The Midnight Special, September 6, 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. Lotte Lenya: September Song (Weill/Anderson); Lotte Lenya; Lotte Lenya Sings American Theatre Songs; Sony Classical MHK 60647
  3. Cheryl Wheeler: “75 Septembers”; Cheryl Wheeler; Driving Home; Philo CD PH 1152
  4. Loudon Wainwright III: How Old is 75?; Loudon Wainwright III; Lifetime Achievement; StorySound Records 161-046
  5. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: September Sea; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Little Blue Egg; Red House Records RHR CD 251
  6. Bonnie Koloc: “Sunday Morning Movies”; Bonnie Koloc; Bonnie Koloc-Rediscovered; Bonnie Koloc-Rediscovered | self 7 00261 35795 9
  7. Susan Werner: “Wine Bottles”; Susan Werner; Flyover Country; susanwerner.com 1 95269 03327 9
  8. Socks in the Frying Pan: Bonny Light Horseman (Trad.); Socks in the Frying Pan; Socks in the Frying Pan; socksinthefryingpan.com 1.10.2023
  9. Bonny Light Horseman: Hare and Hound; Bonny Light Horseman; Keep Me On Your Mind/See You Free; Jagjaguwar JAG460
  10. Loudon Wainwright III: The Swimming Song; Loudon Wainwright III; Attempted Mustache; Columbia CK CD 65257
  11. Al Day: Frank & Red; Al Day; Guest House; Al Day 6 29048 02942 4
  12. Robert Ellis: Chemical Plant; Robert Ellis; The Lights from the Chemical Plant; New West NW6266
  13. Connie Kaldor: Hitched Together; Connie Kaldor; Wide Open Spaces; Coyote Entertainment CEGCD1090
  14. Sky Smeed: Small Town Bars; Sky Smeed; True Love; skysmeed.com 11.13.2020
  15. Roy Book Binder: Can’t Do That No More; Roy Book Binder; Singer-Songwriter Bluesman; PegLeg Records PL70033
  16. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  17. Mike Green: Listening for the Bell; Mike Green; Listening for the Bell; mikegreenassociates.com none
  18. Anne Hills: Sister Clarissa (M. Smith); Anne Hills; October Child; Flying Fish FFCD 70621
  19. Darryl Purpose: St. Catherine of Siena; Darryl Purpose; Connected; darrylpurpose.com 1 95269 35247 9
  20. Susan Werner: St. Mary’s of Regret; Susan Werner; Last of the Good Straight Girls; Private Music PM CD 0100582126-2
  21. Sky Smeed: If You’re Taught You Learn to be Mean; Sky Smeed; Leaving Again; skysmeed.com 2.9.2019
  22. James Lee Stanley: Three Monkeys (M. Smith); James Lee Stanley; Freelance Human Being; Beachwood BR2425 2-CD
  23. Michael Smith: Look, Look; Michael Smith; There; Bird Avenue BA002
  24. (Michael Smith): Making Up Songs; Michael Smith; Songwriting; Michael Smith/Jamie O’Reilly 2018-1
  25. Sons of the Never Wrong: If I Knew Then; Sons of the Never Wrong; The Nuthatch Suite; Gadfly 291
  26. Michael Smith: Last Days of Pompeii; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  27. Michael Smith: “Dead Egyptian Blues”; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Love Stories/Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  28. Michael Smith: “One Blessed Hour”; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  29. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  30. Lucy Kaplansky: Song of the Exiled; Lucy Kaplansky; Last Days of Summer; lucykaplansky.com [Last Days of Summer]
  31. The Milk Carton Kids: I Still Want A Little More; The Milk Carton Kids; Prologue; Milk Carton Records MCR001
  32. Chris Smither: No Love Today; Chris Smither; Live As I’ll Ever Be; Hightone 8120
  33. Helene Cronin: People (Cronin, White); Helene Cronin; Maybe New Mexico; helenecronin.com 3.7.2025
  34. Mary Gauthier: “Mercy Now”; Mary Gauthier; Mercy Now; Mercy Now | Lost Highway B0003570-02
  35. Becky Buller: Auction at the Home Place (Henderson); Becky Buller; Songs that Sing Me; Dark Shadow DSR 202503
  36. Connie Kaldor: To Those Who Say That There’s Nothing Here; Connie Kaldor; Wide Open Spaces; Coyote Entertainment CEGCD1090
  37. Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave: Poison & Wine (Lindsey, White, Williams); Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave; The Lies Poets Tell; lauriemacallister.net 8 88295 66403 5
  38. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Feeling Good (Newley, Bricusse); Sweet Honey in the Rock; Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Tribute-Live! Jazz at Lincoln Center, 1; Appleseed/She Rocks 5 APR CD1134 / SR5 CD003
  39. Antje Duvekot: Vertigo; Antje Duvekot; Folkstage: Antje Duvekot (2018); WFMT Folkstage 9.22.2018, 2
  40. Sam Robbins, feat. Halley Neal: Bigger than In Between; Sam Robbins, feat. Halley Neal; Bigger Than In Between; Nine Athens 1 95269 15748 7
  41. Socks in the Frying Pan: When I’m Gone (Ochs); Socks in the Frying Pan; Return of the Giant Sock Monster From Outer Space; socksinthefryingpan.com CD2015
  42. Walter Huston w/Victor Young Orchestra: September Song (Anderson/Weill); Walter Huston w/Victor Young Orchestra; Broadway’s Greatest Leading Men; Decca 314 541 634-2
  43. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  44. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004