The Midnight Special, November 22, 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. Curtis & Loretta: Half Empty / Half Full; Curtis & Loretta; Gone Forever; Haymarket Music Haymarket 105
  3. Enda Reilly: A Drinking Song; Enda Reilly; To the Waters and the Wild (Poetry of W.B. Yeats in Song); EndaDeRoad Records ERD010
  4. Rick Fines: Half Full Cup; Rick Fines; Solar Powered; Rick Fines/Ontario Arts Council RAF 005
  5. Ilsabe O’Connell: Pity Party; Ilsabe O’Connell; Little Lost Cause; Good Taste Products B001965
  6. Malcolm Holcombe: Pitiful Blues; Malcolm Holcombe; Pitiful Blues; Gypsy Eyes 2014
  7. Chris Smither: “Thanks to You” (Winchester); Chris Smither; Small Revelations; Hightone HCD 8077
  8. Cheryl Wheeler: Intro to Real November Sky; Cheryl Wheeler; Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler – Live; Dias DIAS 1002
  9. Cheryl Wheeler: Real November Sky; Cheryl Wheeler; Greetings from Cheryl Wheeler – Live; Dias DIAS 1002
  10. Abby Gardner: Cypress Tree; Abby Gardner; Dobrosinger; Abby Gardner 5.13.2022
  11. I’m With Her: Ancient Light; I’m With Her; Wild And Clear And Blue; Rounder Records 1166102477
  12. Flamy Grant w/Crys Matthews: Old Religion; Flamy Grant w/Crys Matthews; Church; Glam and Glory C24080339 IFPI LW43
  13. Sam Robbins: So Much I Still Don’t See; Sam Robbins; So Much I Still Don’t See; Nine Athens Music 1 95269 34658 4
  14. Ordinary Elephant: Scars We Keep; Ordinary Elephant; Folkstage: Ordinary Elephant 2021; WFMT Folkstage 11.6.2021
  15. Carsie Blanton: Hope; Carsie Blanton; After the Revolution; carsieblanton.com 3212024
  16. Johnsmith: “My Name is America”; Johnsmith; Backroads; johnsmithmusic.com [2022]
  17. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  18. Bill Miller: “My People”; Bill Miller; The Red Road; Warner Western 9 45324-2
  19. R. Carlos Nakai: “Daybreak Vision”; R. Carlos Nakai; Canyon Trilogy; Canyon Classics CR-610
  20. Loudon Wainwright III: Somebody Else, ft. Chris Smither; Loudon Wainwright III; Older Than My Old Man Now; Second Story 161005
  21. Loudon Wainwright III: Thanksgiving; Loudon Wainwright III; Therapy; Silvertone CD 1203-2-J
  22. Jess Klein: New Thanksgiving Feast; Jess Klein; Back to My Green; jessklein.com none
  23. Dar Williams: “The Christians and the Pagans”; Dar Williams; Mortal City; Razor & Tie RT 2821-2
  24. Bomethius: Liquor & Blood; Bomethius; Awful, Pompous & Artificial; bomethius.com 12.31.2022
  25. Anne Hills: “Follow That Road”; Anne Hills; Angle of the Light; Angle of the Light/Flying Fish FFCD 70648
  26. Anne Hills: Brown Leaves (Whitely/Smith); Anne Hills; Angle of the Light; Flying Fish FFCD 70648
  27. Muriel Anderson: Let Loose & Fly; Muriel Anderson; Sailing Dreams; murielanderson.com 2023
  28. Kim Moberg: I’ll Always Be Your Friend; Kim Moberg; All That Matters; Kim Moberg 1.30.2026
  29. Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway: Welcome Table (Trad.); Reggie Harris & Greg Greenway; Deeper Than The Skin; (self) DTTS 01
  30. Bob Franke: Thanksgiving Eve; Bob Franke; In This Night; Flying Fish FFCD 70563
  31. Muriel Anderson: “Paprika” (instrumental); Muriel Anderson w/Zoltan Baranyi, Rory Hoffman; Acoustic Chef (CD and cookbook); self CGD2020
  32. Bob Franke: To Plant in Autumn; Bob Franke; Brief Histories; Flying Fish FF 70495
  33. Susie Burke & David Surrette: Reap What You Sow (Hunter); Susie Burke & David Surrette; Sometimes in the Evening; Madrina MM 103
  34. Phyllis Sinclair: Our Side of the Line; Phyllis Sinclair; Dreams of the Washerwomen; Phyllis Sinclair PSCD-01309
  35. David Mitchell & Robert Webb: Soup of the Day and Pie of the Month; David Mitchell & Robert Webb; That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series 5, Disc 2; BBC 11102023
  36. The Accidentals: Miso Soup; The Accidentals; Bittersweet; The Accidentals 8 84501 935432
  37. Abby K: Topsy Turvy World; Abby K; Single; Abby Karp 2025
  38. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: “Timeless Love” (Claudia Schmidt); Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt; We Are Welcomed; Pragmavision 35
  39. Dick Gaughan: No Gods (O’Neill); Dick Gaughan; Gaughan Live! At the Trades Club; Greentrax CDTRAX322
  40. Si Kahn: What Will I Leave, People Like You, What You Do with What You’ve Got; Si Kahn; Folkstage: 2005, Disc 2; WFMT Folkstage 9.24.2005
  41. Joe Jencks: Who Will Speak for Me (Kahn); Joe Jencks; The Forgotten – Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn; Turtle Bear Records 020118-01
  42. Elexa Dawson: Speak Again; Elexa Dawson; single; Lost Cowgirl Records 11-15-2022
  43. Irene Kelley: Better With Time (Kelley, Kelley, Cooper); Irene Kelley; Pennsylvania Coal; Patio Records 8 84501 95395 5
  44. Ian & Sylvia: Keep On The Sunny Side (Blenkhorn, Entwisle); Ian & Sylvia; Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings, Disk 4; Vanguard 4VCD196/99
  45. Prof. Louie & the Crowmatix: Family Reunion; Professor Louie & The Crowmatix; Music from Hurley Mountain; Music from Hurley Mountain/Woodstock Records WR56
  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