The Midnight Special, November 15, 2025

By Marilyn Rea Beyer |

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  1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME; Lead Belly; Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection disc 2; RCA Victor VLP-505
  2. Tom Waits: “Come On Up to the House”; Tom Waits; Mule Variations; Epitaph Epitaph 86547 2
  3. Lyle Lovett: “Step Inside This House”; Lyle Lovett; Step Inside This House; Step Inside This House/MCA MCAD2-11831
  4. The Rooftop Singers: Walk Right In (Cannon, et al.); The Rooftop Singers; The Best of the Rooftop Singers; Vanguard VCD-79457
  5. Bonnie Raitt: “Home”; Bonnie Raitt; Sweet Forgiveness (Remastered); Sweet Forgiveness/Warner Bros. R2 78382
  6. The Christmas Sweaters: Home Sweet Home (Radus); The Christmas Sweaters; Live in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania); TheChristmasSweaters.com 12.19.2024
  7. Suzie Vinnick: “Oreo Cookie Blues”; Suzie Vinnick; Me ‘n Mabel; Suzie Vinnick SV004
  8. Jess Klein: That Was My Family; Jess Klein; When We Rise; jessklein.com 195269227418
  9. Sons of the Never Wrong: If You Come to Take Me (Roper); Sons of the Never Wrong; 4 Ever On; Gadfly Records GADFLY 282
  10. David Berkeley: Oh My America; David Berkeley; ; Self published 10172025
  11. Mary Gauthier, Andrew Allen-Fahlander, Ismay: Compassion; Mary Gauthier, Andrew Allen-Fahlander, Ismay; Finding Lucinda: Music from the Documentary; IS-004 CD
  12. Ismay, Warren Hood, Charlie Sexton, Sexto-Max Baca, Josh Baca: Am I Too Blue; Ismay, Warren Hood, Charlie Sexton, Sexto-Max Baca, Josh Baca; Finding Lucinda: Music from the Documentary; IS-004 CD
  13. Elexa Dawson: Cove; Elexa Dawson; Stay Put; Turns Out 1 99508 50729 3
  14. Connie Kaldor: Old Friend (Mr. Settee’s Song); Connie Kaldor; Small Cafe; Philo CD PH 1205
  15. Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat: Old Ways; Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat; Nendaa – Go Back; Red House Records RHR CD 97
  16. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  17. Todd Snider: Can’t Complain (long version); Todd Snider; Best of All My Songs; Thirty Tigers/toddsnider.net 1/15/2025
  18. Vance Gilbert: A Room Somewhere (Goldfinger); Vance Gilbert; Mother of Trouble; vancegilbert.com 05-05-23
  19. Carolann Solebello: Empty House; Carolann Solebello; Threshold; Elizabeth Records ELZ 011
  20. Eric Lambert: “House on the Moon”; Eric Lambert; Folkstage, Sept. 17, 2016; Folkstage, Sept. 17, 2016 | WFMT Folkstage 09-17-16 Disc 1
  21. Adela S: What’s in a Name?; Adela S; Cello Again; Adela’s 11/2/2025
  22. Haunted Like Human: Family Name; Haunted Like Human; American Mythology; Haunted By Human 11.2025
  23. Jeff Black: Gold Heart Locket; Jeff Black; B-Sides and Confessions; Dualtone LNM 80302-01135-2
  24. Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band: Ohio; Reese Fulmer & The Carriage House Band; In The Sunlight; reesefulmer.com 2025
  25. Alex Radus Trio: Monongahela; Alex Radus Trio; Tributaries: Live at Godfrey Daniels; alexradus.com 1 95269 15040 2
  26. Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson: Sing for the Song (Silverstein); Tom Paxton, Anne Hills, Bob Gibson; Best of Friends; Appleseed APR CD 1077
  27. Bob Gibson: Joy, Joy, Joy; Bob Gibson; Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson; Riverside RVCD-9909-2
  28. Bob Gibson: Man Who Turns the Damn Thing Off and On (Silverstein); Bob Gibson; Makin’ A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Silverstein; Asylum Records ASCD61697-2
  29. Bob Gibson: Interview re: Man Who Turns… Still’ Gonna Die; Bob Gibson, Shel Silverstein, Studs Terkel; Interview Disc: Makin’ a Mess radio promo; Asylum Records ASCD61697-2
  30. Bob Gibson: Still Gonna’ Die (Silverstein); Bob Gibson; Makin’ A Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Silverstein; Asylum Records ASCD61697-2
  31. Bob Gibson: “To Morrow” (Sully); Bob Gibson; Stops Along the Way; Stops Along the Way/B*G Records B*G 1004 CD
  32. Bob Gibson: I Come for to Sing; Bob Gibson; Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson; Riverside RVCD-9909-2
  33. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  34. Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat: Nendaa – Go Back; Jerry Alfred & The Medicine Beat; Nendaa – Go Back; Red House Records RHR CD 97
  35. Jeremy Facknitz: There’s No Going Home Again, ft. Serenity Holloway; Jeremy Facknitz; Smilin’ at the Future; jeremyfacknitz.com
  36. Herula, Donna: “Movin’ Back Home; Donna Herula; Bang at the Door; donnaherula.com DH003
  37. Kelli Owens Hutton: Back in the Basement; Kelli Owens Hutton; single; Kelli Owens Hutton 2025
  38. Terry Klein: If You Go; Terry Klein; Hill County Folk Music; terrykleinmusic.com 1 99800674730
  39. Kim Moberg: The Raven; Kim Moberg; Up Around the Bend; Up Around the Bend | KIMMOBERGMUSIC.COM [2020]
  40. Leon & Eric Bibb: Shenandoah/Water is Wide; Leon & Eric Bibb, feat. Tommy Keenlyside; Praising Peace: A Tribute to Paul Robeson; Stony Plain SPCD 1318
  41. Louie Lou Louis: Where I Come From; Louie Lou Louis; Moonlit Dream; Louis Apollon Music 1 9526934359 0
  42. Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Tim O’Brien: 5 Days Out, 2 Days Back; Alison Brown & Steve Martin ft. Tim O’Brien; Safe Sensible and Sane; Compass Records 7 4854 2
  43. The Pairs: Past My Prime; The Pairs; Together on a Rock; thepairsmusic.com 11.2025
  44. Ellis Paul: Be The Fire; Ellis Paul; 55; Rosella 195269216900
  45. Jonas Friddle: Famous of Fires; Jonas Friddle w/Anna Jacobson; The Last Place to Go; Bare Handed Productions 88295 85639
  46. Bok, Muir & Trickett: Hearth and Fire; Bok, Muir & Trickett; A Water Over Stone; Folk-Legacy CD-80 reissue
  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