The Midnight Special, March 29, 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. Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Well May the World Go/Letter from Pete’s Banjo (Seeger/Fink); Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer; Get Up and Do Right; Community Music CMCD #210
  3. Tom Lehrer: “The Folk Song Army”; Tom Lehrer; The Remains of Tom Lehrer, Disc 3; The Remains of Tom Lehrer, Disc 3 Rhino R2 79831 1
  4. Edward Norton: Wimoweh (Mbube); Edward Norton; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  5. Allison Russell: Springtime; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  6. Joni Mitchell: Free Man in Paris; Joni Mitchell; Court and Spark; CD / Asylum LP 1974 253 002
  7. Joel Mabus: Ukulele Crimes; Joel Mabus; Ukulele Crimes; Fossil Fossil 2618
  8. Monica Barbaro: Silver Dagger (Trad.); Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  9. Louise Coombe: The Girl Upstairs (Coombe/Paxton); Louise Coombe; Paris; Zoe Cat 3.2025
  10. Timothée Chalamet: Mr. Tambourine Man; Timothée Chalamet; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  11. Timothée Chalamet: A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall; Timothée Chalamet; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  12. Monica Barbaro: House of the Rising Sun (trad.); Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  13. Michael Smith: Famous in France; Michael Smith; Folkstage: Michael Smith 1-25-03; WFMT Folkstage 1-25-03
  14. Allison Russell: Stay Right Here; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  15. Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro: Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right; Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  16. Allison Russell: Demons; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  17. Jonas Friddle & The Majority: Use Your Voice; Jonas Friddle & The Majority; Use Your Voice; jonasfriddle.com 8 84501 92481 8
  18. Peter Case: Still Playin’; Peter Case; Full Service, No Waiting; Vanguard 79504-2
  19. Boyd Holbrook: Folsom Prison Blues (Cash); Boyd Holbrook; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  20. Liv Taylor: “Songs that Should Never be Played on the Banjo”; Liv Taylor; Unsolicited Material; Unsolicited Material | Whistling Dog 0000
  21. Donohue, Pat: “Would You Like to Play the Guitar?”; Pat Donohue; Nobody’s Fault; Bluesky Records BSR930
  22. Jonathan Byrd: Fiddle and Bow/Whole World Round (M. Jayne); Jonathan Byrd; Waitress; Waitress/self Byrd 001
  23. Peter, Paul and Mary: “500 Miles”; Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary; Peter, Paul and Mary Warner/1449-2
  24. Timothée Chalamet: I Was Young When I Left Home; Timothée Chalamet; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  25. Those Darn Accordions!: “We’re An Accordion Band”; Those Darn Accordions!; Squeeze This; Squeeze This!/Flying Fish FF CD70627
  26. James McCandless: Red Bandanna (McCandless); James McCandless; Sea of Freedom; St. Christopher CD 4001
  27. Allison Russell: Snakelife; Allison Russell; The Returner; Fantasy Records 8 88072 52409 5
  28. Monica Barbaro: There But For Fortune (Ochs); Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  29. Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson: Sing for the Song (Silverstein); Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson; Best of Friends; Appleseed APR CD 1077
  30. Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell: “Polly Ann’s Hammer”; Amythyst Kiah w/Allison Russell; Songs of Our Native Daughters; Songs of Our Native Daughters Smithsonian Folkways/SFW CD 40232
  31. Steve Goodman: “When My Rowboat Comes In”; Steve Goodman; Affordable Art; Omnivore Recordings OVCD-337
  32. Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton: When the Ship Comes In; Timothée Chalamet & Edward Norton; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  33. Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro: It Ain’t Me, Babe; Timothée Chalamet & Monica Barbaro; A Complete Unknown (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Columbia 19802866141
  34. Jimmy LaFave: “If Not For You” (Bob Dylan); Jimmy LaFave; Trail, Disc 2; Bohemia Beat 0009
  35. Joan Baez: “Ring Them Bells” (Bob Dylan); Joan Baez with Mary Black; Ring Them Bells (Live); Ring Them Bells/Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5
  36. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004