The Midnight Special, May 10, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 2); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Steve Goodman: Mama Don’t Allow It (Davenport); Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites/Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
  3. Odetta: “Mama Told Me Not to Come” (R. Newman); Odetta; Odetta Sings; Polydor 24-4048
  4. Malcolm Holcombe: Who Carried You?; Malcolm Holcombe; RCA Sessions; RCA Sessions | Gypsy Eyes Music 2015
  5. Eric Andersen: Dear Mama; Eric Andersen; You Can’t Relive the Past; Appleseed APR CD 1032
  6. Diana Jones: “The Sea is My Mother”; Diana Jones; Song to a Refugee; Goldmine Records GMR003
  7. Bonnie Koloc: “Mama Chicago”; Bonnie Koloc; With You On My Side; Flying Fish FF70437CD
  8. Allison Russell: “Montreal”; Allison Russell; Outside Child; Fantasy FAN01125
  9. Jack Williams: “Mama Lou”; Jack Williams; Bound for Glory – Live; Wind River WR4046CD
  10. Karla Bonoff: “Something Fine” (Jackson Browne); Karla Bonoff; Looking Into You: Tribute to Jackson Browne, disc 2; Music Road Records MRR CD 018
  11. Bonnie Raitt: “Home”; Bonnie Raitt; Sweet Forgiveness (Remastered); Sweet Forgiveness/Warner Bros. R2 78382
  12. Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert: “Music in my Mother’s House”; Holly Near & Ronnie Gilbert; This Train Still Runs; Abbe Alice AAH0696CD
  13. Jess Klein: That Was My Family; Jess Klein; When We Rise; jessklein.com 195269227418
  14. Sam Robbins: So Much I Still Don’t See; Sam Robbins; So Much I Still Don’t See; Nine Athens Music 1 95269 34658 4
  15. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  16. Waterson:Carthy: “May Song”; Norma Waterson, Eliza Carthy, Martin Carthy, Tim Van Eyken; Holy Heathens and the Old Green Man; Topic TSCD562
  17. Rachel Drew: If I Were a Child; Rachel Drew; Old Sky New; racheldrew.com 3-2024
  18. Joni Mitchell: The Circle Game; Joni Mitchell; Hits; Reprise 9 46326-2
  19. Jean Redpath: “Sonny’s Dream” (Hynes); Jean Redpath; Leaving the Land; Philo CD 1131
  20. Chris Walz: Going Across The Sea – instrumental (trad.); Chris Walz; All I Got and Gone; Chris Walz CMW2501
  21. Martin Carthy: The Wife of Usher’s Well (Trad.); Martin Carthy; Signs of Life; Topic TSD 503
  22. Paul Simon: “Mother and Child Reunion”; Paul Simon; Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings – 1 of 9; Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings – 1 of 9 | Warner Bros R2 78899
  23. Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Aleksi Campagne: Mother’s Prayer [LIVE]; Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Aleksi Campagne; Folkstage with the Kaldor-Campagne Family; WFMT Folkstage 3-23-2019
  24. Rupert Wates: “In Time of Breaking”; Rupert Wates; Lamentations; Lamentations | Bite Music 9-23-20
  25. Chris Rawlins: Tomorrow; Chris Rawlins; Bring on the Rain; chris-rawlins.com 888295865050
  26. Tom Lehrer: The Vatican Rag; Tom Lehrer; The Remains of Tom Lehrer, Disc 3; Rhino 79831 1
  27. Rich Krueger: Picnic with the Pope (Things Happen in New Mexico); Rich Krueger; Personal Overachievement; Rockin’K 1998
  28. Dan Bern: Pope Deep Dish; Dan Bern; single; danbern.com 05.09.25
  29. Robbie Ellis: Chicago Pope Plainchant; Robbie Ellis; [single]; Robbie Ellis
  30. Bill Isles: Sistine Chapel; Bill Isles; The Threshold; Bill Isles Isles 001
  31. Travis, Merle: “Midnight Special” Travis picked guitar; Merle Travis; In Boston 1959; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  32. I’m With Her: Ancient Light; I’m With Her; Wild And Clear And Blue; Rounder Records
  33. Alison Krauss & Union Station: One Ray of Shine (Siskind/V. Krauss); Alison Krauss & Union Station; Arcadia; Down the Dirt Road Records DTR0018
  34. Leanne Morgan: Your Baby Has Pooped in the Tube; Leanne Morgan; I’m Every Woman; Netflix 4.11.2023
  35. Jim Gary: Mama Made the Centerfold; Jim Gary; Big Door… Little Wonder; Jim Gary 88295 11607
  36. Ben & Ellen Harper: A House is a Home; Ben & Ellen Harper; Childhood Home; Prestige Folklore FLR-35526-02
  37. Ben & Ellen Harper: Altar of Love; Ben & Ellen Harper; Childhood Home; Prestige Folklore FLR-35526-02
  38. Ben & Ellen Harper: How Could We Not Believe; Ben & Ellen Harper; Childhood Home; Prestige Folklore FLR-35526-02
  39. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: Star Girls (Schmidt); Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; We Are Welcomed; Pragmavision 35
  40. Kate Campbell: Moonpie Dreams; Kate Campbell; Moonpie Dreams; Moonpie Dreams 7 4238 2
  41. Louise Coombe: Paris; Louise Coombe; Paris; Zoe Cat 3.2025
  42. Helene Cronin: Maybe New Mexico (Cronin, Carver, White); Helene Cronin; Maybe New Mexico; helenecronin.com 3.7.2025
  43. Brother Brothers: Ocean’s Daughter; Brother Brothers; Some People I Know; Compass 7 4725 2
  44. DeDannan: “Hibernian Rhapsody” (Freddie Mercury); DeDannan; Hibernian Rhapsody; Hibernian Rhapsody | Shanachie 78005
  45. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004