The Midnight Special, September 19, 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. Ollabelle: “Before This Time”; Ollabelle; Ollabelle; Columbia CK 90572
  3. Twangtown Paramours: The Wind Will Change Again; Twangtown Paramours; The Wind Will Change Again; Inside Edge Records IER006
  4. Jonathan Byrd: “I Was an Oak Tree”; Jonathan Byrd; Cackalack; Cackalack | Waterbug WBG92
  5. Eva Cassidy: Autumn Leaves (Mercer/Kosma/Prevert); Eva Cassidy; Songbird; Songbird Blix Street/G2 10045
  6. Pat Kilbride: All the Leaves; Pat Kilbride; Undocumented Dancing; Green Linnet GLCD 1120
  7. Antsy McClain: The Autumn Trees; Antsy McClain; The Indelible Man; Unhitched unhitched.com 2023
  8. Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: “More Wood” (Dillon Bustin); Herdman, Hills & Mangsen; Voices of Winter; Voices of Winter/Gadfly Gadfly 235
  9. Tracy Chapman: “Change”; Tracy Chapman; Where You Live; Atlantic/Elektra 83303-2
  10. Winter Wilson: I Wish I Could Turn Back Time (Wilson); Winter Wilson; The Live & Unconventional One; Wilson Winter WWCD010
  11. Tret Fure: One More Game; Tret Fure; Stone by Stone; Tomboy Girl Records 83109
  12. Michael Smith: “One Blessed Hour”; Michael Smith; Love Stories; Flying Fish FFCD 70404
  13. Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: September Sea; Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer; Little Blue Egg; Red House Records RHR CD 251
  14. Tracy Schwarz: Bees Are in the Goldenrod; Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker w/Deborah Clifford; Folkstage: Tracy Schwarz & Ginny Hawker w/Deborah Clifford Disk 1; WFMT Folkstage 09-25-04
  15. The Volcano Brothers: An Orange Grove in California (Irving Berlin); The Volcano Brothers; Light of the Hilo Moon; volcanobrothers.bandcamp 9.25.2026
  16. Abbie Gardner: Honky Tonk Song; Abbie Gardner; Dobrosinger; Abbie Gardner 1 95269 14469 2
  17. Colby Maddox: “The Midnight Special – fiddle”; Colby Maddox; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection CMaddox/MS 009
  18. Carla Gover & Friends: Williams Branch is Hard to Find (Kahn); Carla Gover & Friends; Williams Branch is Hard to Find; Si Kahn Living Legacy 9.1.2026
  19. The Kennedys: Puzzlewood; The Kennedys; Smoketree; KennedysMusic.com TK1218
  20. Fairport Convention: Nottamun Town (trad.); Fairport Convention; What We Did on Our Holidays; Hannibal HNCD 4430
  21. Mary Chapin Carpenter: What if We Went to Italy?; Mary Chapin Carpenter; A Place in the World; Columbia CK 67501
  22. Grace Pettis: “Italy”; Grace Pettis; Grace Pettis; Grace Pettis | Blue Rock Artists BRA – CD1020
  23. Remember Rome: “Let’s Speak Italian”; Remember Rome; La Bocca della Verita; La Bocca della Verita | Ars Nova AN 38
  24. Sophia Loren: Zoo Be Zoo Be Zoo (Shepherd/Tew); Sophia Loren; Peter and Sophia; EMI 7243 8 27784 2 4
  25. Gail Finnie (Rundlett): Lie Easy (Dodson); Gail Finnie (Rundlett); When October Goes; Philo CD PH 1143
  26. Kathy Mattea: The Maple’s Lament (Lewis); Kathy Mattea; Calling Me Home; Sugar Hill SUG CD 4085
  27. Jacob Furr: Turning; Jacob Furr; Turning; jacobfurr.com
  28. Donna Herula: Float to Heaven; Donna Herula; Cold Feet; Donna Herula DH004
  29. Scott Cook: There is a River; Scott Cook; Troubadourly Yours; scottcook.net 8.18.2026
  30. Cheryl Wheeler: “Summer’s Almost Over”; Cheryl Wheeler; Defying Gravity; Philo Defying Gravity / 11671-1240-2
  31. Red Molly: Copper Ponies (Gardner); Red Molly; The Red Album; Red Molly 88295 06511
  32. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.); Owen Walsh; The Midnight Special “exclusive”; single 1.31.2024
  33. Owen Walsh: Change; Owen Walsh; On My Way; owenwalsh.com 112022
  34. Sammy from Miami: Leaf on the Water; Sammy from Miami; Tie Me Down; Sammy from Miami 1
  35. Half the Sky: “Going Forever” (Shaun Coburn); Half the Sky; Naked as Moonlight; down to earth dte cd 1002
  36. Joe Jencks: Late September Moon; Joe Jencks; Links in a Chain; Turtle Bear TBM 060109-1
  37. Joe Crookston: Turning Gold; Joe Crookston; Nine Becomes One, Chapter 7; joecrookston.com 7-2004
  38. Shel Silverstein: “The Changing of the Seasons”; Shel Silverstein; Drain My Brain; Cadet LP 4054
  39. Jim Gaffigan: Seasons (Fall excerpt); Jim Gaffigan; Cinco; Comedy Dynamics/Netflix COM 560
  40. David Roth: “Until We Meet Again”; David Roth; Meet You Where You Are; Meet You Where You Are | Stockfish SFR 357.4095.2
  41. Reggie Harris: “Let’s Meet Up Early”; Reggie Harris; On Solid Ground; On Solid Ground | ReggieHarrisMusic.com RHM002
  42. Louis Ledford: All of My Dreams/Most of the Time; Louis Ledford; Reverie; Waterbug WBG 60
  43. Frank Christian: Where Were You Last Night?; Frank Christian; When October Goes; Philo CD PH 1143
  44. Richard Thompson: “Dimming of the Day”; Richard Thompson; Acoustic Classics; Acoustic Classics | Beeswing Records BSWCD002
  45. Tret Fure: Dream Time; Tret Fure; My Shoes; Tomboy Girl Records Tomboy 83102
  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