The Midnight Special, March 15, 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. Remember Rome: “Let’s Speak Italian”; Remember Rome; La Bocca della Verita; La Bocca della Verita | Ars Nova AN 38
  3. Nickel Creek: When in Rome (Thile); Nickel Creek; Why Should the Fire Die?; Sugar Hill Records SUG-CD-3990
  4. Greg Klyma: When in Rome; Greg Klyma; Not a Complicated Guy; Homemade Pie Productions HPP013
  5. Mary Chapin Carpenter: What if We Went to Italy?; Mary Chapin Carpenter; A Place in the World; Columbia CK 67501
  6. Ben Gage: Wish; Ben Gage; Two Singing Songs; bengagemusic.com 112023
  7. Rachel Drew: Forever Wishing; Rachel Drew; Old Sky New; racheldrew.com 3-2024
  8. Jule Styne/Sammy Cahn; adapted, Stuart Ross: Three Coins in the Fountain – excerpt (Styne/Cahn); Jason Graae, Stan Chandler, David Engel, Guy Stroman; Forever Plaid Original Broadway Cast Recording; RCA Victor RCA 60702 2 RC
  9. Chris Rosser: “Federico Fellini”; Chris Rosser; Holy Fool; Independent Songwriters Group Holy Fool / ISG CD 2020
  10. Hugh Blumenfeld: Raphael; Hugh Blumenfeld; Mozart’s Money; Prime CD PCD 021
  11. Steve Seskin: Michaelangelo; Steve Seskin; Live, disc 1; Seskin Records SR 112 1 of 2
  12. Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire: Beware!; Andrew Bird’s Bowl of Fire; Oh! The Grandeur; Rykodisc RCD 10398
  13. The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band: Nero (Played His Fiddle While Rome Burned Down); The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band; Poor Leroy’s Almanac; Spring Fed Music SFR-CD-1003
  14. Peggy Seeger: Nero’s Children; Peggy Seeger; Everything Changes; Signet Music SM1
  15. Randy Newman: “Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man)”; Randy Newman; Good Ol’ Boys; Warner Bros. MX 2193
  16. Thompson: That’s Enough; Thompson; Family; Fantasy Records 36392-02
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: Caesar; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound: Series Four, Disc 1; BBC Audio ISBN 978 1408 410141
  19. Bomethius: I Am Caesar’s (Now); Bomethius; Borrowed Time; bomethius.com 11.16.2024
  20. Richard Johnson: Anthony Addresses the Crowd After Caesar’s Assassination; Richard Johnson; Shakespeare in Music & Words, Disc 2; Decca 4825281
  21. Alice Wallace: Poor Cleopatra; Alice Wallace; Music, Memories and Pride; California Country CCR27217
  22. Anne Harris: I Feel It Once Again (Harris, Linden,James); Anne Harris; I Feel It Once Again; Rugged Road Records RRR AH2024Pre
  23. Phil Ochs: When in Rome; Phil Ochs; Farewells & Fantasies, Disk 2; Rhino/Elektra Traditions R2 73518
  24. Kathy Cowan: “Star of the County Down”; Kathy Cowan; Red Haired Man’s Wife; Red Haired Man’s Wife | Kiltartan KR1008
  25. Greg Trafidlo: “The Starbucks of County Down” (Trafidlo, Phillips, Seay); Greg Trafidlo; The Crawlspace Tapes; The Crawlspace Tapes | Kira 4050
  26. Maeve Higgins: A Very Special Woman; Maeve Higgins; A Very Special Woman; bandcamp [2022]
  27. Altan: Dulaman (trad.); Altan; Island Angel; Green Linnet GLCD1137
  28. Eddie From Ohio: Irish Dream; Eddie From Ohio; Looking Out the Fishbowl; Virginia Soul VSR 006
  29. CornMaiz: Dance A Jig; CornMaiz; CornMaiz String Band: Fresh-picked Kentucky Music; Redbird Records RRCD 2022
  30. Chris Walz: Spanish Fandango (Worrall); Chris Walz; All I Got and Gone; Chris Walz CMW2501
  31. Bob Franke: Catfish; Bob Franke; In This Night; Flying Fish FFCD 70563
  32. Alice Howe: Homeland Blues; Alice Howe; You’ve Been Away So Long; Alice Howe 7 98577 01972
  33. Livingston Taylor: Shouldn’t Have Fallen for You; Livingston Taylor; Blue Sky; Whistling Dog Records CD 1009
  34. Jamie O’Reilly: What Falls, Falls, Falls (Monaghan/Smith); Jamie O’Reilly w/Anne Hills; Songs of the Kerry Madwoman; J. O’Reilly Productions JO002
  35. Cosy Sheridan: A Study of Religious Art; Cosy Sheridan; The Horse King; Waterbug WBG102
  36. Tim O’Brien & the O’Boys: When I Paint My Masterpiece (Bob Dylan); Tim O’Brien & the O’Boys; Oh, Boy! Oh, Boy!; Sugar Hill SH CD 3808
  37. Eric Andersen: Spanish Steps; Eric Andersen; Ghosts Upon the Road; Plump Records Plump 5902-2
  38. Buddy Mondlock: The Cats of the Coliseum; Buddy Mondlock; Dressed Up & Stripped Down, Disk 2; Major Bob 001 2
  39. Steve Tilston: Rolling Down This Roman Road; Steve Tilston; Such & Such; Market Square Music MSMCD124
  40. Anne Harris: Can’t Find My Way; Anne Harris; I Feel It Once Again; Rugged Road Records RRR AH2024Pre
  41. Paul Brady: The Homes of Donegal; Paul Brady; Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady; Rykodisc RCD 10491
  42. Jerry Douglas, ft. Maura O’Connell: Follow On (Paul Brady); Jerry Douglas, ft. Maura O’Connell; Restless on the Farm; Sugar Hill SHCD-3875
  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