The Midnight Special, July 26, 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. Joni Mitchell: “Carey”; Joni Mitchell; Blue; Reprise 8122797178-4
  3. Mollie O’Brien: “Alaska”; Mollie O’Brien; Tell It True; Sugar Hill Tell It True / SH-CD 3846
  4. Glen Simpson: Oh, Alaska; Glen Simpson; 13 Stories High; Tomato Gravy TG 008
  5. Roland Roberts: Alaska Time; Roland Roberts; So it Goes;
  6. Eilen Jewell: “Too Hot to Sleep”; Eilen Jewell; Letter from Sinners & Strangers; Signature Sounds Recordings SIG 2006
  7. Lyal Strickland: Cool Side of the Pillow; Lyal Strickland; Preservation; Shedding Dog Music 00261 44237
  8. Dan+Claudia Zanes: “Long Hot Summer Nights”; Dan+Claudia Zanes; Let Love Be Your Guide; Smithsonian Folkways SFW45086
  9. Jim Photoglo: Heatwave in the Delta; Jim Photoglo; Sparks in the Radio; Grifftone GR001
  10. Lou & Peter Berryman: Heard About the Heat?; Lou & Peter Berryman; Some Kinda Funny; Cornbelt CR11
  11. Big Smith: “12-inch, 3-speed, Oscillating Fan” (Scott Young); Big Smith; Big Rock; Big Smith Records/CD Baby 7127
  12. Diane Taraz: Fan; Diane Taraz; Shoes that Fit Like Sand; Shoes that Fit Like Sand/Beacon 10127-2
  13. John Margolis: Christine’s Refrigerator; John Margolis; Christine’s Refrigerator; Big 6 Records 40136 11712
  14. The Geyer Street Sheiks: “Dance Around in Your Bones” (Kahn, Gus and Donaldson, Walter); The Geyer Street Sheiks; Great Dream; B-Jam BJR 101
  15. Chris Lavancher: “Pickup Baseball”; Chris Lavancher; After the Flood; chrislavanchermusic.com [2021]
  16. Kevin Kling: Softball; Kevin Kling; Alive; East Side Digital ESD 81782
  17. Sam Bush: Take Me Out to the Ballgame (instr. Von Tilzer); Sam Bush; Howlin’ at the Moon; Sugar Hill SHCD-3876
  18. Steven Goodman: “Take Me Out to the Ballgame”; Steve Goodman; No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology; Red Pajamas RPJ008CD 1/2
  19. Jean Shepard: “Balls” (full version); Jean Shepherd; Jean Shepherd and Other Foibles; WFMT Collectors’ Choice Music CCM-343-2
  20. Steve Goodman: When the Cubs Go Marching In; Steve Goodman; Live at the Earl of Old Town; Red Pajamas RPJ-017
  21. Win Stracke: The First Baseball Game; Win Stracke; Songs of Old Town; Flair S-912
  22. Sister Wynona Carr: The Ball Game; Sister Wynona Carr; Baseball’s Greatest Hits; Rhino R2 70710
  23. David Olney, John Hadley, Ben Jones: “Heaven’s Game”; David Olney, John Hadley, Ben Jones; Diamond Cuts: Complete Game; Hungry For Music HFM 025
  24. (Bud Abbott & Lou Costello): “Who’s on First?”; Abbott & Costello; Baseball’s Greatest Hits; Rhino R2 70710
  25. (Caroline Aiken): “Butler Field”; Caroline Aiken; Butler Field; Silverwolf SWCD 1007
  26. (The Yellow Room Gang): “They Used to Play Baseball Here”; Yellow Room Gang; Happy New Day; Yellow Room Gang YRR009
  27. Steve Key: “Shoeless Joe Jackson” (Jeff Deitchman); Steve Key; Diamond Cuts: Turning Two; Hungry for Music HFM 005
  28. Chuck Brodsky: The Country Needed Baseball; Chuck Brodsky; Gravity, Wings and Heavy Things; chuckbrodsky.com CB2022
  29. Buck O’Neil: I Was Right On Time; Buck O’Neil; Diamond Cuts – Baseball Songs & Poetry; Hungry for Music HFM 003
  30. Count Basie Orchestra: Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? (Buddy Johnson); Count Basie Orch. ft. Taps Miller; Baseball’s Greatest Hits; Rhino R2 70710
  31. Stormy Weather: “The Land of Wrigley”; Stormy Weather; Baseball’s Greatest Hits; Rhino R2 70701
  32. Steve Goodman: “A Dying Cubs Fans Last Request”; Steve Goodman; Affordable Art; Omnivore Recordings OVCD-337
  33. Harmonious Wail: Ballgame (instr. von Tilzer); Harmonious Wail; Gypsy Swing; Naxos World 76056-2
  34. Eric Taylor: Game is Gone; Eric Taylor feat. Tommie Lee Bradley-Jackson; Scuffletown; Emminent Scuffletown / EM-26001-2
  35. James Lee Stanley & John Batdorf: Tumbling Dice (Jagger/Richards); James Lee Stanley & John Batdorf; All Wood & Stones II; Beechwood BR 2133
  36. King Margo: The Line; King Margo; Waters Rise; Torrez Music Group 92022
  37. Megan Bee: Fever; Megan Bee; Cottonwood; meganbeemusic.com 7 00261 48957 5
  38. Jim Infantino: “Stress”; Jim Infantino; World of Particulars; Gadfly CD 209
  39. Ken Nordine, Tom Waits & Jerry Garcia w/David Grisman: Thousand Bing Bangs; Ken Nordine & Tom Waits w/David Grisman & Jerry Garcia; Devout Catalyst; Grateful Dead Records GDCD40152
  40. Hugh Blumenfeld: Waiting for the Good Humor Man; Hugh Blumenfeld; Mozart’s Money; Prime CD PCD 021
  41. Al Rose: The Dance; Al Rose; Spin Spin Dizzy; Monkey Holding Peach Records MHP1052
  42. Maria Muldaur: “Cool River” (McGarrigle/Bean); Maria Muldaur; Waitress in a Donut Shop; Reprise MS 2194
  43. (Greg Brown): “One Cool Remove”; Greg Brown feat. Bob Thompson (sax); One Big Town; Red House RHR CD 28
  44. Pierce Pettis: “Little River Canyon”; Pierce Pettis; State of Grace; Compass State of Grace / 7 4315 2
  45. Buffalo Rose: New World; Buffalo Rose; Again, Again, Again; Misra Records MSR 130
  46. Rupert Wates: Last of the Hotbloods; Rupert Wates; Full Circle; Bite Music LTD BR12114
  47. John Prine: Everything is Cool; John Prine; The Missing Years; Oh Boy! OBR-009 CD
  48. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  49. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004