The Midnight Special, August 23, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1); Lead Belly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Nanci Griffith: Turn Around; Nanci Griffith; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Elektra 9 61464-2
  3. Malvina Reynolds: What Have They Done to the Rain?; Malvina Reynolds; Ear to the Ground; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
  4. Malvina Reynolds: Sing Along; Malvina Reynolds; Another Country Heard From; Smithsonian Folkways F-2524
  5. Pete Seeger & Malvina Reynolds: Little Boxes – Spoken Introduction; Malvina Reynolds & Pete Seeger; Ear to the Ground; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
  6. Malvina Reynolds: Little Boxes; Malvina Reynolds; Ear to the Ground; Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD40124
  7. Pete Seeger: From Way Up Here (Tchaikovsky, Seeger, Reynolds); Pete Seeger; God Bless the Grass; Columbia CL2432
  8. The Malvinas: God Bless The Grass (Reynolds); The Malvinas; God Bless the Grass; Soona Songs SS 020
  9. Deidre McCalla: Shoulder to the Wheel; Deidre McCalla; Endless Grace; Maiden Rock Records MRK 5051
  10. Red Rock Rondo: Pretty Quilts Out On a Line (Bimstein); Kate MacLeod, Phillip Bimstein, Hal Cannon, Harold Carr, Flavia Cervino-Wood, Charlotte Bell; Zion Canyon Song Cycle; Steamboat 8450103162
  11. Dana Maragos: Stella and the Marlboro Man; Dana Maragos; Unimaginable Things; danamaragos.com 6 50076 63945 3
  12. Andrew Sa: Wicked Game (Isaak); Andrew Sa; Cosmic Country – Andrew Sa; bandcamp.com 6.4.2021
  13. Danielle Nicole: A Lover is Forever (Goodman/Knobloch); Danielle Nicole; The Love You Bleed; Forty Below Records FBR038
  14. Steve Young: Sometimes I Dream; Steve Young; Primal Young; Appleseed APR1033
  15. Jubal Lee Young: Kind All the Time; Jubal Lee Young; Squirrels; Seven Bridges Entertainment 7BE0002
  16. (Traditional): “The Fox”; Nickel Creek; Nickel Creek; Sugar Hill CD 3909
  17. Al Day: Down on the Boulevard; Al Day; Guest House; Al Day 1
  18. Travis, Merle: “Midnight Special” Travis picked guitar; Merle Travis; In Boston 1959; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  19. The Weavers: Kumbaya (trad.); The Weavers; Wasn’t That a Time, Disc 2; Vanguard CD 148
  20. Joe Hickerson: Joe Hickerson Tribute – 2025; Joe Hickerson; WFMT’s Folkstage – Joe Hickerson (excerpt); WFMT 5.22.2004
  21. (Pete Seeger): “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”; Pete Seeger; Pete Seeger’s Greatest Hits; Columbia Legacy 88697877462
  22. Joel Mabus: “Two Little Sisters”; Joel Mabus; Pepper’s Ghost & Other Banjo Visitations; Pepper’s Ghost & Other Banjo Visitations Fossil Records/#2313
  23. Bobcat Opossum: Rake & Rambling Boy/Kilnamona Barndance (trad.); Bobcat Opossum; Look What the Bobcat Dragged In; bobcatopossum.com 1 95269 31262 6
  24. John Gorka: Good Noise; John Gorka; Out of the Valley; High Street 72902 10325-2
  25. Joe Gorka: Wallflowers; Joe Gorka; single – exclusive; joegorkamusic.com none
  26. 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
  27. Sparky & Rhonda Rucker: John the Revelator (trad.); Sparky & Rhonda Rucker; The Mountains Above and the Valleys Below; Tremont Productions Tremont 001
  28. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – organ”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 008
  29. Sloan Wainwright: Illinois; Sloan Wainwright; Cool Morning; Derby Disc Music 7 83707 72922 0
  30. Sufjan Stevens: Concerning the UFO Sighting near Highland, Illinois; Sufjan Stevens; Illinois (1); Asthmatic Kitty Records AKR 014
  31. Sons of the Never Wrong: Looks Like Illinois; Sons of the Never Wrong; 4 Ever On; Gadfly Records GADFLY 282
  32. Michael Smith: There; Michael Smith; There; Bird Avenue BA002
  33. Ed Holstein: Intro to “Spoon River”; Ed Holstein; Folkstage: Ed Holstein 4.16.2015; Folkstage 4.16.2015
  34. Steve Goodman: Spoon River (M. Smith); Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites; Asylum/Red Pajamas 7ES 1037/RPJ 010CD
  35. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Illinois (Hirshhorn/Aidman); Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, Hal Lynch; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  36. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Mrs. Charles Bliss (Masters); Joyce Van Patten; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  37. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Water is Wide (trad.) and William & Emily (Masters); Hirshhorn, Lynch, Robert Elston, Van Patten; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  38. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: George Gray (Masters); Charles Aidman; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  39. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Fiddler Jones; Robert Elston; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  40. Barbara Lamb: If People Find You Can Fiddle (Lamb/Esbeck); Barbara Lamb; Blue on Dakota; Lots of Coffee Records 8 0595550002 1
  41. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Lucinda Matlock (Masters) and Spoon River (Hirshhorn/Aidman); Betty Garrett & Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  42. Edgar Lee Masters; Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn/Charles Aidman: Anne Rutledge (Masters), Spoon River (Hirshhorn/Aidman), Last Poem (Masters); Joyce Van Patten, Naomi Caryl Hirshhorn, Hal Lynch, Charles Aidman; Spoon River Anthology; Masterworks CD 88985 34234-2
  43. Tim Grimm: Barbed Wire Boys (Werner); Tim Grimm; Bones of Trees; Vault Records VR019
  44. Susan Werner: “Long Live”; Susan Werner; Flyover Country; susanwerner.com 1 95269 03327 9
  45. Annie Capps: Build The Fire; Annie Capps; When They Fall; Yellow Room Records YRR022
  46. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  47. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004