers; All That Is: The Songs of Garnet Rogers; Red House Records RHR CD 160
  37. Jaime Michaels: Wish on the Moon; Jaime Michaels; Songs from SWRFA; Southwest Region Folk Alliance SWRFA 2011
  38. Harvey Reid: “Silver Midnight Moon”; Harvey Reid; Fruit on the Vine; Fruit on the Vine | Woodpecker WP-113CD
  39. Sweet Honey in the Rock: I Remember, I Believe (Reagon); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Sacred Ground; Earthbeat! 9 42580-2
  40. Bernice Johnson Reagon: “Give Your Hands to Struggle”; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Give Your Hands to Struggle; Give Your Hands to Struggle | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40049
  41. Bernice Johnson Reagon: There’s a New World Coming; Bernice Johnson Reagon; Give Your Hands to Struggle; Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40049
  42. Wendy & DB, ft. Anne Harris: Peace in the Valley; Wendy & DB, ft. Anne Harris; Back Home; Tigerlily 7.5.2024
  43. Robby Hecht: They Are You; Robby Hecht; Carved In Time; robbyhecht.com 2024 – 7
  44. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  45. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004