The Midnight Special, August 31, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Leadbelly: “Midnight Special THEME” (excerpt); Leadbelly; Leadbelly; Label MM 001
  2. Cheryl Wheeler: “Summer’s Almost Over”; Cheryl Wheeler; Defying Gravity; Philo Defying Gravity / 11671-1240-2
  3. Jack Williams: Twilight Song; Jack Williams; A Tickle in My Soul; Wind River 195269167318
  4. The Brothers Four: Greenfields (Gilkyson/Miller/Dehr); The Brothers Four; single; Columbia 4-41571
  5. Ian & Sylvia: “Summer Wages” (Ian Tyson); Ian & Sylvia; The Complete Vanguard Recordings, disc 3; Vanguard 196/99-2 3
  6. David Francey: Far End of Summer; David Francey; Far End of Summer; Laker Music LKR 1002
  7. The Tannahill Weavers: Rigs o’ Rye (trad.); The Tannahill Weavers; Leaving St. Kilda; Green Linnet GLCD 1176
  8. Christine Lavin: “The Best Summer”; Christine Lavin; single; christinelavin.com [2021]
  9. Mustard’s Retreat: The Bricklayer (Hoffnung); Mustard’s Retreat; There… And Back Again; Yellow Room Records YRR007
  10. Gerard Hoffnung: The Housekeeper (interview/comedy); Gerard Huffnung; Hoffnung, A Last Encore: Disc 1; BBC Radio ISBN: 0563 536756
  11. Steve Goodman: Unemployed; Steve Goodman; Words We Can Dance To; Elektra 7 E – 1061
  12. Gina Forsyth: Just Like Eddie; Gina Forsyth; Promised Land; Waterbug WBG0101
  13. Braden Gates: “Song for the Line Cook”; Braden Gates; Kitchen Days; Kitchen Days/Borealis BCD267
  14. Ian F. Benzie: I’se The B’y (Trad.); Ian F. Benzie; I’se the B’y; Lochshore CDLDL1307
  15. Western Omelet: Sweetheart (Waitress in a Donut Shop); Western Omelet; Now’s the Time; Tall Timber TT001
  16. Garnet Rogers: Bird on a Wing (Kaldor); Garnet Rogers; Garnet Rogers; Snow Goose Records SGS-1111CD
  17. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 006
  18. Dom Flemons: Big Money Blues; Dom Flemons; Traveling Wildfire; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40237
  19. Don White: “One Little Drop”; Don White; Live at the Guthrie Center; Live at the Guthrie Center | donwhite.net 8 14118 01060 4
  20. The Unthanks: Magpie (D. Dodds); The Unthanks; Mount the Air; Rabble Rouser Music RRM013
  21. Natalie Merchant: Which Side Are You On?; Natalie Merchant; House Carpenter’s Daughter; Myth America MA-1026
  22. Rosalie Sorrels: I Am a Union Woman (Jackson); Rosalie Sorrels; The Long Memory; Red House Records RHR CD 83
  23. Debra Cowan: Carpal Tunnel (O’Connor); Debra Cowan; Among Friends; MHM MHM 812
  24. Jake Dewar: I’m Not a Robot; Jake Dewar; Unpopular Mixtape; jakedewarcomedy.com 8.29.2024
  25. John McCutcheon: Joe Hill’s Last Will (Hill); John McCutcheon; Joe Hill’s Last Will; Appalsongs Appalsongs 2015
  26. Paul Robeson: Joe Hill (Hayes/Robinson); Paul Robeson; Peace Arch Concerts; Folk Era FE 1442CD
  27. John McCutcheon: Overalls & Snuff/Connaughtman’s Rambles (trad./Joe Hill); John McCutcheon; Joe Hill’s Last Will; Appalsongs Appalsongs 2015
  28. Malvina Reynolds: Bury Me in My Overalls; Malvina Reynolds; Ear to the Ground; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
  29. Sara Grey: The Pinery Boys (trad.); Sara Grey; Back in the Airly Days; Waterbug WBG CD 0044
  30. Studs Terkel w/Bucky Halker & the Complete Unknowns: Lumberjack’s Prayer (T. Bone Slim); Studs Terkel w/Bucky Halker & the Complete Unknowns; Don’t Want Your Millions; Revolting Records RR2000-05
  31. Bucky Halker & the Complete Unknowns: Rebel Girl; Bucky Halker & the Complete Unknowns; Don’t Want Your Millions; Revolting Records RR2000-05
  32. Ella Jenkins: Mabel, Mabel, Mabel; Ella Jenkins; Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends Pulling Together; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45046
  33. Cast of “Woody Sez”: Union Maid (Guthrie, Mills, Schumann) + ‘Til We Outnumber ’em; Helen Russell, Darcie Deaville, Andy Terstein, David Lutken; Woody Sez: The Words, Music & Spirit of Woody Guthrie; none none
  34. The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band: Redwing (Mills, Schumann) – tune; The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band; Poor Leroy’s Almanack; Springfed Records TMJ 001
  35. Mike Ward: Immigration Nation; Mike Ward; Still Troubled (EP); psychosongs.com Aug2024
  36. Sol Y Canto: Horizonte Adentro; Sol Y Canto; Horizonte Adentro (single); solycanto.com single
  37. Sting: August Winds; Sting; The Last Ship; Cherrytree Records 3744812
  38. John Prine: Lake Marie; John Prine; Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings; Oh Boy! OBR 013CD
  39. John Prine: Grandpa Was a Carpenter; John Prine; Souvenirs; Oh Boy Records OBR-021
  40. Lau Noah ft. Salvador Sabral: Wooden Chair; Lau Noah ft. Salvador Sabral; A Dos (“back-to-back” or “between us two”); launoahmusic.com
  41. Steeleye Span: My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (trad.); Steeleye Span; Spanning the Years, Disc 1; Chrysalis 7243 8 32236 2 6
  42. Danu: “Peg and Awl” (Traditional); Danu; Road Less Traveled; Road Less Traveled | Shanachie SH 78057
  43. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian: August Flower (trad.); Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer with Chao Tian; From China to Appalachia; Community Music CMCD 217
  44. Peter Mulvey: “Vlad the Astrophysicist”; Peter Mulvey; Letters from a Flying Machine; Letters from a Flying Machine | Signature Sounds SIG 2024
  45. Bill Parsons: She Blinded Me With Science (Dolby/Kerr); Bill Parsons; Special Delivery; Cimmaron/Rainbird C/RR-017CD
  46. Jerron Paxton: What’s Gonna Become of Me; Jerron Paxton; Things Done Changed; Smithsonian Folkways prerelease 10.18.2024
  47. Carsie Blanton: Hope; Carsie Blanton; After the Revolution; carsieblanton.com 3212024
  48. Chris Vallillo: Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around; Chris Vallillo; Oh Freedom! Songs of the Civil Rights Movement; Gin River GR-1012
  49. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  50. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004