The Midnight Special, February 22, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Leonard Cohen: “First We Take Manhattan”; Leonard Cohen; I’m Your Man; Columbia I’m Your Man / CK 44191
  3. Rod MacDonald: “American Jerusalem”; Rod MacDonald; Fast Folk, disc 1; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40135 ½
  4. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: “Emperor is Naked Today-O; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; If I Had a Song… the songs of Pete Seeger, Vol 1; If I Had A Song – 2 Appleseed/APRCD1055
  5. Maggie McKaig & Luke Wilson: The Emperor’s Clothes; Maggie McKaig & Luke Wilson; Storm Sessions; maggiemckaig.com DW-16-22-5351
  6. Rose Cousins: White Lies; Rose Cousins; If You Were For Me; Old Farm Pony Records OFPR01
  7. Tim O’Brien: You Ate The Apple; Tim O’Brien; Chicken & Egg; Howdy Skies HS-CD-1005
  8. Joy Clark: One Step in the Right Direction; Joy Clark; Tell It To The Wind; Righteous Babe RBR121D
  9. Eilen Jewell: Gotta Get Right; Eilen Jewell; Boundary County; Signature Sounds SIG 1300-2
  10. Flanders & Swann: First and Second Laws; Flanders & Swann; The Complete Flanders and Swann, Disc 2; EMI/Parlorphone CDS 97464
  11. Jackson Browne: Rock Me On the Water; Jackson Browne; Jackson Browne (“Saturate Before Using”); Asylum SD 5051-2
  12. Jackson Browne: The Dreamer; Jackson Browne; Downhill from Everywhere; Inside Records INR 1119
  13. Mississippi John Hurt: Louis Collins; Mississippi John Hurt; Avalon Blues – Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings; Columbia Legacy CK 64986
  14. Bill Bourne: Slidin’ Delta (Hurt); Bill Bourne; Farmer, Philanthropist, Musician; Blue Streak BSCD 97002
  15. The Almanac Singers: Liza Jane (trad., Lampell/Seeger); The Almanac Singers; Songs for Political Action – Disc 3 The Almanac Singers; Bear Family Records BCD 15720-3 JL
  16. The Almanac Singers: Ballad of October 16th (Lampell); The Almanac Singers; Songs for Political Action – Disc 3 The Almanac Singers; Bear Family Records BCD 15720-3 JL
  17. Sam Bush with John Cowan: Crossing the Transippi; Sam Bush with John Cowan; Howlin’ at the Moon; Sugar Hill SHCD-3876
  18. Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan: Washington on Your Side; Leslie Odom, Jr., Daveed Diggs, Okieriete “Oak” Onaodowan; Hamilton: Original Broadway Cast; Atlantic 551093-2
  19. Stan Freberg: Washington Crosses the Delaware (Command Decision); Stan Freberg; Stan Freberg Presents The United States of America , Vol. 1; Rhino Records R2 72476
  20. Richard Thompson: Freeze; Richard Thompson; Ship to Shore; New West NW6578
  21. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: One Dollar Gloves; Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Hello, World; Crooked Cyclone 1 95269 21928 4
  22. Stephen DiLauro: “George Washington’s Dollar Bird”; Stephen DiLauro; Blue Deer & Other River Tales , Vol. 3; American Rivers 2000-101
  23. Valerie Smith: “A Dollar Looked Mighty Good” (Valerie Smith, Ashley Lewis); Valerie Smith; Renaissance; Bell Buckle BBR4042
  24. Spider John Koerner: Everybody’s Going for the Money; Spider John Koerner; Raised By Humans; Red House Records RHR CD 44
  25. Heather Maloney: One Hundred Pennies; Heather Maloney; No Shortcuts- Live at the Academy; Signature Sounds Single – advance
  26. de Leon, Bianca: “Countin’ Pennies and Wishin’ on a Fallin’ Star”; Bianca de Leon; From Hell to Helsinki: Live; Outlaws & Lovers Music [2002]
  27. Karan Casey: Return to the Wild; Karan Casey; Nine Apples of Gold; Cadiz/Crow Valley 5391531741292
  28. Jim Page: Nothing Rhymes With Orange; Jim Page; A Handful of Songs; Jim Page 10.5.2017
  29. Ken Nordine: Orange; Ken Nordine; Colors; Philips PHM 200-224
  30. Joel Mabus: You Voted Red; Joel Mabus; No Worries Now…; Fossil Records fossil 2009
  31. Lou & Peter Berryman: “The February March”; Lou & Peter Berryman; What Again?; What Again? | Cornbelt CR900
  32. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  33. Peggy Seeger: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (MacColl); Peggy Seeger; Single – 2023 version; Red Grape 3.31.2023
  34. Peggy Seeger: When First Unto This Country (Trad.); Peggy Seeger; Folk Songs of Courting and Complaining; Folkways FA-2049 (FP49)
  35. Ian & Sylvia: Rocks and Gravel; Ian & Sylvia; Ian & Sylvia: The Vanguard Years, Disc 1; Vanguard 196/99-2
  36. Lucy Kaplansky: Carey (Mitchell); Lucy Kaplansky; The Lucy Story: unreleased & rare tracks; LucyRicky Records 1976-2023
  37. Lucy Kaplansky: Secret Journey (Sting); Lucy Kaplansky; The Tide; Red House RHR CD 190
  38. David Massengill: It’s a Beautiful World; David Massengill; Coming Up for Air; Flying Fish FF 70590 CD
  39. Susan Werner: Egg Money (Confession of Irene Broghammer); Susan Werner; Hayseed; Sleeve Dog 94504 79964
  40. The Flatlanders: Eggs of Your Chickens (Hancock); The Flatlanders; Wheels of Fortune; New West NW6049
  41. The Red Clay Ramblers: “C-H-I-C-K-E-N” (Bob Slater, Sid Perrin); The Red Clay Ramblers; Yonder; Red Clay Ramblers [2001]
  42. Jackson Emmer: Making Eggs; Jackson Emmer; Jukebox; Lost Honey LH-004
  43. Fred Holstein: The Rock & The Egg/Magic Penny Medley (Tinker/Reynolds); Fred Holstein; Fred Holstein: A Collection – Disc 2; Oasis FH 2001
  44. Jim Brewer & Dan Smith: Babylon is Falling Down; Jim Brewer & Dan Smith; Take it Easy Greasy; Earwig/Riverlark EWR-4984
  45. James Lee Stanley: The World We Left Behind; James Lee Stanley; The Midnight Special (NYE 2014-15), Disc 2; WFMT Folkstage 12-31-2014
  46. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: Hello, World; Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Hello, World; Crooked Cyclone 1 95269 21928 4
  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