The Midnight Special, December 27, 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. Judy Collins: “Bottle of Wine” (Tom Paxton); Judy Collins; Judy Collins 3 & 4/…in Concert; Judy Collins 3 & 4/…in Concert | Wildflower WFL 1301-2 (Disk 2)
  3. Katherine Rondeau: Leftover Wine (Melanie); Katherine Rondeau; New Hope Chateau; Katherine Rondeau 88295 49386
  4. Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave: Poison & Wine (Lindsey, White, Williams); Laurie MacAllister, ft. Jimmy LaFave; The Lies Poets Tell; lauriemacallister.net 8 88295 66403 5
  5. Anne Harris: Wine and Poetry; Anne Harris; Wine and Poetry; Rugged Road Records [2005]
  6. Steve Dawson: It Was A Mistake; Steve Dawson; Ghosts; Pravda PR6437
  7. Susan Werner: “Old Mistake”; Susan Werner; Time Between Trains; Time Between Trains | Bottom Line BLine 63440-47305-2
  8. Naomi Ashley: Same Mistake; Naomi Ashley; Love Bug; naomiashley.com 7 55491 29642 4
  9. Jim Bizer: That Mistake; Jim Bizer; About Time; Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  10. Steve Goodman: “Let’s Give a Party” (Carl Martin); Steve Goodman; Artistic Hair; Artistic Hair | Red Pajamas/Omnivore RPJ 001/OVCD 336
  11. Emily Hurd: Easy on the Ice; Emily Hurd; Folkstage: Haiku Milieu (2025); WFMT FS 09272025
  12. Tom Waits: The Piano Has Been Drinking (Not Me); Tom Waits; Small Change; Asylum 7E – 1078
  13. Robert Ellis: Topo Chico; Robert Ellis; Texas Piano Man; New West NW6453
  14. Bob Gibson: “Farewell Party” (Bob Gibson/Bob Connelly); Bob Gibson; Funky in the Country; Funky in the Country | Bob Gibson Legacy BGL 1002
  15. Rachel Portman: Party Preparations; David Snell, conductor; Chocolat: Orig. Movie Soundtrack; Sony Music Soundtrax SK 89472
  16. Mitchell & Webb: Middle Earth Dinner Party; David Mitchell & Robert Webb w/Olivia Coleman, James Bachman; That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series One, Disc 1; BBC Audio ISBN 1-405-67680-9
  17. Nickel Creek: Celebrants; Nickel Creek; Celebrants; Repair Records RR04075CD
  18. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  19. Pierce Crask: Anybody Out There; Pierce Crask; Rising River; Cau Dog Records CAU-LP-005
  20. Greg Brown: “Dream Café”; Greg Brown; Dream Café; Dream Café | Red House RHR CD 47
  21. Vince Bell w/Maura O’Connell: “Last Dance at the Last Chance”; Vince Bell w/Maura O’Connell; Texas Plates; Palladin 74321 66157 2
  22. Susan Anders: Last Dance of the Night; Susan Anders; Now I’m a Kite; Zanna Discs 2960-2
  23. The Grimm Brothers: Wack-Wack-Wacker Drive; The Grimm Brothers; The Grimm Brothers – single; Grimm 1965
  24. Tia Blake: “Plastic Jesus”; Tia Blake; Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group; Folk Songs and Ballads: Tia Blake and Her Folk-group | SFP SFP 52.009
  25. Jim Belushi and Danny Breen: “What are we going to do with you, Mr. Breen?”; Jim Belushi and Danny Breen; Second City 25th Anniversary – Chicago; Second City 25th Anniversary | Midnight Special Archives WFMT – MS archives
  26. Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah: “Lake Shore Drive”; Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah; Lake Shore Drive; QSCD QSCD-1019
  27. Kiely Connell: Restless Bones; Kiely Connell; My Own Company; Thirty Tigers 69183587433
  28. Anne Hills: Memory of August (M. Smith); Anne Hills; Every Town – More Songs of Michael Smith; Hand & Heart Music 2025
  29. John McCutcheon w/Claire Lynch: Only Ones Dancing; John McCutcheon w/Claire Lynch; Field of Stars; Appalseed 1 9526932407 0
  30. Jenny Bienemann: The Monster; Jenny Bienemann; Every Soul Grows to the Light; jennybienemann.com
  31. Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman: Ain’t That the Way; Rees Shad, ft. Kemp Harris, Wanda Houston, Natalia Zukerman; Porcelain Angel; pre-release (3/12/2025)
  32. Heather Maloney: The Light You Leave Behind; Heather Maloney; Exploding Star; Signature Sounds single
  33. Traditional Scottish: “Auld Lang Syne”; Rachel Van Voorhees, h; Christmas Favorites; Centaur CRC-2209
  34. Jeremy Facknitz: Ballad of an Unhatched Chick; Jeremy Facknitz; From Those Sweet Ashes; jeremyfacknitz.com
  35. Karine Polwart: You Know Where You Are (Polwart); Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis, Karine Polwart; Looking for the Thread; Lambent Light Records LLR004
  36. Tim Grimm: Broken Truth; Tim Grimm; single; Vault Records 4.5.24
  37. Hana Zara: The Ballad of Husker Scruggs; Hana Zara; The Ballad of Husker Scruggs – single; Hana Zara 25-12-20
  38. The Mammals: Unpopular Ideas; The Mammals; Touch Grass, Vol. 1 & 2; themammals.love 11.1.2025
  39. Ernie Hendrickson: Bring Back Humble; Ernie Hendrickson; Live At Cafe Carpe; erniehendrickson.com rec12.2023
  40. Darryl Purpose: Costa Rica; Darryl Purpose; Connected; darrylpurpose.com 1 95269 35247 9
  41. Bill Morrissey: “Little Bit of Whiskey”; Bill Morrissey; Bill Morrissey; Philo PH CD 1105
  42. Robbie Fulks: One Glass of Whiskey; Robbie Fulks; Bluegrass Vacation; Compass 7 4811 2
  43. Susan Cattaneo w/Box Car Lilies: “Worth the Whiskey”; Susan Cattaneo w/Box Car Lilies; Folkstage: Boxcar Lilies; Folkstage: Boxcar Lilies Folkstage/9-9-2017 disc 2
  44. Guy Clark: “Hemingway’s Whiskey”; Guy Clark; Some Days the Song Writes You; Dualtone 80302-01471-26
  45. Kora Feder: Orange Tree; Kora Feder; Some Kind of Truth; korafeder.com 198999759136
  46. Ilene Weiss: “Tree”; Ilene Weiss; Weiss Christmas; Gadfly 236
  47. Windborne: Time is A-Winding Up (trad.); Windborne; Midwinter Meeting; Wandering Feet Records WFR 002
  48. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  49. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004