The Midnight Special, June 21, 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. Bill Morrissey: Summer Night; Bill Morrissey; Standing Eight; Philo CD PH 1123
  3. Christine Lavin: A Summer Song/All I Have to Do is Dream; Christine Lavin; Beau Woes; Philo PH 1107
  4. Mustard’s Retreat: The Summer and You; Mustard’s Retreat; A Resolution of Something; self-released [2003]
  5. I’m With Her: Strawberry Moonrise; I’m With Her; Wild and Clear and Blue; Rounder 1166102586
  6. I’m With Her: Year After Year; I’m With Her; Wild and Clear and Blue; Rounder 1166102586
  7. Meg Davis: Upon a Summer’s Sky; Meg Davis; Music of Wonderland; Meg Music Meg01
  8. Tanglefoot: Summer Ghosts; Tanglefoot; Agnes on the Cow Catcher; Borealis BCD143
  9. Le Vent du Nord: Le navire de Bayonne (The Ship of Bayonne); Le Vent du Nord; 20 Printemps; Cie du Nord CIE012
  10. Joni Mitchell: The Hissing of Summer Lawns; Joni Mitchell; The Studio Albums, Disc 7; Warner/Reprise/Asylum 8122797178
  11. Denice Franke: “Summer Places”; Denice Franke; Folkstage: Denice Franke Disc 1 of 2; Folkstage Folkstage / 9-11-99
  12. Kate Campbell: Moonpie Dreams; Kate Campbell; Moonpie Dreams; Moonpie Dreams 7 4238 2
  13. Vance Gilbert: “Cousin Shelly’s Station Wagon”; Vance Gilbert; Good Good Man; Good Good Man | Disismye Music #0010
  14. John Hartford: “Gentle on My Mind”; John Hartford; John Hartford: RCA Country Legends; John Hartford: RCA Country Legends | RCA 74465 99837 2
  15. Jenny Bienemann: The Beach; Jenny Bienemann; Heading Slowly Toward the Beginning; jennybienemann.com 00261 36316
  16. Concetta Abbate: Oh Little Shell; Concetta Abbate; Falling in Time; Waterbug 7-53114 01202-4
  17. Lou & Peter Berryman: “We Strolled on the Beach”; Lou & Peter Berryman; Double Yodel; Cornfed CR10
  18. Steve Gillette: That Song About the River; Steve Gillette; Best Of; Compass Rose Music CRM-15CD
  19. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  20. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: “Lovely Agnes”; Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; Closing the Distance; Closing the Distance/Flying Fish FFCD 70425
  21. Kitty Donohoe: “Mackinac Bridge/St. Anne’s Reel”; Kitty Donohoe; Bunyan & Banjoes – Songs of Michigan & the Great Lakes; LakesBunyan & Banjoes – Songs of Michigan & the Great Roheen Records RR002
  22. Carolann Solebello: Michigan; Carolann Solebello; Glass of Desire; Elizabeth Records ELZ 010
  23. Jamie Byrd: A Summer’s Night in June; Jamie Byrd; Garden of Days; Rooster Dog Records RDR 42157
  24. Yosh & Yimmy: Seedless Watermelon; Yosh & Yimmy; Three Rivers; “yoshandyimmy.com 7 55491 23683 3
  25. Robinson & Rohe: Singing Like a Saw; Robinson & Rohe; Into the Night; Righteous Babe pre release single
  26. Siegel-Schwall Band: “Good Time Band” (Corky Siegel); Siegel-Schwall Band; The Very Best… The Wooden Nickel Years (1971-74); Varèse Sarabande VSD 6006
  27. Sam Robbins: Piles of Sand; Sam Robbins; So Much I Still Don’t See; Nine Athens Music 1 95269 34658 4
  28. Shawn Mullins: “Twin Rocks, Oregon”; Shawn Mullins; Soul’s Core; Sony Legacy B00000AG6W
  29. Laura Nyro: “Stoned Soul Picnic”; Laura Nyro; Eli and the Thirteenth Confession; Columbia/Legacy CK 85763
  30. Susan Anders: Shoes; Susan Anders; Now I’m a Kite; Zanna Discs 2960-2
  31. Dana Cooper: “Summer in America” (Cooper/Richey); Dana Cooper; I Can Face The Truth; Dog Called Dog DC2022
  32. Phil Ochs: “In The Heat of the Summer”; Phil Ochs; I Ain’t Marchin’ Anymore; Hannibal HNCD-4422
  33. The Kennedys: “Stand”; The Kennedys; Stand; Stand Koch / DOC-CD-8675
  34. Stephen Schuch: Midnight Special [Piano Excerpt]; Stephen Schuch; single; Stephen Schuch [2022]
  35. Owen Walsh: Somewhere Sunny; Owen Walsh; On My Way; owenwalsh.com 112022
  36. Erica Wheeler: Maryland County Road; Erica Wheeler; The Harvest; Signature Sounds SSRC 1237
  37. Wendy & DB: Sunny Side Up; Wendy & DB; Get Your Sunny Side Up; Tigerlily Records 195269 36061 0
  38. Jeff Black: Lemonade; Jeff Black; Folklore; Lotos Nile LNCD0010
  39. Sons of the Never Wrong: Tea Tale (Lader, Covert); Sons of the Never Wrong; The Nuthatch Suite; Gadfly 291
  40. Eddi Reader: Kiteflyer’s Hill (Nevin); Eddi Reader; Angels & Electricity; Compass Records COM 7 4265 2
  41. Cubanisms: Summertime/Blue Skies; Cubanisms; Acento Cubano; www.cubanismsband.com 191924330219
  42. Tony Trischka: “I Know Moon-Rise”; Tony Trischka feat. Catherine Russell; Shall We Hope; Shefa Records HORN-3009
  43. Garnet Rogers w/Doug Long: “Summer Lightning”; Garnet Rogers w/Doug Long; Summer Lightning – Live; Summer Lightning – Live | Snow Goose SGS 1123Cd
  44. Pierce Pettis: “Georgia Moon”; Pierce Pettis; State of Grace; State of Grace / Compass 7 4315 2
  45. Carrie Newcomer: “Throwing Rocks at the Moon”; Carrie Newcomer; Until Now; Available Light Records ALR06
  46. Tom Waits: Midnight Lullaby; Tom Waits; Closing Time; Elektra 5061-2
  47. Scott Cook: “All My Moonlit Rambles”; Scott Cook; Moonlit Rambles; Moonlit Rambles | Groove Revival GRP005
  48. Jesse Terry: “If I Were the Moon”; Jesse Terry; When We Wander; Wandering Records WR001
  49. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  50. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004