The Midnight Special, August 15, 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. Natalie Merchant: Down on Penny’s Farm (trad.); Natalie Merchant; House Carpenter’s Daughter; Myth America MA-1026
  3. Fairport Convention: Love on a Farmboy’s Wages (Partridge); Fairport Convention; Sense of Occasion; Matty Grooves MGCD044
  4. Original Cast Victory Farm, The Musical: Bees Sting, Birds Sing; Original Cast Victory Farm, The Musical; Victory Farm, the Musical; Leaky Boat LBR 0491
  5. (The Bills, formerly The Bill Hilly Band): How You Gonna’ Keep ‘Em Down on the Farm? (Young/Lewis/Donaldson); The Bill Hilly Band; All Day Every Day; Borealis BCD145
  6. Guy Davis: Gee the Mule; Guy Davis; Call Down the Thunder; Red House RHR CD 89
  7. Eric Taylor: “Tractor Song”; Eric Taylor; Eric Taylor; Eric Taylor/Watermelon CD 1040
  8. Fred Eaglesmith & The Flathead Noodlers: John Deere “B”; Fred Eaglesmith & The Flathead Noodlers; Balin’; AML Records FSE009
  9. Nancy White: Like an Old John Deere; Nancy White; Stickers on Fruit; Borealis BCD 147
  10. Steve Goodman: “The Vegetable Song/Barnyard Dance”; Steve Goodman; Somebody Else’s Troubles; Somebody Else’s Troubles Buddha/7446599626 2
  11. Jonas Friddle: Everybody’s Got a Chicken (But You); Jonas Friddle; Jug Band Happy Hour; jonasfriddle.com 1162023
  12. Wild Carrot: Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Whitney/Kramer); Wild Carrot; Defined…; Falling Mountain Music FM-1032
  13. Wood & Wire: “Pigs”; Wood & Wire; No Matter Where It Goes From Here; No Matter Where It Goes From Here Blue Corn Music/BCM2003
  14. Cormac McCarthy: Cows; Cormac McCarthy; Troubled Sleep; Green Linnet GLCD 2102
  15. Lauren Crane: Irene; Lauren Crane; Makin’ Honey; laurencrane.com 9.28.2020
  16. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Po’ Black Sheep (Trad.); Carolina Chocolate Drops; Leaving Eden; Nonesuch 28809-2
  17. George Ensle: Black Sheep (Ensle/Ramey); George Ensle; Home; Berkalin Records 7 98576 58122 0
  18. Jonas Friddle: “The Midnight Special – fretless banjo”; Jonas Friddle; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008
  19. Judy Collins: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Webb); Judy Collins; Judith; Elektra 111-2 (252-019)
  20. Jimmy Webb w/Brian Wilson: “MacArthur Park”; Jimmy Webb w/Brian Wilson; Still Within the Sound of My Voice; Entertainment One EOM-CD-2395
  21. The Kennedys: Galveston (Webb); The Kennedys; Songs of the Open Road; Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1097
  22. House of Hamill: The Highwayman (Webb); House of Hamill; Wildfire; Smokejumper Records 8012024
  23. Stan Rogers: Field Behind the Plow; Stan Rogers; Home in Halifax; Fogarty’s Cove FCM 010D
  24. Susan Werner: “Barbed Wire Boys”; Susan Werner; New Non-Fiction; susanwerner.com S. W. 6566134372
  25. Dennis Leise: Multiflora Rose; Dennis Leise; State of Fairs; dennisjleise.com 4.1.2020
  26. Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur: Boll Weevil (Trad.); Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur; Penny’s Farm; Kingswood KWR1603
  27. Matt Lenny & The Breakdown: Apples; Matt Lenny & The Breakdown; For the Birds;
  28. Rum Ragged: The Apple Tree; Rum Ragged; Gone Jiggin’; LHM 623339827713
  29. Gregory Alan Isakov: Silver Bell; Gregory Alan Isakov; Appaloosa Bones; Dualtone 80302 02554 25
  30. Sean Kiely: Reckoning; Sean Kiely; Postcards from The Reckoning; seankiely.com 11.1.2024
  31. Amy Speace: The Reckoning – single; Amy Speace; The Cardinals; amyspeace.com 8.7.2026
  32. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  33. Rod MacDonald: I Didn’t Go to Woodstock; Rod MacDonald; Rants and Romance; Blue Flute Music BFM2023
  34. Phil Henry: Missed the Show (Nathans/Henry); Phil Henry; Chasing Echoes; philhenryband.com 10.18.2020
  35. Joni Mitchell: “Woodstock”; Joni Mitchell; Hits; Hits/Reprise 9 46326-2
  36. Willie Nelson: Stardust (Carmichael, Parrish); Willie Nelson; Stardust; Columbia JC 35305
  37. House of Hamill: Into the Golden; House of Hamill; Wildfire; Smokejumper 8012024
  38. Twangtown Paramours: The Garden; Twangtown Paramours; The Wind Will Change Again; Inside Edge Records IER006
  39. Peter Mulvey: “Vlad the Astrophysicist”; Peter Mulvey; Letters from a Flying Machine; Letters from a Flying Machine | Signature Sounds SIG 2024
  40. Andy Revkin & Friends: Liberated Carbon; Andy Revkin & Friends; A Very Fine Line; Very Fine Lines VFL 01
  41. Dan Navarro: Tar Pit; Dan Navarro; Horizon Line; Red Hen EGG19
  42. Mark Graham & Orville Johnson: Their Brains Were Small and They Died; Mark Graham & Orville Johnson; Kings of Mongrel Folk; mongrelfolk.com none
  43. Alice DiMicele: Let Your Soul Fly Free; Alice DiMicele; Swim; Alice Otter AO/013
  44. Richie Havens: Paradise (Mescall); Richie Havens; Wishing Well; Stormy Forest SF 2021
  45. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  46. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004