The Midnight Special, October 5, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special THEME”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Janis Joplin: Me and Bobby McGee (Kristofferson); Janis Joplin; Pearl – Legacy Edition, Disc 1; Columbia C2K 90282 1 of 2
  3. Kris Kristofferson: I was always going to be a writer…; Studs Terkel & Kris Kristofferson; Studs Terkel Archives: 4-30-1971 Kris Kristofferson; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives 2028217-3-1
  4. Kris Kristofferson: Here Comes That Rainbow Again (live); Kris Kristofferson; Broken Freedom Song; Oh Boy Records OBR-025
  5. Kris Kristofferson: Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine); Kris Kristofferson; The Essential Kris Kristofferson, Disc 2; Columbia / Legacy Monument C2K 64992 – 2
  6. John Prine & Mac Wiseman: Just The Other Side of Nowhere (Kristofferson); John Prine & Mac Wiseman; Standard Songs for Average People; Oh Boy Records OBR-038
  7. Grace Griffith: Moment of Forever (Kristofferson/Timms); Grace Griffith; Sands of Time; Blix Street G2 CD 10078
  8. Leonard Cohen: Bird on the Wire; Leonard Cohen; Songs from a Room; Columbia CS 9767
  9. Matthews, Crys: Exactly Where You Are; Crys Matthews; Changemakers; crysmatthews.com 700261 485904
  10. Janis Ian: I’m Still Standing; Janis Ian; The Light at the End of the Line; Rude Girl RGR101
  11. Shaun Cromwell: The Rise and Fall (of it all); Shaun Cromwell; Folk-worn Prose; Melon Patch Recordings 00261 31245
  12. Daniel Nahmod: Everything New; Daniel Nahmod; Water; Nimble Notes Records NN0601
  13. Sons of Town Hall: St. Christopher; Son of Town Hall; The Adventures of Sons of Town Hall; Sons of Town Hall 2019-1
  14. Jeff Black: Gold Heart Locket; Jeff Black; B-Sides and Confessions; Dualtone LNM 80302-01135-2
  15. Salamander Crossing: Light in the Window (Trooper/Walmsley); Salamander Crossing; Bottleneck Dreams; Signature Sounds SIG 1244 CD
  16. Leela & Ellie Grace: Swimming to the Other Side (Pat Humphries); Leela & Ellie Grace; Folkstage: 10-4-2003; WFMT 10-04-2003 Disk 1 of 2
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Jim Page: As The Wheel Spins; Jim Page; A Handful of Songs; Jim Page 2017-1
  19. Pat Wictor: Love is the Water; Pat Wictor; Waiting for the Water; Risky Disc Records RDR 004
  20. Alice Howe: Line By Line; Alice Howe; Circumstance; Know Howe Music 197187518449
  21. Stan Rogers: “Mary Ellen Carter”; Stan Rogers; Home in Halifax; Home in Halifax | Fogarty’s Cove FCM 010D
  22. Jim Malcolm: Sparkling Flash; Jim Malcolm; Sparkling Flash; Beltane BELCD107
  23. Jim and Susie Malcolm: The Shepherd’s Song (Trad.); Jim and Susie Malcolm; Auld Toon Shuffle; Beltane BelCD 114
  24. Malcolm Holcombe: My Ol’ Radio; Malcolm Holcombe; Gamblin’ House; Echo Mountain Records ARGA 006
  25. Ida Mae: Radio Fragile (Griffith); Ida Mae; More Than a Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith; Rounder 1166101791
  26. Erin Ash Sullivan: “Radio Show”; Erin Ash Sullivan; We Can Hear Each Other; Willoughby 7-00261-48639-0
  27. John Hartford: “On the Radio”; John Hartford; Good Old Boys; Rounder CD 0462
  28. Beth DeSombre: Listen to the Radio; Beth DeSombre; Holding the Threads; bethdesombre.com BD006
  29. Joni Mitchell: “You Turn Me On, I’m a Radio”; Joni Mitchell; The Studio Albums 1968-1979, Disc 5; The Studio Albums 1968-1979, Disc 5/Rhino UPC: 081227971786
  30. Willie Nelson: Freight Train Boogie (Delmore Bros.); Willie Nelson; Country Music; Rounder Records 11661-3280-2
  31. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Midnight Special Theme; Maxwell Street Klezmer Band; WFMT’s Folkstage; WFMT Folkstage 12.04.21
  32. Eddie From Ohio: Train Song; Eddie From Ohio; Big Noise; Virginia Soul Records VSR CD 004
  33. Pharis & Jason Romero: Going to Town (instrumental); Pharis & Jason Romero; Tell ’em You Were Gold; Smithsonian Folkways SFW40246
  34. Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway: “Mighty Long Way”; Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway; Deeper Than The Skin; self-released DTTS 01
  35. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Wanting Memories (Barnwell); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Still on the Journey: The 20th Anniversary Album; EarthBeat! 9 42536-2
  36. SNCC Freedom Singers: Never Turn Back (song), chat, Hold On/Eyes on the Prize (song); Studs Terkel & SNCC Freedom Singers, ft. Bernice Johnson Reagon; Studs Terkel Archives: c. 1963 SNCC Freedom Singers, ft. Bernice Johnson Reagon; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives 1897249-3-1-2
  37. 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
  38. Bernice Johnson Reagon: Founding Sweet Honey in the Rock; Studs Terkel & Bernice Johnson Reagon; Studs Terkel Archives: 2-1-1978 Bernice Johnson Reagon; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives 1853237-3-1 4
  39. Sweet Honey in the Rock: “Breaths”; Sweet Honey in the Rock; A Tribute: Live! Jazz at the Lincoln Center-1; Appleseed APR CD 1134 / SR5 CD 003
  40. Bernice Johnson Reagon: Black women’s music + Oughta Be a Woman (Reagon/Jordan); Studs Terkel & Bernice Johnson Reagon; Studs Terkel Archives: 2-23-1988 Bernice Johnson Reagon; WFMT Studs Terkel Archives 2599950-3-1
  41. Sweet Honey in the Rock: I Remember, I Believe (Reagon); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Sacred Ground; Earthbeat! 9 42580-2
  42. Holly Near: We’ve Come A Long Way (Reagon); Holly Near; Peace Becomes You, Disc 1; Calico Tracks Music CTM0010
  43. Jake Blount: They Are Waiting For Me (S. James); Jake Blount; The New Faith; Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40247
  44. Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi: Amazing Grace; Rhiannon Giddens & Francesco Turrisi; They’re Calling Me Home; Nonesuch 075597915730
  45. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004