The Midnight Special, September 7, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Maura O’Connell: “Poetic Justice” (Buddy Mondlock, Tom Kimmel); Maura O’Connell; Stories; Hannibal CD 1389
  3. Garnet Rogers: “Seeds of Hope (The Last March)”; Garnet Rogers; Night Drive; Night Drive/Snowgoose SGS 1125
  4. Trapezoid: “Things are Coming My Way” (Bessie Jones); Trapezoid feat. Freyda Epstein; Long Time Down This Road; Long Time Down This Road | Azure CD 53003-2
  5. John McCutcheon: “Be Still”; John McCutcheon; Bucket List; Appalseed [2021]
  6. Jimmie Rodgers: Jimmie The Kid (Rodgers/Neville); Jimmie Rodgers; America’s Blue Yodeler; Rounder Rounder CD 1060
  7. Art Thieme: Me and Jimmie Rodgers (Silverstein); Art Thieme; That’s the Ticket!; Folk-Legacy Records CD-90
  8. Robert Earl Keen w/Lyle Lovett: T for Texas (Rodgers); Robert Earl Keen w/Lyle Lovett; Live Dinner Reunion, Disc 1; Dualtone DUA-1787
  9. Jimmie Rodgers and the Carters: The Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers in Texas; Jimmie Rodgers and the Carters; Down the Old Road (1931-32); Rounder Rounder CD1061
  10. Jimmie Rodgers: In The Jailhouse Now – No. 2; Jimmie Rodgers; America’s Blue Yodeler; Rounder Rounder CD 1060
  11. Iris DeMent: The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home (G. Brown); Iris DeMent; Going Driftless: An Artist’s Tribute to Greg Brown; Red House Records RHR CD 145
  12. Megon McDonough: Walkin’ After Midnight (Hecht/Block); Megon McDonough; The Patsy Project; Megon McDonough ASIN: B000VDDI6O
  13. Steve Dawson: A Mile South of Town; Steve Dawson; Ghosts; Pravda PR6437
  14. Sarah Morris: I Don’t Mind; Sarah Morris; Maybe You Already Know This (EP); sarahmorrismusic.com 8022024
  15. Lisa Medina: When You Go Away; Lisa Medina; Wishes; Lisa Medina
  16. Travis, Merle: “Midnight Special” Travis picked guitar; Merle Travis; In Boston 1959; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  17. Michael Smith: “Sister Clarissa”; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  18. Jamie O’Reilly: “Hey Kid”; Jamie O’Reilly; In Old Chicago; Jamie O’Reilly JOCD2019
  19. Michael Smith: Coffeehouse Days; Michael Smith; Michael, Margaret, Pat & Kate; MPS 1 CD
  20. (Michael Smith): “Last Days of Pompeii”; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  21. Barbara Barrow: “Real Good One: Every Town Needs a Folksinger “(Michael Smith); Various: Barbara Barrow w/Jimmy Tomasello, Chris Walz; Folkstage: Remembering Fred – Tribute to Fred Holstein; Remembering Fred – Tribute to Fred Holstein/Folkstage WFMT Folkstage 04-03-04 1 of 3
  22. Michael Smith: Love Letter on a Fish; Michael Smith; Love Letter On A Fish; Artists of Note No. 30
  23. Danny Schmidt: “Tales of Sweet Odysseus”; Danny Schmidt; Little Grey Sheep; Waterbug WBG79
  24. Jim Malcolm: Neptune; Jim Malcolm; Sconeward; Greentrax CDTRAX 083
  25. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Muddy, Muddy River”; Sons of the Never Wrong; Undertaker’s Songbook; We Three Sons SR3
  26. Gina Forsyth: “Promised Land”; Gina Forsyth; Promised Land; Promised Land/Waterbug WBG0101
  27. Rice, Les: “The Banks are Made of Marble” (Les Rice); Runa (Sharon Lambert-Ryan, Fionan de Barra, Cheryl Prashker, Dave Curley, Maggie Estes White); Current Affairs; Runa CD104
  28. Kate MacLeod: The Woman You Will Never Know; Kate MacLeod; single; Kate MacLeod 5.5.24
  29. Karyn Oliver: Beautiful; Karyn Oliver; A List of Names; self 88295 81959
  30. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only); Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  31. Lori McKenna: Ruby’s Shoes; Lori McKenna; Paper Wings and Halo; Catalyst/Gyrox CAT 5003
  32. Sweet Honey in the Rock: “Step-By-Step”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; Other Side; Other Side | Flying Fish FF366
  33. Buddy Mondlock: Stranger in a Strange Land (Acoustic); Buddy Mondlock; Dressed Up & Stripped Down – DISC 2; Major Bob Major Bob 001
  34. Rhiannon Giddens: Tomorrow is My Turn (Aznavour / Stellman / Stephane); Rhiannon Giddens; Tomorrow is My Turn; Nonesuch 541708-2
  35. Tricia Alexander: I Will Walk (Chinese Proverb); Tricia Alexander w/Diana Laffey, Alpha Stewart, Jr., George and Lori Gray Muligano; We Are The People; Rampur Music Tricia Alexander 2014
  36. James Keelaghan: Walk On (Keelaghan/MacLellan); James Keelaghan; Second Hand; Borealis BCD276
  37. Patty Griffin: “Mad Mission”; Patty Griffin; Living with Ghosts; Living With Ghosts A&M/31454 0490 2
  38. Heather Styka: Tightrope Walker; Heather Styka; Lifeboats for Atlantis; Kite Stripe KSR02
  39. Eugene Ruffolo: Your Smallest Act; Eugene Ruffolo; Ten Good Sermons; eugeneruffolo.com 1 95269 31936 6
  40. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz: Frost on the South Side; Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz; Simple Motion; Red Beet Records RBRCD0027
  41. Tannahill Weavers: Are Ye Sleepin’ Maggie? / The Noose and the Ghillie (Tannahill / P. Gautier); Tannahill Weavers; Collection / Choice Cuts; Green Linnet GLCD 1182
  42. Anne Hills: “First Day of Autumn”; Anne Hills; Bittersweet Street; Redwing MCD 5402
  43. Mike Green: Listening for the Bell; Mike Green; Listening for the Bell; mikegreenassociates.com none
  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