The Midnight Special, March 7, 2026

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. Eddie From Ohio: Operator (Spivery); Eddie From Ohio; The Portable EFO Show, Disc 1; Virginia Soul Records VSR CD 005
  3. Richard Thompson: Alexander Graham Bell; Richard Thompson; Acoustic Rarities; Beeswing BSWCD004
  4. The True Falsettos: Telephone Call from Istanbul (Waits); The True Falsettos; Slummin; Earthwork EW4701
  5. John Hammond and Tom Waits: I Know I’ve Been Changed (Trad.); John Hammond and Tom Waits; Wicked Grin; Pointblank 7243 8 50764 28
  6. The Carter Family: Hello Central, Get Me Heaven; The Carter Family; Longing for Old Virginia: Their Complete Victor Recordings (1934); Rounder Records 1071
  7. Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier: Hello, Stranger (Carter); Catie Curtis w/Mary Gauthier; Hello, Stranger; Compass Records 745172
  8. Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon: Rings; Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon; Sixty Six Steps; RCA Victor 82876 68909-2
  9. Steve Goodman: You Never Even Call Me By My Name – live (Goodman/Prine); Steve Goodman; Artistic Hair; Omnivore OVCD 336
  10. Loudon Wainwright III: You Never Phone; Loudon Wainwright III and Martha Wainwright; So Damn Happy; Sanctuary NFS 01
  11. Ilene Weiss: Answer to Come; Ilene Weiss; Obliviously; Obliviously | Gadfly 216 CD
  12. Walkin’ Jim Stoltz: Cellular Phone; Walkin’ Jim Stoltz; Little Piece of Time; Wild Wind Records WW008
  13. Cheryl Wheeler: It’s The Phone; Cheryl Wheeler; Defying Gravity; Philo 11671-1240-2
  14. Maura O’Connell: I Hear You Calling Me (Lake/Marshall); Maura O’Connell; Wandering Home; HNCD 1410
  15. Dave Carter: “236-6132”; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Drum Hat Buddha; Drum Hat Buddha Signature/SIG 1266
  16. Phil Henry: Extraordinary Woman; Phil Henry; Extraordinary Woman – single; 10.2025
  17. Robby Hecht: Not a Number; Robby Hecht; Not a Number; https://www.robbyhecht.com/
  18. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  19. Special Consensus: Red, Red Robin (Woods); Special Consensus; Been All Around This World; Compass Records 7 4850 2
  20. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Here Rattler; Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  21. Mother Banjo (Ellen Stanley): Morning Train (Prine/McLaughlin); Mother Banjo (Ellen Stanley); Morning Train (Prine/McLaughlin) – single; https://motherbanjo.bandcamp.com/ 10.7.2022
  22. John Prine: “Hello in There”; John Prine; The Singing Mailman Delivers; OBR 040
  23. Ladysmith Black Mambazo: “Hello My Baby”; Ladysmith Black Mambazo; Shaka Zulu; Shaka Zulu | Warner LP 9-25582-1
  24. Kim Richey: Hello Old Friend; Kim Richey; Glimmer; Mercury B001O074IG
  25. Jim Gary: Rings Around the Moon; Jim Gary; Word Play; jimgary.50webs.com 00261 47835
  26. Patty & Craig: Look to the Moon; Patty & Craig; Look to the Moon; pattycraig.com 1 95269 35104 5
  27. Mark Dvorak: In the Shadow of the Mountain; Mark Dvorak; Let Love Go On; Ten Fingers 88295 98538
  28. Cherish the Ladies feat. Aoife Clancy: The Galway Rover; Cherish the Ladies feat. Aoife Clancy; New Day Dawning; Green Linnet GLCD1175
  29. The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell: “Those Were the Days”; The Clancy Brothers & Robbie O’Connell; Older But No Wiser; Older But No Wiser | Vanguard 79488-2
  30. John Mulaney: The Phone Used to Be A Wooden Box; John Mulaney; Kid Gorgeous At Radio City; Drag City DC724CD
  31. Redbird, ft. Barry Rothman: Phonebooth of Love (FCC Clean); Redbird, ft. Barry Rothman; Redbird Live at Cafe Carpe; Signature Sounds SIG 2033
  32. Special Consensus ft. Rick Faris: Please Mr. Postman (G. Dobbins/W. Garrett); Special Consensus ft. Rick Faris; Been All Around This World; Compass Records 7 4850 2
  33. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Snowden’s Jig (Genuine Negro Jig); Carolina Chocolate Drops; Genuine Negro Jig (15th Anniversary Edition); Nonesuch 075597896053
  34. Sons of the Never Wrong: Two Tin Cans; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  35. Jonas Friddle: Two Tin Cans and a Fishing Line; Jonas Friddle; When the Water Was the Sky; jonasfriddle.com 2933919
  36. Carrie Newcomer: “Birds on a Telephone Wire”; Carrie Newcomer; Visions and Dreams; Visions and Dreams Windchime/CD Wind 103
  37. Zoe Lewis: Rotary Phone; Zoe Lewis; Rotary Phone; Dog Called Dog 21681 07612
  38. Joan Baez: Diamonds and Rust; Joan Baez; Complete A&M Recordings (4); A & M Chronicles B0000828-02
  39. Garnet Rogers: “Phone Booth”; Garnet Rogers; Night Drive; Snowgoose SGS 1125
  40. Todd Snider: Reading on the Plane, Writing on the Phone; Todd Snider; Near Truths and Hotel Rooms – Live; Oh Boy OBR-024
  41. Todd Snider: Statistician’s Blues; Todd Snider; Near Truths and Hotel Rooms – Live; Oh Boy OBR-024
  42. Susan Werner: Sleep (is the New Black); Susan Werner; Live audio single; 2.24.2026
  43. Bill Morrissey: “Harry’s Last Call”; Bill Morrissey; Something I Saw or Thought I Saw; Something I Saw or Thought I Saw | Philo 11671 b227 2
  44. Emmylou Harris: I Hear a Call (Arata); Emmylou Harris; Cowgirl’s Prayer; Elektra B000002HE3
  45. Tim O’Brien: Phantom Phone Call; Tim O’Brien; Chameleon; Proper American Recordings PRPAC007
  46. Heather Maloney: Nightstand Drawer; Heather Maloney; Making Me Break; Signature Sounds SIG 2075
  47. Atwater Donnelly: No Phone Calls in the Night; Atwater Donnelly; Each Other’s Story; Self-published
  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