The Midnight Special, October 26, 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. Jason Benefield: Chicago Song; Jason Benefield; single; jasonbenefield.bandcamp.com 10.30.2020
  3. Sons of the Never Wrong: Stand Up, Shout Out; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  4. Elexa Dawson: Stay Put; Elexa Dawson; Stay Put; Turns Out pre-release
  5. Tom Dundee: Don’t It Get Chilly When the Sun Goes Down; Tom Dundee; Fleeting Moment (Live 1973-2006), Disc 1; Fleeting Moment, Disc 1 | Flight Records FR4445
  6. Ernie Hendrickson: Do It For Love; Ernie Hendrickson; Roll On; Lo-Hi Records 8 77319 00811 5
  7. Claudia Schmidt: The Quiet Way; Claudia Schmidt; Reimagining; claudiaschmidt.com 2022
  8. Steve Goodman: You Never Even Call Me By My Name (Goodman/Prine); Steve Goodman; Steve Goodman; Buddah 7446599625 2
  9. Fox Crossing Stringband: Good News (Pafralides); Fox Crossing Stringband; Bluegrass on my Mind; foxcrossingstringband.com 1 95269 19071 2
  10. James McCandless: Red Bandanna (McCandless); James McCandless; Sea of Freedom; St. Christopher CD 4001
  11. Sons of the Never Wrong: Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  12. Elexa Dawson: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?; Elexa Dawson; Stay Put; Turns Out pre-release
  13. John Prine: Caravan of Fools; John Prine; Tree of Forgiveness; Oh Boy Records OBR-046CD
  14. Corky Siegel: Deja Vous; Corky Siegel; Something Wrong; corkysiegelmusic.com none
  15. Selken (Heather Styka): Wash Your Face; Selken (Heather Styka); The Winds; Kite Stripe Records Styka 2025
  16. Aaron Kelly -and- Anne Heaton: Going Home – and – Amidst the Chaos; Aaron Kelly -and- Anne Heaton; Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025); WFMT FS 09272025
  17. Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There; Pierce Crask; Rising River; Cau Dog Records CAU-LP-005
  18. Sons of the Never Wrong: Nowhere to Go (Song for the nihilist); Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  19. Elexa Dawson: Roots Grow; Elexa Dawson; Stay Put; Turns Out pre-release
  20. Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank: The Singer (N. Allen); Special Consensus ft. Greg Blake, Ashby Frank; Been All Around This World; Compass Records TBA
  21. Sons of the Never Wrong: Sing, Sing, Sing; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  22. Anne Hills: Sure Has Grown (M. Smith); Anne Hills; Every Town – More Songs of Michael Smith; Hand & Heart Music #2025
  23. Jamie O’Reilly: “Hey Kid”; Jamie O’Reilly; In Old Chicago; Jamie O’Reilly JOCD2019
  24. Michael Smith: Famous in France [LIVE]; Michael Smith; Folkstage: Michael Smith 2003; WFMT 1-25-2003
  25. The Henhouse Prowlers: Space Man; The Henhouse Prowlers; Unravel; Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501
  26. Elexa Dawson: Baling Hay; Elexa Dawson; Stay Put; Turns Out pre-release
  27. Susan Werner: “Barbed Wire Boys”; Susan Werner; New Non-Fiction; susanwerner.com S. W. 6566134372
  28. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276