The Midnight Special, November 9, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Leadbelly: “Midnight Special THEME” (excerpt); Leadbelly; Leadbelly; Label MM 001
  2. Barnstar!: Anybody Got a Light? (Armerding); Barnstar!; Furious Kindness; barnstar.bandcamp.com none
  3. Claudia Schmidt: Finlandia (Sibelius/Stone); Claudia Schmidt; single; claudiaschmidt.com 2020
  4. Bob Franke: Love Bravely, Elizabeth; Bob Franke; The Desert Questions; Franke 1
  5. The Dangling Participles: Brave Enough; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  6. Karyn Oliver: “Stand Up”; Karyn Oliver w/Carolann Solebello, Katherine Etzel, Elisa Peimer, Catherine Miles, Meg Braun, Allison Tartalia; Stomping on Eggshells; Stomping on Egghells chickswithdip.bandcamp.com
  7. Reggie Harris: “Standing in Freedom’s Name”; Reggie Harris; On Solid Ground; On Solid Ground | ReggieHarrisMusic.com RHM002
  8. Harry Manx: Something of Your Grace; Harry Manx; West Eats Meet; Dog My Cat Records DMCR 12062
  9. Maura O’Connell: “Poetic Justice” (Buddy Mondlock, Tom Kimmel); Maura O’Connell; Stories; Hannibal CD 1389
  10. Buddy Mondlock: “Temporary Grace”; Buddy Mondlock; Poetic Justice; Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  11. Mavis Staples: Hard Times Come Again No More (Foster); Mavis Staples; Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster; American Roots Publishing 591594-2
  12. The Flatlanders: Yesterday Was Judgement Day; The Flatlanders; Now Again; New West NW6040
  13. David Olney: Millionaire; David Olney; Roses; Philo CD PH 1137
  14. Aaron Kelly (poem), Joel Mabus (tune): The Gilded Age (poem) and Memories of El Dorado (instrumental); Aaron Kelly (poem), Joel Mabus (tune); exclusive recording (poem)/Western Passages (tune); WFMT/Fossil Records 11.7.2024/Fossil996CD
  15. Melanie: Stop! I Don’t Want to Hear it Anymore; Melanie; Please Love Me; Buddah BDS 5132
  16. Carrie Newcomer: Shape of a Perfect Arc; Carrie Newcomer; A Great Wild Mercy; Available Light Records ALR07
  17. Travis, Merle: “Midnight Special” Travis picked guitar; Merle Travis; In Boston 1959; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  18. Richard Nixon: End of the Vietnam War; Richard Nixon; Great Speeches of the 20th Century – disk 2; Rhino World Beat RWB 70567 2
  19. John Prine: Sam Stone; John Prine; John Prine; Atlantic 19156-2
  20. Andrew Calhoun: Bow and Arrow; Andrew Calhoun; Different Now; andrewcalhoun.com
  21. Richard Shindell: Arrowhead; Richard Shindell; Blue Divide; Shanachie 8014
  22. Tom Paxton: “Born on the Fourth of July”; Tom Paxton; New Songs from the Briar Patch; Vanguard VSD 79395
  23. John Gorka: Semper Fi; John Gorka; Jack’s Crows; High Street 72902 10309-2
  24. Woody Guthrie: Talkin’ Sailor; Woody Guthrie; My Dusty Road [disc 1]; Rounder Records 1166111622P01
  25. Lee Murdock: The Ballad of Ned Meyers; Lee Murdock; Here We’ll Stand: The War of 1812; Depot Records DEP-033
  26. Stan Rogers: White Squall; Stan Rogers; From Fresh Water; Borealis BCD218
  27. Jan Krist: Dear Alison; Jan Krist; Robin Hood; JanKrist.com [2020]
  28. Studs Terkel & Kurt Vonnegut: Armistice Day – Homecoming; Studs Terkel & Kurt Vonnegut; Studs Terkel Archives 6-14-1991; WFMT 2609467-3-1
  29. Paul Simon: Armistice Day; Paul Simon; Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings – 1 of 9; Warner Bros R2 78899
  30. Don White: High Blood Pressure & Baseball – excerpt (spoken); Don White; More Alive; Lumper Boy 8 14118 01031 4
  31. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special (Piano Only); Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  32. Anne Hills: The Panic is On (Jenkins); Anne Hills w/Jan Burda; Don’t Panic; Flying fish FFCD 70608
  33. BBC Radio 4 cast: A Short History of the Earth; Peter Jones/narrator, Simon Jones/Arthur Dent, Geoffrey McGivern/Ford Prefect; The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: DON’T PANIC; Original Records ORA 42
  34. C. Daniel Boling: For Better or Worse; C. Daniel Boling; Love, Dan; Berkalin Records BRK-10080
  35. C. Daniel Boling: Toward The Fire; C. Daniel Boling; Love, Dan; Berkalin Records BRK-10080
  36. House of Hamill: Smokejumper; House of Hamill; Wildfire; Smokejumper Records 8012024
  37. James Keelaghan: “Cold Missouri Waters”; James Keelaghan; A Recent Future; Green Linnet GL CD 2120
  38. Neale Eckstein w/Betty Soo: Like a Poem Needs a Rhyme; Neale Eckstein w/Betty Soo; Never Too Late; nealeeckstein.com 10.4.2024
  39. Malvina Reynolds: “What Have They Done to the Rain?”; Malvina Reynolds; Ear to the Ground; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
  40. Dave Van Ronk: Mr. Noah; Dave Van Ronk; Inside Dave Van Ronk; Fantasy CD 24710-2
  41. The Dangling Participles: One More Drop; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  42. Rod Picott: Time to Let Go of Your Dreams; Rod Picott; Starlight Tour; Welding Rod Records 7 55491 28325
  43. Crys Matthews: “The Looking Glass”; Crys Matthews; The Imagineers; The Imagineers 7 00261 45859 5
  44. Slaid Cleaves: Not Going Down; Slaid Cleaves; No Angel Knows; Philo PH 1201
  45. Pat Donohue: This Is the Beginning; Pat Donohue; Life Stories; Bluesky Records BSR 915
  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