The Midnight Special, November 8, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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  1. Lead Belly: Midnight Special (Trad.); Leadbelly; Midnight Special; RCA Victor LPV-505
  2. Archie Fisher: “Witch of the West-mer-lands”; Archie Fisher; Man with a Rhyme; Folk-Legacy CD-61
  3. Archie Fisher: “Merry England”; Archie Fisher; Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into; Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into | Red House RHR CD 82
  4. Archie Fisher: The Black Horse/All That You Ask Me (Fisher/Goss); Archie Fisher; Sunsets I’ve Galloped Into; Red House RHR CD 82
  5. Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers: Ride Through the Rainbow; Archie Fisher and Garnet Rogers; The Best Times After All – Live; Snowgoose SGS1137
  6. Crowes Pasture: Coming for You Next; Crowes Pasture; single; crowespastureduo . com 11.1.2025
  7. David Roth: They Do No Speak for Me; David Roth; Meet You Where You Are; Stockfisch SFR 357.8095.1
  8. Sara Thomsen ft. Paula Pedersen: Where Did Jesus Go?; Sara Thomsen ft. Paula Pedersen; Song Like a Seed; Sara Thomsen 7 89577 78162 7
  9. Lennie Gallant: Uncle Harold; Lennie Gallant; Shelter From the Storms;
  10. The Kasambwe Brothers ft. Joseph Msofi: Getu (Gertrude); The Kasambwe Brothers ft. Joseph Msofi; The Kasambwe Brothers; MASS MoCA MASSMoCA-001
  11. Daniel Boling: Sgt. Reckless; Daniel Boling; It Matters; Berkalin Records BLK 10081
  12. Dangling Participles: 11 Time Zones; Dangling Participles; One More Drop; thedanglingparticiples.com 12.2.2022
  13. The Whispering Tree: By My Side; The Whispering Tree; Bones of Better Days; The Whispering Tree 1 98715 904302 3
  14. Sarah Morris: Hard on a Heart; Sarah Morris; Say Yes; sarahmorrismusic.com 10.10.2025
  15. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  16. Tom Paxton: Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation; Tom Paxton; I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound: Best of; Elektra Elektra R2 73515
  17. Chuck Rosenberg, Saul Broudy, Bull Durham, et al.: “Played Around and Stayed Around Vietnam Too Long” (Clayton, The Weavers, et al.); Chuck Rosenberg, Saul Broudy, Bull Durham, et al.; In Country: Folk Songs of American in The Vietnam War; Flying Fish FF70552
  18. John Prine: Sam Stone; John Prine; John Prine; Atlantic 19156-2
  19. Daniel Boling: Send the Old Men to Fight; Daniel Boling; It Matters; Berkalin Records BLK 10081
  20. Tom Russell: “Veteran’s Day”; Tom Russell; Long Way Round; Long Way Round/Hightone HCD 8081
  21. Kim Richey: The World is Flat; Kim Richey; Every New Beginning; Yep Roc YEP-3092
  22. Chris Rawlins: Like a Bird, Like a Sound; Chris Rawlins; Flyover; chris-rawlins.com
  23. Jim Infantino: Freedom to Choose; Jim Infantino; Assemble Yourself; jimsbigego.bandcamp 10.24.25
  24. Leonard Cohen: “First We Take Manhattan”; Leonard Cohen; I’m Your Man; Columbia I’m Your Man / CK 44191
  25. The Four Vagabonds: Rosie the Riveter; The Four Vagabonds; Single; Blue Bird 30-0810
  26. Joe Jencks: Rosie the Riveter Revisited; Joe Jencks; Rise As One; Turtle Bear TRM/TBR 110105-1
  27. Robbie Schaefer: Costly The Pledge; Robbie Schaefer; Someday; robbieschaefer.com RS 001
  28. Atwater-Donnelly: Fighting for Strangers/Johnny I Hardly Knew You (trad.); Atwater-Donnelly; Like The Willow Tree; Beacon Records BCN 10133-2
  29. Tom Paxton: Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation; Tom Paxton; I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound: Best of; Elektra Elektra R2 73515
  30. Joni Mitchell: The Fiddle and the Drum; Joni Mitchell; Clouds; Reprise 8122797178-2
  31. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  32. Judy Collins: I’ll Be Seeing You; Judy Collins; Judith; Elektra 0.00E+00
  33. Nanci Griffith: “Traveling Through This Part of You”; Nanci Griffith; Clock Without Hands; Elektra 62660-2
  34. Josh Fortenbery: Poppy’s Waltz; Josh Fortenbery; Tidy Memorial; Muskeg Collective
  35. Steve Goodman: “My Old Man”; Steve Goodman; Say It In Private; Red Pajamas RPJ-012CD
  36. Willie Nile: Mutineer (Zevon); Willie Nile; Keep Me in Your Heart (various artists); Paradiddle Records 1.23.2025
  37. Kenny White: Don’t Let Us Get Sick (Zevon); Kenny White; Keep Me in Your Heart (various artists); Paradiddle Records 1.23.2025
  38. Howard Silverman Band: Werewolves of London (Zevon); Howard Silverman Band; Keep Me in Your Heart (various artists); Paradiddle Records 1.23.2025
  39. Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart; Warren Zevon; The Wind; Artemis Records ATM-CD51156
  40. La Vent du Nord: Carillon (battle of Ft. Ticonderoga); La Vent du Nord; Voisinages; La Compagnie du Nord CIE 035
  41. Mark O’Connor w/James Taylor: “Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier” (Traditional); Mark O’Connor w/James Taylor; Liberty; Sony SK-63216
  42. Bohola, ft. Kat Eggleston: How Will I Ever Be Simple Again; Bohola, ft. Kat Eggleston; 4; Shanachie Shanachie 78058
  43. Sean Kiely: Reckoning; Sean Kiely; Postcards from The Reckoning; seankiely.com 11.1.2024
  44. Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Aoife O’Donovan w/Sarah Jarosz: Michael; Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Aoife O’Donovan w/Sarah Jarosz; Safe Sensible and Sane; Compass Records 7 4854 2
  45. John Gorka w/Lucy Kaplansky: Hold On; John Gorka w/Lucy Kaplansky; unentitled; Red House Records RHR 331 CD
  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