The Midnight Special, November 16, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Paul Simon: “50 Ways to Leave Your Lover”; Paul Simon; Still Crazy After All These Years; Warner Bros. R2 78901
  3. Jim Bizer: Going Nowhere; Jim Bizer; About Time; Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  4. Carolann Solebello: Behind the Door; Carolann Solebello; Glass of Desire; Elizabeth Records ELZ 010
  5. Buddy Mondlock: The Leaving; Buddy Mondlock; Poetic Justice; Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  6. Billow Wood: Maisie; Billow Wood; single; billowwood.bandcamp.com 11.29.2024
  7. Jean Redpath: Open the Door Softly; Jean Redpath; Think on Me; Jean Redpath JR-108CD
  8. Sons of the Never Wrong: Pull Me Through (Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; Song of Sons; Waterbug 129 7 53114 01293 5
  9. Laura Smith: My Gate’s Wide Open; Laura Smith; It’s a Personal Thing; Universal Music UMSD 81033
  10. Beth Bombara: Curious and Free; Beth Bombara; It All Goes Up; Black Mesa Records BMR 074
  11. Nina de Vitry: Open (de Vitry/Welch); Nina de Vitry; What You Feel is Real; ninadevitry.com
  12. Katie Dahl: Both Doors Open; Katie Dahl; Seven Stones; Leaky Boat 7 55491 27157 5
  13. Richard Thompson: One Door Opens; Richard Thompson; Old Kit Bag; Cooking Vinyl cookcd251
  14. Tom Musick: Who Would Notice?; Tom Musick; The Many Moods of Mister Tom; Mr. Tom Musick 6.9.2023
  15. David Massengill: A Girl’s Daring Escape (spoken); David Massengill; The Return; Plump 5903-2 CD
  16. Twisted Pine: Start/Stop; Twisted Pine; Love Your Mind; Signature Sounds SIGN-7056
  17. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  18. Ella Jenkins: You Look So Sweet; Ella Jenkins; Seasons for Singing; Smithsonian SF CD45031
  19. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Fred Koch Remarks About Ella; Fred Koch; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  20. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Wake Up, Little Sparrow (Jenkins); Susie Lofton; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  21. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: All Will Be Dancing (Jenkins); Susie Lofton; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  22. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Juan Dies Intro; ; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  23. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Ya Se Van Los Pastores (Trad.); Juan Dies; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  24. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Quiéreme Mucho (Roig, Gollury, Rodríguez); Juan Dies; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  25. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: De Colores (Trad.); Juan Dies; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  26. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Shanta Nurullah remarks; Shanta Nurullah; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  27. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: You’ll Sing a Song (Jenkins); Shanta Nurullah; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  28. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: This Little Light of Mine (Trad.); Shanta Nurullah; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  29. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Miss Mary Mack (Trad.); Shanta Nurullah; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  30. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Bucky Halker Intro.; Marilyn Rea Beyer; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  31. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Going Down the Road (Trad.); Bucky Halker; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  32. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Which Side Are You On? (Reece); Bucky Halker; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  33. Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday: Union Maid (Guthrie); Bucky Halker; Folkstage: Ella Jenkins 100th Birthday; WFMT Folkstage 9-7-2024
  34. Ella Jenkins: “A West African Chant”; Ella Jenkins; Call-and-Response Rhythmic Group Singing; Scholastic SC 7638
  35. Ella Jenkins: “Africa Llamando (Africa is Calling)”; Ella Jenkins; Songs, Rhythms and Chants for the Dance; Smithsonian SFW CD 45004
  36. Ella Jenkins: Keep Your Hands on the Plow (instrumental); Ella Jenkins; Ella Jenkins and a Union of Friends; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45046
  37. Ella Jenkins: “Racing With the Sun”; Ella Jenkins; African American Folk Rhythms; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 45003
  38. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  39. Shawn Colvin: “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” (Bob Dylan); Shawn Colvin; Cover Girl; Columbia ‎ CK 57875
  40. Bob Dylan: “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”; Bob Dylan; Dylan; Columbia/Legacy 88697 059282
  41. Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder: Waiting at the Gate; Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder; Soldier of the Cross; Skaggs Family Records SKFCD 5001
  42. The Two Gentlemen Band: Shut That Gate; The Two Gentlemen Band; Two at a Time; Bean-Tone Records BTR-001CD
  43. Tamara: I Live in a Square; Tamara; a little space left; Montauk Daisy 1
  44. Nanci Griffith: Three Flights Up (Christian); Nanci Griffith; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Elektra 9 61464-2
  45. Frank Christian: Lock & Key; Frank Christian; From My Hands; Palmetto PM-2011
  46. Matt Watroba: Gate and Stray Together (Kahn); Matt Watroba; The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-along Song Book; mattwatroba.net 6 49288 42062 1
  47. Jess Klein: Gates of Hell; Jess Klein; Back to My Green – Jess Klein [2019]; JessKlein.com 1-85922 00019-9
  48. Uncle Bonsai: Doug at the Gates of Hell (Epilogue); Uncle Bonsai; Doug; Yellow Tail Records YT-10010
  49. Grace Pettis, ft. Robbie Hecht: When Nobody’s Watching; Grace Pettis, ft. Robbie Hecht; Down to the Letter; MPress Records MP4702-1
  50. Taproot: “Shut the Door”; Taproot; If You Build It; If You Build It Taproot/TR001
  51. Zoe Mulford: “Answer the Knock at the Door”; Zoe Mulford; Holiday Snowflakes; Azalea ACCD-1603
  52. Anne Harris: “Open Your Doors”; Anne Harris; Open Your Doors; Rugged Road Records [2003]
  53. Chris Smither ft. Betty Soo: Time to Move On (Petty); Chris Smither ft. Betty Soo; All About the Bones; Signature Sounds SIG CD 2154
  54. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  55. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004