The Midnight Special, November 29, 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. Laura Smith: Song of the Candle (S. Rogers); Laura Smith; Remembering Stan Rogers: An East Coast Tribute; EMI Music Canada 50353-2
  3. Stan Rogers: Northwest Passage; Stan Rogers; Northwest Passage; Borealis BCD217
  4. Stan Rogers: Bluenose; Stan Rogers; Turnaround; Borealis Records BCD215
  5. Stan Rogers: Mary Ellen Carter; Stan Rogers; Home in Halifax; Fogarty’s Cove FCM 010D
  6. Connie Kaldor: Come All You Women; Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Gabriel Campagne; Folkstage – Connie Kaldor Fox Valley Festival Preview 8.31.2024 (excerpt); WFMT 8.31.2024
  7. Traditional American: Sea Shanty, Whup, Jamboree; Robert Shaw Chorale Men/Robert Shaw; Sea Shanties; RCA 63528-2
  8. The Arrogant Worms: The Last Saskatchewan Pirate; The Arrogant Worms; The Arrogant Worms; bandcamp.com AW-444
  9. Arcady: The Field Behind the Plough (S. Rogers); Arcady; After the Ball; Shanachie 79077
  10. Priscilla Herdman: Lies (S. Rogers); Priscilla Herdman; Seasons of Change; Flying Fish FF 70309
  11. Nathan Rogers: Better Than Me; Nathan Rogers; The Gauntlet; Borealis BCD196
  12. Stan Rogers: “45 Years”; Stan Rogers; Home in Halifax; Fogarty’s Cove FCM 010D
  13. Garnet Rogers: Sailor’s Rest (S. Rogers); Garnet Rogers; Summer’s End; Snowgoose SG1135
  14. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  15. Hamilton Camp: “Blame It on the Turkeys” (Camp and Brent); Hamilton Camp; Unity Church: 1985; WFMT Recording
  16. Patty Larkin: Tango; Patty Larkin; Tango; High Street HS 72902 10312-2
  17. Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael: I’ll Miss Fields This Christmas (Kent/Gannon/Gordon); Beckie Menzie & Tom Michael; Folkstage 12.12.2009, disc 2; WFMT 121209
  18. Jonathan Richman: Lonely Little Thrift Store; Jonathan Richman; I’m So Confused; Vapor 2-47086-AB
  19. Lois Morton: “Thrift Shop Rag”; Lois Morton; 20th Century Girl; Lois Morton [2013]
  20. Ilsabe O’Connell: The Dollar Store; Ilsabe O’Connell; Little Lost Cause; Good Taste Products B001965
  21. Ted Hawkins: “Dollar Tree”; Ted Hawkins; Kershaw Sessions; Kershaw Sessions | BBC/Fuel 2000 BBC 302 061 058 2
  22. Tennessee Mafia Jug Band: Wrinkled, Crinkled, Wadded Dollar Bill (V. Matthews); Tennessee Mafia Jug Band; Poor Leroy’s Almanack; Tennessee Mafia Jug Band 001
  23. Amy Speace: I Found a Halo; Amy Speace; The Blue Rock Session; Wind Bone Records 2502
  24. Martha Scanlan: Taken or Given (Scanlan, Neufeld, Barry); Martha Scanlan; The Shape of Things Gone Missing, The Shape of Things to Come; marthascanlan.com 141180 01029
  25. Jacob Furr: Blake’s Song; Jacob Furr; Six String Plow; https://jacobfurr.bandcamp.com/
  26. Cliff Eberhardt: When We Were Kings (Bill); Cliff Eberhardt; Knew Things; cliffeberhardt.net
  27. Bill Morrissey: Long Gone; Bill Morrissey; Inside; Philo CD PH 1145
  28. Eliza Gilkyson: Unsustainable; Eliza Gilkyson; Beautiful World; Red House Records RHR CD 212
  29. Susan Hagan: Marchin’ On; Susan Hagan ft. John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson; Marchin’ On – single;
  30. Jack Van Geem & Nancy Zeltsman: Simple Gifts (Brackett); Jack Van Geem & Nancy Zeltsman; American Gifts for Marimba Duo; Bridge Bridge 9534
  31. Anne Heaton: Hey New York; Anne Heaton; Give In; Q Division QDIV1029
  32. Sean Kiely: The King Was Dead; Sean Kiely; Your Logo, My Logo; Multiple Logo 7 00261 42512 2
  33. Anne Heaton: Maybe It’s Peace; Anne Heaton; Give In; Q Division QDIV1029
  34. Henhouse Prowlers: Look Up to the Sky; Henhouse Prowlers; Unravel; Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501
  35. Tim Grimm: The Little In-Between; Tim Grimm; The Little In-Between; Vault Records 18
  36. Helene Cronin: Visitors; Helene Cronin; Maybe New Mexico; helenecronin.com 3.7.2025
  37. Claire Holley: Landline; Claire Holley; where i lived; claireholley.com 2025
  38. Howard Levy: Home on the Road; Howard Levy; 12 Songs/45 Years; levyland.com 12.12.2020
  39. Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi: Sonny and Brownie’s Last Train; Guy Davis and Fabrizio Poggi; Sonny and Brownie’s Last Train; M.C. Records MC-0081
  40. Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee: If You Lose Your Money; Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee; Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry Sing; Smithsonian Folkways FA-2327
  41. Hans Theessink: Livin’ With the Blues (McGhee); Hans Theessink; Wishing Well; Blue Groove BG 2320
  42. Rev. Robert B. Jones & Matt Watroba: Walk On (McGhee); Rev. Robert B. Jones & Matt Watroba; Common Chords; Common Chords Records CCR122
  43. Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry: Guitar Highway; Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry; Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry Sing; Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40011
  44. Brownie McGhee: My Last Suit; Brownie McGhee; The Best of Brownie McGhee; Storyville SLP-4032
  45. Brownie McGhee: Sportin’ Life Blues; Brownie McGhee; The Best of Brownie McGhee; Storyville SLP-4032
  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