The Midnight Special, January 18, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Traditional: “Midnight Special”; Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Pat Humphries: Baptism of Fire (Snow); Pat Humphries; Same Rain; Moving Forward Music MFM 360
  3. John Zipperer: We Walk Together; John Zipperer; Devil Rail; johnzipperer.com none
  4. Judy Kass & Sloan Wainwright: Hopeful Hearts; Judy Kass & Sloan Wainwright; single; self none
  5. Lindsey Altongy: Home Again; Lindsey Altongy; Queen of the Water Gap; lindseyaltongy.bandcamp.com 8.24.2024
  6. Lilli Lewis: A Healing Inside; Lilli Lewis, ft. Lady A, et al.; Americana; Louisiana Red Hot Records LRHR 1200
  7. Geoff Muldaur: Wait Til I Put on My Robe (Clay/Scott); Geoff Muldaur; Password; Hightone Records HCD 8125
  8. Rosanna Goodman: My Old Man (Goodman); Rosanna Goodman; My Old Man: A Tribute to Steve Goodman; Red Pajamas RPJ-016
  9. Anna Egge: Old Fashioned (Goodman); Anna Egge; My Old Man: A Tribute to Steve Goodman; Red Pajamas RPJ-016
  10. Steve Goodman & John Prine: “Souvenirs”; Steve Goodman & John Prine; Affordable Art; Affordable Art | Omnivore Recordings OVCD-337
  11. Dave Murphy, ft. Mark Erelli: One More Time; Dave Murphy, ft. Mark Erelli; A Heart of Stone; davemurphy.net single 2025
  12. Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda: One Last Time; Christopher Jackson and Lin-Manuel Miranda; Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast; Hamilton/Atlantic 551093-2
  13. Sid Griffin: We’ve Run Out of Road; Sid Griffin; The Trick is to Breath; Prima Sid 026
  14. Fendrick & Peck: If I Could Only Turn Back; Fendrick & Peck; Lucky Penny; Fendrick & Peck 8 88295 26411 2
  15. Crys Matthews: “Call Them In”; Crys Matthews; Single Honoring John Lewis; Single Honoring John Lewis | self released [2021]
  16. Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway: This Little Light of Mine; Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway; Deeper Than The Skin; (self) DTTS 01
  17. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special Solo (Short)” Instrumental; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 006
  18. Odetta: Buked and Scorned (trad); Odetta; Tradition Masters, Vol. 1; Ryko TCD 1085 1
  19. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream 1963 – excerpt; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Great Speeches of the 20th Century, Disc 3; Rhino World RWB 70567 3
  20. Clara Ward: “How I Got Over”; Mahalia Jackson; Apollo Sessions Vol I; Apollo Sessions Vol I/Pair PCD-2-1332
  21. Joan Baez: Oh, Freedom; Joan Baez; The Newport Folk Festival 1963, The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1; Vanguard VSD-79148
  22. Bob Dylan: When the Ship Comes In; Bob Dylan; The Times They Are a-Changin’; Columbia CK8905
  23. Peter, Paul and Mary: If I Had a Hammer (Hays/Seeger); Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary Warner/1449-2
  24. Bob Dylan, et al.: Blowin’ in the Wind; Bob Dylan, et al.; The Newport Folk Festival 1963, The Evening Concerts, Vol. 1; Vanguard VSD-79148
  25. Rhiannon Giddens: Birmingham Sunday (Farina); Rhiannon Giddens; Freedom Highway; Nonesuch 558805-2
  26. Rhiannon Giddens: “At the Purchaser’s Option”; Kontras Quartet; All Made of Stories; MSR Classics MS-1859
  27. Roy Zimmerman: Someday/We Shall Overcome; Roy Zimmerman; Road Map; Metaphor Records No. 928
  28. Poor Boy Michael Strange: Ballad of Martin Luther King (Millius); Poor Boy Michael Strange; The Best of Broadside 1962-1988, Disc 3; Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40130 CD3
  29. Eric Bibb: “Light Was Worth the Candle”; Eric Bibb; Paintin’ Signs; Painting Signs | Earthbeat R2 74382
  30. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: Prophetic Last Speech 1968 – excerpt; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Speeches of Martin Luther King: Ultimate Collection; iTunes [2011]
  31. Traditional African-American: Spiritual, “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands”; Marian Anderson, c; Franz Rupp, p; He’s Got The Whole World In His Hands; RCA 61960-2
  32. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special [Excerpt]; Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  33. Lou & Peter Berryman: “Resolution #9”; Lou & Peter Berryman; We Don’t Talk About That!; We Don’t Talk About That! Cornbelt/CR800CD
  34. Mark Erelli: “Hollow Man”; Mark Erelli (Various); Can You Read This Boston; Can You Read This Boston/Big Girl Records BGR 001
  35. John Gorka: “Oh Abraham”; John Gorka; Company You Keep; Company You Keep/Red House Records RHR CD
  36. Bomethius: Leave It Alone; Bomethius; Borrowed Time; Oakley Avenue Records 11.16.2024
  37. Seth Glier: Did I Hear Wrong? (Shindell); Seth Glier; Everything; sethglier.com 5.14.2024
  38. Mike Ward: Immigration Nation; Mike Ward; Still Troubled (EP); psychosongs.com Aug2024
  39. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Greed (Reagon); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Twenty-Five; Ryko CD 10451
  40. Bob Bradshaw: Everybody’s Smalltime Now; Bob Bradshaw; The Art of Feeling Blue; Fluke Records FR12
  41. Mahalia Jackson: A Rusty Old Halo; Mahalia Jackson and the Falls-Jones Ensemble; Gospels, Spirituals and Hymns; Columbia/Legacy C2K 47083
  42. David Roth: Is It True; David Roth; So Far, So Good; Wind River WR4053CD
  43. Chris Smither: In the Bardo; Chris Smither; All About the Bones; Signature Sounds SIG CD 2154
  44. Carrie Newcomer: This Too Will Pass; Carrie Newcomer; The Age of Possibility; Philo 116711 226-2
  45. Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart: A Heart That Never Closes; Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart; Looking For The Thread; Thirty Tigers TBD
  46. Pete Seeger: How Can I Keep From Singing? (Lowry); Pete Seeger; Pete; Living Music LMUS 0032
  47. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004