The Midnight Special, August 24, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. John Prine: Dear Abby; John Prine; Sweet Revenge; Atlantic 7274
  3. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: “Going to Write Me a Letter”; Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi; There Is No Other; Nonesuch 591336-2
  4. Guy Davis: “Got Your Letter in My Pocket”; Guy Davis; Be Ready When I Call You; M.C. Records MC-0088
  5. Dan Pallotta: The Mailman; Dan Pallotta; American Pictures; danpallottamusic.com 102022
  6. Joan Baez: If I Wrote You; Joan Baez; Gone From Danger; Guardian 7243 8 59357 2 5
  7. Mississippi Fred McDowell: “Write Me A Few of Your Lines”; Mississippi Fred McDowell; The Best of….; Arhoolie CD 501
  8. Michael Hurley: “Letter in Neon”; Michael Hurley; WolfWays; Koch KOC 3-7910-2
  9. Christine Lavin: “I’m Too Old for the National Spelling Bee”; Christine Lavin; Cold Pizza for Breakfast; Yellow Tail Records YT10024
  10. The Red Clay Ramblers: “C-H-I-C-K-E-N” (Bob Slater, Sid Perrin); The Red Clay Ramblers; Yonder; Red Clay Ramblers [2001]
  11. Darrell Scott: “Spelling Bee Romance”; Darrell Scott; Aloha from Nashville; Sugar Hill SHCD-3864
  12. Carla Ulbrich: Silent E (Lehrer); Carla Ulbrich; The FuMP Desecrates Tom Lehrer; thefump.com FuMP282
  13. Stella Prince: Dear Future Me; Stella Prince; Dear Future Me; Stella Prince Music 7 32068 32468 1
  14. Beth DeSombre: Listen to the Radio; Beth DeSombre; Holding the Threads; bethdesombre.com BD006
  15. Sam Cooke: “You Send Me”; Sam Cooke; Best of Sam Cooke; RCA Victor RCA/Legacy 82876695502
  16. Jonas Friddle: Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line; Jonas Friddle; When the Water Was the Sky; jonasfriddle.com 2933919
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Antje Duvekot: “Famous Blue Raincoat”; Antje Duvekot; Folkstage: Antje Duvekot; Folkstage: Antje Duvekot WFMT/2.8.2008
  19. Juliet Wyers: “Clear”; Juliet Wyers; Clear; Juliet Wyers 001
  20. Sam Robbins: All I Know; Sam Robbins; Bigger Than In Between; Nine Athens 1 95269 15748 7
  21. Mustard’s Retreat: The Summer and You; Mustard’s Retreat; A Resolution of Something; self-released [2003]
  22. Bob Bovee & Gail Heil: That Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee; Bob Bovee & Gail Heil; Rural Route 2; Jawbone Records Jawbone 001
  23. Ashley E Norton: Every Woman I Know; Ashley E Norton; Call of the Void; https://ashleyenorton.com/ 8162024
  24. Amy Speace: Ginger Ale and Lorna Doones; Amy Speace; Me and the Ghost of Charlemagne; Windbone Records WB00219
  25. Crys Matthews: “Sister’s Keeper”; Crys Matthews; single; crysmatthews.com 1.22.22
  26. Pat Humphries: “Never Turning Back”; Pat Humphries; Same Rain; Same Rain/Moving Forward Music MFM 360
  27. Kray Van Kirk: The Walls of Jerusalem; Kray Van Kirk; The Midnight Commander; krayvankirk.com 4012020
  28. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Higher Ground” (Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; Undertaker’s Songbook; Songs 3 Records SR3
  29. Stevie Wonder: Higher Ground (Wonder); Stevie Wonder; 45 RPM single; Tamla T 54235F
  30. Blind Boys of Alabama ft. Ben Harper: People Get Ready (Mayfield); Blind Boys of Alabama ft. Ben Harper; Higher Ground; Realworld 7243 8 12793 2 8
  31. Steve “Q” Quinn: “The Midnight Special – Harmonica Greasy” (Traditional); Steve “Q” Quinn; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013
  32. Allan Sherman: Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah (A Letter from Camp); Allan Sherman; My Son, The Greatest: Best of Allan Sherman; Rhino Records Rhino R2 75771
  33. Patty Larkin: “The Letter”; Patty Larkin; Live in the Square; Live in the Square | Philo CD PH 1136
  34. Nick Carter: Fountain Pen; Nick Carter; Fountain Pen; nickcartersmusic.com 9232022
  35. Claudia Russell w/The Paper Birds: Blackwing Palomino; Claudia Russell w/The Paper Birds; Folkstage with The Paper Birds & Jeff Talmadge; WFMT FS 07202024
  36. Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley: “Kilkelly” (Peter Jones); Chris Sherburn & Denny Bartley; Last Night’s Fun; Last Night’s Fun | Sound Out Music SOM 002 CD
  37. Traditional: “Fionnghuala”; RUNA; Stretched on Your Grave; runamusic [2011]
  38. Malcolm MacWatt: “Letter from San Francisco”; Malcolm MacWatt; Settler; Need to Know Music NTKBB2021MM
  39. Leslie Odom, Jr. & Lin-Manuel Miranda: “Dear Theodosia”; Leslie Odom, Jr. & Lin-Manuel Miranda; Hamilton (Original Broadway Soundtrack); Atlantic 556345-2 1 of 2
  40. Ginny Hawker: Letters from My Father; Ginny Hawker; Letters from My Father; Rounder Records 82161-0491-2
  41. Tommy Prine: Letter to My Brother; Tommy Prine; This Far South; Thirty Tigers NK72189CD
  42. Michael Troy: “Dear Walter”; Michael Troy; Whispers in the Wind; Whispers in the Wind | Troy CD 001
  43. Bill Morrissey: “Letter from Heaven”; Bill Morrissey; Night Train; Philo CD PH 1154
  44. Josh White: “Did You Read That Letter”; Josh White; Blues Singer 1932-1936; Columbia/Legacy CK 67001
  45. Magpie: Letter to Eve (Seeger); Magpie; Living Planet; Collector 1948CD
  46. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004