The Midnight Special, October 11, 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. Jean Redpath: Open the Door Softly; Jean Redpath; Think on Me; Jean Redpath JR-108CD
  3. Laura Smith: My Gate’s Wide Open; Laura Smith; It’s a Personal Thing; Universal Music UMSD 81033
  4. Richard Thompson: One Door Opens; Richard Thompson; Old Kit Bag; Cooking Vinyl cookcd251
  5. Anne Harris: Open Your Doors; Anne Harris; Open Your Doors; Rugged Road Records [2003]
  6. Open Road: Everybody Loves You (L. Campbell); Open Road; Skylark; Delfina Records DR 428-OR01
  7. Peter Mayer: Could You Be; Peter Mayer; Bountiful; Silent Planet SPR0301 CD
  8. Tig Notaro: Make Believe Lounge; Tig Notaro; Hello Again; tignotaro.bandcamp.com album/hello-again
  9. Joni Mitchell: A Case of You; Joni Mitchell; Blue; Reprise 8122797178-4
  10. Becki Davis: Burn (Davis/Maloney); Becki Davis; Lost & Found; BeckiDavisMusing.com 9.2025
  11. Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz: Burn; Eric Brace & Thomm Jutz; Simple Motion; Red Beet Records RBRCD0027
  12. Tracy Chapman: All That You Have is Your Soul; Tracy Chapman; Crossroads; Elektra 9 60888-2
  13. Colleen Kattau: Go Ask Angela; Colleen Kattau; This Hen’s Gonna Crow; WindLight 1 98595 76423 7
  14. Gurf Morlix: My Prison; Gurf Morlix; The Tightening of the Screws; Rootball Records CD 7009
  15. Bruce Cockburn: Pacing the Cage; Bruce Cockburn; Charity of Night; Rykodisc RCD 10366
  16. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  17. Amy Rigby: It’s Not Safe; Amy Rigby; Little Fugitive; Signature Sounds SIG1293
  18. Martyn Joseph: Knock on the Door; Martyn Joseph; Days of Decision: A Tribute to Phil Ochs; Pipe Records PRC DO29
  19. James Gordon: Did You Already Know?; James Gordon; Pipe Street Dreams; Wind River WR4008 CD
  20. Greg Cahill & Marilyn Rea Beyer: Greg Cahill on 50th Anniversary, Pt. 1; Greg Cahill & Marilyn Rea Beyer; Interview; WFMT 9.27.2025
  21. Special Consensus ft. band alumni: I Wish We Had Our Time Again (Hartford); Special Consensus ft. band alumni; Been All Around This World; Compass Records TBA
  22. Greg Cahill: Greg Cahill on 50th Anniversary, Pt. 2; Greg Cahill; Interview; WFMT 9.27.2025
  23. Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Ashby Frank: I’ve Been All Around This World (trad., arr. Brown); Special Consensus ft. Robbie Fulks, Josh Williams, Ashby Frank; Been All Around This World; Compass Records TBA
  24. Annie Capps: Build The Fire; Annie Capps; When They Fall; Yellow Room Records YRR022
  25. Anne Harris: Be Who You Are; Anne Harris; Wine & Poetry; Rugged Road Records 899746000531
  26. Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper: Who Are You?; Santino Fontana, Lilli Cooper; Tootsie: The Comedy Musical; Decca Verve B0030379-02
  27. Sons of the Never Wrong: Door of Love; Sons of the Never Wrong; 3 Good Reasons; Waterbug WBG0018
  28. Mason Jennings: The Light, Pt. 2; Mason Jennings; Use Your Voice; BarNone BRN CD 151
  29. Dan + Claudia Zanes: Open Window (Here I Am); Dan + Claudia Zanes; Let Love Be Your Guide; Smithsonian SFW 48065
  30. Chris Trapper: Love & Faith; Chris Trapper; Cold Water Waltz; Cold Water Waltz/Starlit www.christrapper.com
  31. Claire Holley: Traveling Saints; Claire Holley; Time in the Middle; claireholley.com 8 88295 23079 7
  32. Travis, Merle: “Midnight Special” Travis picked guitar; Merle Travis; In Boston 1959; Travis Pickin’ | CMH 6255
  33. John Gorka: Favorite Place; John Gorka; Unentitled; Red House/Compass Records 10.3.2025
  34. Don White: “Accordion Door Story”; Don White; Live in Michigan; Live in Michigan | donwhite.net 001
  35. Eric Andersen: “Close the Door Lightly”; Eric Andersen; ‘bout Changes ‘n’ Things; Vanguard VMD 79206
  36. Alison Brown & Steve Martin: Statement of Your Affairs, ft. Jason Mraz; Alison Brown & Steve Martin; Safe, Sensible, and Sane; Compass Records Releases 10.17.25
  37. Tracy Walton ft. Julia Autumn Ford: I Don’t Mind; Tracy Walton ft. Julia Autumn Ford; Small Town America; Sonic Trepanation Records 7.14.2021
  38. Megan Bee: Certainty; Megan Bee; Fiction; meganbee.com 10.10.2025
  39. Kate McDonnell: Trapeze; Kate McDonnell; TRAPEZE; katemcdonnell.com 9-6-2024
  40. Bruce Roper: Only You & Me; Bruce Roper; Accidental English; Waterbug WBG0097
  41. The Incredible String Band: Cousin Caterpillar; The Incredible String Band; We Tam and the Big Huge, Disc 2; Hannibal HNCD4802
  42. Cidny Bullens: “Gender Line”; Cidny Bullens; Walkin’ Through This World; Walkin’ Through This World BL005
  43. Ruth Moody: Already Free; Ruth Moody; Wanderer; Blue Moose Records rls 5.17.2024
  44. Bob Marley: “One Love/People Get Ready” (Marley/Mayfield); Bob Marley; Legend: Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers; Legend: Best of Bob Marley & The Wailers | Island 314 586 714-2
  45. Helene Cronin: Visitors; Helene Cronin; Maybe New Mexico; helenecronin.com 3.7.2025
  46. Aireene Espiritu: Wide Open; Aireene Espiritu, ft. Tom Corbett (mando, guitar); Put Back Charlie; aireeneespiritu.com/Songs & Whispers 00786 (Germany)
  47. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004