The Midnight Special, November 2, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special THEME”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Martyn Joseph: “Days of Decision”; Martyn Joseph; Days of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs; Pipe Records PRC DO29
  3. Milo Binder: Interesting Times; Milo Binder; Folk NOW: Songs for These Times (December 2024); Heyday Again
  4. Eric Bibb: Judgement Day; Eric Bibb; In The Real World; Stony Plain SPCD1488
  5. Chain of Lakes: When It’s Over; Chain of Lakes; The Catch Album; chainoflakessongs . com none
  6. Joy Clark: One Step in the Right Direction; Joy Clark; Tell It To The Wind; Righteous Babe
  7. Antsy McClain: All My Isms; Antsy McClain; The Indelible Man; Unhitched unhitched.com 2023
  8. The Dangling Participles: Where It Gets Exciting; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  9. Beth Bombara: What You Wanna Hear; Beth Bombara; It All Goes Up; Black Mesa Records BMR 074
  10. Larry & Joe: Move On and Let Live; Larry & Joe; Manos Panamericanos; Larry & Joe 9.10.2024
  11. Sky Smeed: If You’re Taught You Learn to Be Mean; Sky Smeed; Leaving Again; skysmeed.com 2.9.2019
  12. Andrew Calhoun: No Secret Castle; Andrew Calhoun; Different Now; andrewcalhoun.com
  13. Sons of the Never Wrong: “One Simple Question” (Bruce Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; One if By Hand; One if By Hand | Gadfly Records 268
  14. James Rado w/Orig. Broadway Cast: Where Do I Go?; James Rado; Hair: Broadway Deluxe Edition (Disc 1); Victor 82876-56085-2
  15. Alice Wallace: Better Than This; Alice Wallace; Here I Am; Mule Kick Records 7 85105 73110 3
  16. Robert Bidney: We Can Do Better; Robert Bidney; Thank Goodness; robertbidney.com
  17. Pierce Pettis: “Tip of My Tongue” (Mark Heard); Pierce Pettis; Everything Matters; Everything Matters | Compass 7 4252 2
  18. Phil Ochs: “Power and the Glory”; Phil Ochs; All The News That Fit to Sing; All The News That Fit to Sing | Hannibal HNCD 4427
  19. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 008
  20. Tom Paxton: If You Love that Politican; Tom Paxton; One Million Lawyers and Other Disasters; Flying Fish FF356
  21. Sara Grey: Republicans & Democrats (spoken word); Sara Grey; Back in the Airly Days; Waterbug WBG CD 0044
  22. The Twangtown Paramours: Walks Like a Duck; The Twangtown Paramours; The Promise of Friday Night; Inside Edge Records IER002
  23. Hope Foye & The Weavers: “Skip To The Polls”; Hope Foye & The Weavers; Songs for Political Action – Disc 9 Campaign Songs 1944 – 1949; Songs for Political Action – Disc 9 Campaign Songs 1944 – 1949 Bear Family Records BCD 15720-9 JL
  24. Steve Goodman: Election Year Rag; Steve Goodman; Steve Goodman; Buddha 7446599625 2
  25. Bruce “Utah” Phillips: “The Rich Will Not Permit You to Vote Away Their Wealth”; Utah Phillips; Make Speech Free; Free Dirt Records DIRT-CD-0063
  26. Paul Burch: Poor Don’t Vote; Paul Burch; Meridian Rising; Ploughboy Records PLO 1033
  27. Original Broadway Cast: “Election Night” (Hwang & Tesori); Francis Jue, et al. Orig B’way Cast; Soft Power Orig. B’way Cast Recording; Soft Power | Ghostlight 5.28.2020
  28. Ellis Paul: Election Day; Ellis Paul; Storyteller’s Suitcase; Rosella Records 88295 89766
  29. Buddy Mondlock: When I Was a Little Kid; Buddy Mondlock; The Edge of the World; Sparkling Gap SGCD003
  30. Buddy Mondlock: Buddy Mondlock Q&A; Buddy Mondlock; The Midnight Special; WFMT 11.2.2024
  31. Buddy Mondlock: My Aunt Anna; Buddy Mondlock; On the Line; Sparkling Gap cd 99001
  32. Mike Ward: American Insanity; Mike Ward; Folk NOW: Songs for These Times (November 2024); Mike Ward
  33. Leonard Cohen: Waiting for the Miracle; Leonard Cohen; Songs From the Road; Columbia/Legacy 88697 75908 2
  34. Claudia Schmidt: Blessing; Claudia Schmidt; Reimagining; claudiaschmidt.com 2022
  35. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  36. Crys Matthews: Sister’s Keeper; Crys Matthews; Reclamation; crysmatthews.com 1 95269 32909 9
  37. Al Day Trio: Swept Away [Live]; Al Day Trio; Folkstage – Al Day Trio 2014, disk 2; WFMT 5.31.2014
  38. John McCutcheon: Sorry Land; John McCutcheon; Leap!; Appalseed Appalseed2022
  39. Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa: Sisters; Susan Werner and Tish Hinojosa; Halfway to Houston; susanwerner.com 02092024
  40. Joe Crookston: Oh Mercy, Where Are You Now?; Joe Crookston; Folk NOW: Songs for These Times (November 2024); Milagrito
  41. Dennis Warner w/James Lee Stanley: Golden Rule; Dennis Warner w/James Lee Stanley; Pilot Me; Pilot Me Main Trail Productions/MTP0814-11
  42. Nikki Lemire: Mend It; Nikki Lemire; Live at Lakewood; nikkilemiremusic.com
  43. (Don White): “Meet Betty Mae”; Don White; Don White Live at The Guthrie Center; donwhite.net 0000
  44. Greg Greenway: One Man, One Woman, One Vote; Greg Greenway; Singing for the Landlord; Eastern Front EFR108 CD
  45. Jonas Friddle & The Majority: Use Your Voice; Jonas Friddle & The Majority; Use Your Voice; jonasfriddle.com 8 84501 92481 8
  46. (The Wailin’ Jennys): “One Voice”; The Wailin’ Jennys; Folkstage: The Wailin’ Jennys; WFMT Folkstage 01-14-06 disk 2 of 2
  47. Raise the Vibration: Put a Woman in Charge (Moore/Chapman); Raise the Vibration (Moore/Chapman); Folk NOW: Songs for These Times (November 2024); Hudson Harding
  48. Joe Jencks: This is My Song (Sibelius/Lloyd Stone); Joe Jencks; The Coming of the Years; Turtle Bear Music TBM 080122-01
  49. Joy Clark: Shimmering; Joy Clark; Tell It To The Wind; Righteous Babe
  50. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  51. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004