The Midnight Special, October 3, 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. Vance Gilbert: High Rise; Vance Gilbert; One Through Fourteen; Disismye Music LRHR-1157
  3. Kelly Hunt: I Rise; Kelly Hunt; Requiem for a Sleepless Night; Compass 7 48762 2
  4. Ruth Bloomquist: High as a Mountain; Ruth Bloomquist; One Day Ain’t Enough; Ruby Records Ruby Records 906
  5. Gillian Welch: In Tall Buildings (Hartford); Gillian Welch; A Tribute to John Hartford (Live from Mountain Stage); Blue Plate Music BPM 405
  6. John Hartford: “Up On the Hill Where They Do the Boogie”; John Hartford; Aereo-Plane; Aereo-Plane/Rounder CD0366
  7. Abbie Gardner: Born in the City; Abbie Gardner; Dobrosinger; abbiegardner.com 1 95269 14469 2
  8. Malcolm Holcombe: Hard Luck City; Malcolm Holcombe; Bits and Pieces; Need to Know [2023]
  9. Claudia Russell: “Blue Flame Café” (Virginia Shine); Claudia Russell; song food; song food | Radio Rhythm RRR10004
  10. Nanci Griffith: Three Flights Up (Christian); Nanci Griffith; Other Voices, Other Rooms; Elektra 9 61464-2
  11. Louise Coombe: The Girl Upstairs (Coombe/Paxton); Louise Coombe; Paris; Zoe Cat 3.2025
  12. Mary Gauthier: Heaven; Mary Gauthier; Reckoning; Soundly Records Thirty Tigers 9.25.2026
  13. Henhouse Prowlers: Look Up to the Sky; Henhouse Prowlers; Unravel; Dark Shadow Recording DSR202501
  14. Chris Rawlins: Gravity or Something; Chris Rawlins; Bring on the Rain; chris-rawlins.com 888295865050
  15. Eddie From Ohio: “Gravity”; Eddie From Ohio; Big Noise; Virginia Soul Records VSR CD 004
  16. Jon Shain: Butterfly Wings; Jon Shain; Odds and … even so; Flyin’ Records FR 8.2026
  17. Catie Curtis: C’mon Butterfly; Catie Curtis; C’mon Butterfly;
  18. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – Melodica”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 005
  19. John Prine: “Space Monkey”; John Prine; Live on Tour; Oh Boy Live on Tour / OBR 015CD
  20. Dick Gregory: Space Spending; Dick Gregory; Dick Gregory Talks Black; Poppy promo
  21. Annie Gallup: Sputnik; Annie Gallup; Bookish; anniegallup.com 793447420127
  22. Sue Fink: Revolutions; Sue Fink; Leaves of Summertime; suefink.com 1 95269 43719 0
  23. Edie Carey: All That Space; Edie Carey; The Veil; ediecarey.com 50185-5
  24. Modern Man: We’re Martians (Wurzbach); Modern Man; Modern Immaturity; Inverted Turtle Records 7 86851-9937-2 1
  25. Angela Easterling: Look For Red ft. Will Kimbrough; Angela Easterling; Songs from The Knoxville Project; angelaeasterling.com 9.25.2026
  26. Scott Cook: The Wolf That Wins; Scott Cook; Troubadourly Yours; Groove Revival GRP010
  27. Kyshona: We The People (acoustic version); Kyshona; Constitution Day single; Moraine Music Group 9.17.2026
  28. The Twangtown Paramours: I Gotta’ Do Somethin’; The Twangtown Paramours; single; Inside Edge Records IER 008
  29. Steve Goodman: “A Dying Cubs Fans Last Request”; Steve Goodman; Affordable Art; Omnivore Recordings OVCD-337
  30. Frank Tedesso: Margaret; Frank Tedesso; Songs from Einstein’s Violin; Imaginary Road 314 532 840-2
  31. Bud Abbott & Lou Costello: Who’s on First?; Abbott & Costello; Baseball’s Greatest Hits; Rhino R2 70710
  32. Sam Bush: Take Me Out to the Ballgame (instr. Von Tilzer); Sam Bush; Howlin’ at the Moon; Sugar Hill SHCD-3876
  33. Connie Converse: We Lived Alone; Connie Converse; How Sad, How Lovely; Lau Derette Recordings LD-09001
  34. Emmy Bean & Ronnie Kuller: Talkin’ Like You/Two Tall Mountains (Converse); Emmy Bean & Ronnie Kuller; Her Only Light; heronlylight.com pre-release single
  35. Louise Grasemere: Great Big World; Louise Grasemere; Two Crows; louisegrasmere.com 1 99874 08547 0
  36. Laura Cortese: Lucky Water; Laura Cortese; Lucky Water; Compass 748712
  37. Donna Herula: On My Way Home – instrumental; Donna Herula; Cold Feet; Donna Herula DH004
  38. Kenny White: Gotta Sing High; Kenny White; Comfort in the Static; Wildflower Records WFL 1328
  39. Bruce Cockburn: Yellow Dog Blues (WC Handy); Bruce Cockburn; The Blood of Others; Sunset Blvd. Records rel 10.16.2026
  40. Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt: All Along the Watchtower (Dylan); Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt; Crooked Fiddle; Nathans & Ronstadt NRCD001
  41. Owen Walsh: Money Doesn’t Talk ft. Frances Eliza; Owen Walsh; Money Doesn’t Talk (single); owenwalsh.com 3.1.2026
  42. Sons of the Never Wrong: Stand Up, Shout Out; Sons of the Never Wrong; Feather and the Starry Crown; Sons 3 Records SR 4
  43. Tom Waits: What’s He Building; Tom Waits; Mule Variations; Epitaph 86547 2
  44. Cowboy Junkies: Hard to Build, Easy to Break; Cowboy Junkies; Such Ferocious Beauty; Cooking Vinyl COOKLP893X
  45. Patty Griffin: Way Up to the Sky; Patty Griffin; Crown of Roses; Thirty Tigers PGM004
  46. Pete Seeger: From Way Up Here (Tchaikovsky, Seeger, Reynolds); Pete Seeger; God Bless the Grass; Columbia CL2432
  47. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged); Laura Love; She Loved Red; Laura Love 88295 68276
  48. Andrew Beyer: “The Midnight Special – cigar box slide”; Andrew Beyer; Midnight Special Collection; Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004