The Midnight Special, December 14, 2024

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special THEME”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Patty Larkin: “Tango”; Patty Larkin; Tango; Tango | High Street HS 72902 10312-2
  3. Bob Dylan: “What Was It You Wanted?”; Bob Dylan; Oh, Mercy; Oh, Mercy | Columbia CK 45281 CD
  4. Lois Morton: “Thrift Shop Rag”; Lois Morton; 20th Century Girl; Lois Morton [2013]
  5. The Bygones: Secondhand Store; The Bygones; The Bygones; bandcamp.com 4.4.2024
  6. Geoff Bartley: “The Song of Imaginary Gifts”; Geoff Bartley; Blackbirds in the Pie; Blackbirds in the Pie | Self McR1004
  7. Jillian Matundan: Worth; Jillian Matundan; Singing to the Moon; Keezamonkee JMR222
  8. Clive Gregson: “I Get What I Deserve”; Clive Gregson; Happy Hour; Happy Hour | Compass CD 7 4266 2
  9. The Milk Carton Kids: I Still Want A Little More; The Milk Carton Kids; Prologue; Milk Carton Records MCR001
  10. Trilogy: “Turn it Around”; Eileen McGann, Cathy Miller, David K.; Two Thousand Years of Christmas; Two Thousand Years of Christmas | Dragonwing DRGN-114
  11. Jake Blount: Give Up the World; Jake Blount; The New Faith; Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40247
  12. Gina Forsyth: Sparrows; Gina Forsyth; Fox Valley Folk Festival Preview 2016; Folkstage 9-3-2016
  13. Martha Scanlan: “Taken or Given” (Martha Scanlan, Jon Neufeld, Patricia Barry); Martha Scanlan; The Shape of Things Gone Missing, The Shape of Things to Come; marthascanlan.com 141180 01029
  14. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Count Your Blessings” (Irving Berlin); Sons of the Never Wrong; We Three Sons; Faintly Spoken Music
  15. Harry Belafonte: “Scarlet Ribbons” (Evelyn Danzig and Jack Segal); Harry Belafonte w/Millard Thomas, guitar; Greatest Hits (disc 1 of 3); Greatest Hits (disc 1 of 3) | RCA 07863 67403-2
  16. Walter Rollins: Carol, “Frosty the Snowman”; Ensemble Galilei; Imagine Christmas; Sono Luminus DSL-92216
  17. Julie Andrews & Co.: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (Sherman/Sherman); Julie Andrews; Mary Poppins (Original Walt Disney Soundtrack); Walt Disney Records 60615-7
  18. Dick Van Dyke & Co.: Chim Chim Cher-ee (Sherman/Sherman); Dick Van Dyke & Co.; Mary Poppins (Original Walt Disney Soundtrack); Walt Disney Records 60615-7
  19. Charles Strouse: Put on a Happy Face (Strouse); Dick Van Dyke; Bye Bye Birdie, Orig. Broadway Cast; Columbia OS2025
  20. Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael: “I’ll Miss Fields This Christmas” (Kent/Gannon/Gordon); Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael; Folkstage 12.12.2009, disc 2; WFMT 121209
  21. Gayla Peevey: “I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas” (Rox); Gayle Peevey; Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty; Rhino RNLP 825
  22. Win Stracke: “Clout City Christmas”; Win Stracke; 98.7 FM 50th Anniversary; WFMT 001 1-2
  23. Bonnie Koloc w/Don Stille: Goat; Bonnie Koloc w/Don Stille; Folkstage: March 18, 2006, Disk 1; WFMT 3182006
  24. Cyril Tawney: Sammy’s Bar; Cyril Tawney; Live at Holstein’s – Chicago 1981; ADA Recordings ADA109CD
  25. Chaise Lounge: “Trimming the Tree”; Chaise Lounge; Out Under the Sky; Out Under the Sky | Modern Songbook MSR-015
  26. Nancy Beaudette: “Silvertone Guitar”; Nancy Beaudette; Fa La La; Moonlit Pond MPR2012
  27. Megon McDonough: “The Christmas Guitar”; Megon McDonough; Just One Angel; Yellow Tail 10026
  28. Joel Mabus: “Let’s Do Christmas Right”; Joel Mabus; How Like the Holly; Fossil 1209
  29. Billy Crockett: “Coasting Into Christmas”; Billy Crockett; A Very Blue Rock Christmas, Vol. 1; Blue Rock BRA-CD1210
  30. Joni Mitchell: River; Joni Mitchell; Blue; Reprise 8122797178-4
  31. Peter Tchaikovsky: “The Nutcracker,” Op. 71; Classiks on Toys; Snoopy’s Nutcracker; Lightyear Entertainment 54146-2
  32. Red Grammer: “Strangely Wrapped Gift”; Red Grammer; Soul Man in a Techno World; Soul Man in a Techno World | Grammer 01
  33. Susan Piper: “Aunt Miriam’s Suitcases”; Susan Piper; New On the Planet; New On the Planet | Sliced Bread CD SB71150
  34. Tom Paxton: “Intro to Marvelous Toy/Marvelous Toy”; Tom Paxton; The Compleat Tom Paxton; The Compleat Tom Paxton | Rhino Handmade RHM 7870
  35. Stephanie Bettman: Evening Prayer Blues (Bailey); Stephanie Bettman; Get Close to Me; Stephanie Bettman 8 84502 01043 5
  36. Barbara Martin: Up the Country Blues; Barbara Martin; Different View; Rare Bird B. Martin 001
  37. DeFord Bailey: Ice Water Blues; DeFord Bailey; Nashville, The Early String Bands Vol. 2; County CD 3522
  38. Natalie MacMaster: “Get Me Through December” (Sampson/Lavery); Natalie MacMaster feat. Alison Krauss; In My Hands; In My Hands | Rounder 11661 7025-2
  39. Graham Chittenden: Holidays with Dogs – Christmas excerpt (Spoken); Graham Chittenden; Defeated; Macaw Studios amazon.com
  40. Merle Haggard: “If We Make it Through December”; Merle Haggard; Moneyland (various); Moneyland | McCoury Music MCM 0005
  41. Dean Milano: Catalog doll; Dean Milano; Songs About Stuff; Kira Records Kira 2906
  42. David Massengill: “Number One In America”; David Massengill; Stories and Songs; Massengill No. 1
  43. Laura Love: “I Still Believe (Unplugged)”; Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  44. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004