The Midnight Special, August 16, 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. Sons of the Never Wrong: Comet; Sons of the Never Wrong; One if By Hand; Gadfly Records Gadfly 268
  3. Charlie Mosbrook: Up Among the Stars; Charlie Mosbrook; A Time Long Gone; Charlie Mosbrook OMR004
  4. Queen Esther: Oh My Stars; Queen Esther; Rona; EL Recordings SINGLE
  5. Pierce Pettis: Comet; Pierce Pettis; Everything Matters; Compass Records 7 4252 2
  6. Tom Russell: Haley’s Comet (Russell/Alvin); Tom Russell; Old Songs Yet to Sing; Frontera Records Frontera FR-12
  7. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Halley Came to Jackson; Mary Chapin Carpenter; Shooting Straight in the Dark; Columbia CK 46077
  8. Mary Chapin Carpenter: Looking for the Thread (Carpenter); Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart; Looking for the Thread; Lambent Light Records LLR004
  9. Joe & Eddie: Drinking Gourd (trad.); Joe & Eddie; The Best of Joe & Eddie; Crescendo GNPD 2032 CD
  10. Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir: Don’t You Ever Let Nobody Drag Your Spirit Down (Bibb/Hoglund); Linda Tillery & The Cultural Heritage Choir; Say Yo’ Business; Earth Beat! R2 76762
  11. The Sherpas: Falling Star; The Sherpas; Promise to Harry; Trifecta 1 95269 23940 4
  12. Violet Bell: All The Stars; Violet Bell (Lizzy Ross & Omar Ruiz-Lopez); Shapeshifter; violetbell.net VB2022
  13. Ben de la Cour: Bad Star; Ben de la Cour; New Roses; Julian Records JR 41cd
  14. Jacqueline Levy: Hit by an Asteroid; Jacqueline Levy; Not About Me; Broadjam
  15. Drew Lynch: We Survived (excerpt); Drew Lynch; Concussed: Bricktown Comedy Club Oklahoma City; 800 Pound Gorilla 5.21-23.2021
  16. Steve Goodman & Jethro Burns: Don’t Let the Stars Get In Your Eyeballs; Steve Goodman & Jethro Burns; No Big Surprise; Red Pajamas RPJ008CD 1/2
  17. Muriel Anderson: Perseid; Muriel Anderson; Sailing Dreams; CGD Music CGD2024
  18. Jenny Bienemann: Today; Jenny Bienemann; Every Soul Grows to the Light; jennybienemann.com 7 00261 45266 1
  19. Mars FM: Eagle Rising; Mars FM; Under Your Branches; marsfm.band 8.30.2024
  20. Henhouse Prowlers: Look Up to the Sky; Henhouse Prowlers; Unravel; Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501
  21. Dan Navarro: Oklahoma Skies; Dan Navarro; Horizon Line; Red Hen Records EGG19
  22. Marcella Simien: Stars; Marcella Simien; To Bend to the Will of a Dream That’s Being Fulfilled; marcellasimien.com 7 55491 32221 5
  23. Lucinda Williams: “Something About What Happens When We Talk”; Lucinda Williams; Lucinda Williams; Lucinda Williams | Koch CD 8005
  24. Naomi Ashley: Keep My Secrets; Naomi Ashley and Jon Williams; Love Bug; naomiashley.bandcamp.com 2024
  25. Rachel Swain: Bad Guy Boots; Rachel Swain; Bad Guy Boots – single; rachelswainmusic.com 12.2024
  26. John McCutcheon w/Carrie Newcomer: Field of Stars; John McCutcheon and Carrie Newcomer; Field of Stars; Appalseed 1 9526932407 0
  27. Heather Maloney: Exploding Star; Heather Maloney; Exploding Star; Signature Sounds single
  28. Dana Cooper: This Land is Your Land (Guthrie); Dana Cooper; The Ghost of Tucumcari; Dana Cooper Music DC2024
  29. The Last Word Quintet: Rage of Angels (Day/Smith); The Last Word Quintet; Falling to Earth; Origin Records ORIGIN 82889
  30. Steve “Q” Quinn: “The Midnight Special – Harmonica Gritty” (Traditional); Steve “Q” Quinn; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS012
  31. Kate Rusby: Underneath the Stars; Kate Rusby; Underneath the Stars; Pure Records/Compass 7 4370 2
  32. John Flynn: “The Darker the Night (The Brighter the Stars)”; John Flynn; WFMT’s Folkstage: John Flynn; WFMT Folkstage 7.18.09
  33. Pierce Pettis: Satellite Sky (Heard); Pierce Pettis; Making Light of it; Compass 7 4236 2
  34. Annie Gallup: Sputnik; Annie Gallup; Bookish; anniegallup.com 793447420127
  35. The Resophonics: Desert Satellite (Royer); The Resophonics; Diamonds in the Ground; theresophonics.bandcamp.com 8685199482
  36. Lou & Peter Berryman: Dr. Otto’s Rocket Ship; Lou & Peter Berryman; Yah, Hey; Cornbelt CR 13
  37. Rory Block: Stay Around a Little Longer (Guy); Rory Block; Heavy On the Blues; MC Records MC-0095
  38. The Jolly Bankers: The Uncloudy Day (Alwood); Laura Cortese, Kristin Andreassen, Pierce Woodward; Death & Taxes; Jolly Bankers CD001
  39. Edie Carey & Sarah Sample: California Stars (Guthrie/Wilco); Edie Carey & Sarah Sample; Til the Morning: Lullabies & Songs of Comfort; Groundloop 88829507349 3
  40. Kora Feder: Detroit Summer; Kora Feder; Some Kind of Truth; korafeder.com 198999759136
  41. Susan Werner: Lake of Stars; Susan Werner; Halfway to Houston; susanwerner.com 2092024
  42. The Brother Brothers: “Waiting for a Star to Fall”; The Brother Brothers; Calla Lily; Calla Lily | Compass 7 4757 2
  43. Joni Mitchell: “Woodstock”; Joni Mitchell; Hits; Hits/Reprise 9 46326-2
  44. Joe Kinosian: What Happens After the End?; Joe Kinosian; What Happens After the End? (single); kinosianandblair.com 2022
  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