The Midnight Special, September 27, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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Playlist

  1. Lead Belly: Midnight Special (Trad.); Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Gamble Rogers: “Wreck of the Old ‘97”; Gamble Rogers; Folkstage: Live at the Earl of Old Town, Disc. 2; WFMT Folkstage 07-25-75
  3. Doc Watson: “The Ship That Never Returned”; Doc Watson; My Dear Old Southern Home; Sugar Hill SH CD 3795
  4. Sam Berman, Beth Lomax Hawes, Jackie Steiner: “MTA – excerpt” (Trad. Jacqueline Steiner, Bess Lomax Hawes); Sam Berman, Beth Lomax Hawes, Jackie Steiner; 1949 campaign song; private collection MRB-1
  5. The Kingston Trio: “MTA” (Trad. Jacqueline Steiner, Bess Lomax Hawes); The Kingston Trio; Folk Song America / A 20th Century Revival, Vol. Two; Smithsonian Collection RD 046-2
  6. Betty Soo & Doug Cox: Boxcars (Hancock); Betty Soo & Doug Cox; Across the Borderline; Borderline Talent BT-001
  7. Art Thieme: Wreck of the Tennessee Gravy Train (Macon); Art Thieme; Chicago Town and Points West; Folk Legacy FSI-135
  8. Cook, Peter: The Great Train Robbery (Peter Cook); Peter Cook, Alan Bennet; The Complete Beyond the Fringe (3); EMI 7243 8 54045 2 8 (8540482)
  9. Hunter Moore: “Lost Train”; Hunter Moore; Delta Moon; Tangible CD 56804-2
  10. Greg Cahill & Marilyn Rea Beyer: Greg Cahill on Like a Train; Greg Cahill & Marilyn Rea Beyer; Interview; WFMT 9.27.2025
  11. Special Concensus ft. Robbie Fulks: Like a Train (Rice); Special Concensus ft. Robbie Fulks; Been All Around This World; Compass Records TBA
  12. Bucky Halker & The Unknowns: Maud Wreck (Bowen); Bucky Halker & The Unknowns; Welcome to Labor Land; Revolting Records RR2002-6
  13. Shel Silverstein: Wreck of the Old 49; Shel Silverstein; Inside Folk Songs; Water Records Water215
  14. Rita Hosking: Crash & Burn; Rita Hosking; Burn; Rita Hosking RH-004
  15. Pokey LaFarge & the South City 3: Hard Times Come and Go; Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three; Riverboat Soul; Free Dirt Records DIRT-CD-0060
  16. Kate MacLeod: the Train Across the Great Salt Lake/The Oregon Trail; Kate MacLeod w/Dylan Schorer, guitar (live); Perennial; Westmoon Records WMR2503
  17. Charlie Mosbrook: I Don’t Know What We’re Gonna Do; Charlie Mosbrook; What Are We Waiting For? It’s Time; charliemosbrook.com 198595547922
  18. Elexa Dawson: High Place; Elexa Dawson; Music is Medicine; elexadawson.com 1292020
  19. Cliff Eberhardt: “The High Above and the Down Below”; Cliff Eberhardt; High Above and the Down Below; Red House Records RHR CD 199
  20. Belle of the Fall: They All Came Crashing Down; Belle of the Fall; Rise Up; Belle of the Fall 88259 69024
  21. Sons of the Never Wrong: “Muddy, Muddy River”; Sons of the Never Wrong; Undertaker’s Songbook; We Three Sons SR3
  22. Mark Erelli: Farewell Ball; Mark Erelli; Hillbilly Pilgrim; Signature SIG 1281
  23. Woody Guthrie: “Talkin’ Dust Bowl Blues”; Woody Guthrie; Dust Bowl Ballads; Buddha 74465 99724 2
  24. Tracy Nelson w/Guy Clark: Salt of the Earth (Nelson, Clark, Vestal); Tracy Nelson w/Guy Clark; You’ll Never Be A Stranger at My Door; Memphis International/MerLess Records DOT O219
  25. Koko Taylor: Mother Nature; Koko Taylor; Force of Nature; Alligator ALCD 4817
  26. Steve Dawson: It Was A Mistake; Steve Dawson; Ghosts; Pravda PR6437
  27. Dar Williams: All is Come Undone; Dar Williams; Hummingbird Highway; Righteous Babe Records RBR [9.12.25]
  28. Steve Goodman: Lookin’ for Trouble; Steve Goodman; Jessie’s Jig & Other Favorites; Red Pajamas RPJ-010CD
  29. The Dangling Participles: One More Drop; The Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  30. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  31. Billy Kelly, ft. Tanjo & Crow: The Devil’s Convoy; Billy Kelly, ft. Tanjo & Crow; The Devil’s Convoy – single; billykellymusic.com 9.25.2025
  32. Caroline Herring: Wreck on the Highway (Dixon); Caroline Herring; Twilight; Blue Corn BCM0101
  33. Studs Terkel & Harry Chapin: Interview + 30,000 Pounds of Bananas; Studs Terkel & Harry Chapin; Harry Chapin Discusses his Career; WFMT/Studs Terkel Radio Archive 3.31.1975
  34. Spider John Koerner: Titanic (trad.); Spider John Koerner; Raised By Humans; Red House Records RHR CD 44
  35. Les Barker: “Have You Got Any News of the Iceberg?”; Les Barker; Up the Creek Without a Poodle; Mrs. Ackroyd Records Up the Creek Without a Poodle / DOG012
  36. Guy Davis: “Flint River Blues”; Guy Davis; Be Ready When I Call You; M.C. Records MC-0088
  37. Katie Oates: Dark Clouds; Katie Oates; Edge of a Hurricane; katieoates.com 1 95269 28921 8
  38. Lookingglass Ensemble: Only The River Remains (White/Pluess/Sussman); Lookingglass Ensemble; Eastland: A New Musical; Lookingglass Theatre Lookingglass 2012
  39. Stan Rogers: White Squall; Stan Rogers; From Fresh Water; Borealis BCD218
  40. Andy Beyer: His Raging Storm; Andy Beyer; His Raging Storm – single; self none
  41. Jake Blount: The Downward Road (J.Williams/trad.); Jake Blount w/Demeanor; The New Faith; Smithsonian Folkways SFW 40247
  42. Lee Murdock: The Road We Build; Lee Murdock; Loving Light; Depot Records DEP036
  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