The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 01-10-26 Theme: Joan Baez's 85th birthday party & 250th Anniversary of Common Sense Next Week: A Gospel Music Salute to MLK Day *** New or notable Hour 1 1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 2) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505 2. Bob Gibson & Joan Baez: We Are Crossing Jordan River | Joan Baez, Rare, Live & Classic Vol. 1 | Vanguard VCDCD3-125/27 3. Joan Baez: You're Aging Well (Dar Williams) | Ring Them Bells | Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5 4. *** Dar Williams: Olive Tree | Hummingbird Highway | Righteous Babe Records RBR 125-D 5. Phil Ochs: William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed | Rehearsals for Retirement | Collector's Choice CCM150-2 069490700-2 1 of 2 6. Joan Baez: There But for Fortune (Phil Ochs) | Joan Baez 5 | Vanguard 79700-2 7. Joan Baez: Hello In There (Prine) | The Complete A&M Recordings, disc 3 | A&M/Chronicles B0000828-02 1 8. John Prine: It's A Big Old Goofy World | The Missing Years | Oh Boy OBR-009 CD 9. Joan Baez: The Last Leaf (Waits/Brennan) | Whistle Down The Wind | Razor & Tie JB00028 10. Tom Waits: Heart of Saturday Night (live) | Folkscene, Vol. 2 | Red House RHR CD 137 11. Carolina Chocolate Drops: Trampled Rose (Brennan/Waits) | Genuine Negro Jig | Nonesuch 516995-2 12. Joan Baez: Strange Rivers (John Stewart) | Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648 13. John Stewart: Daydream Believer | The Lonesome Picker Rides Again | Collectors' Choice Music CCM-406-2 14. Josh Ritter: Silverblade | Fever Breaks | Pytheas Recordings CD-PYTH-14 15. Joan Baez: Wings | Dark Chords on a Big Guitar Koch/KOC-CD8622 16. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | The Midnight Special "exclusive" | single 1.31.2024 Hour 2 1. Joan Baez: Rexroth's Daughter (Brown) | Dark Chords on a Big Guitar | Koch Records KOC-CD 8622 2. Greg Brown: Who Woulda Thunk It? | In The Dark With You | Red House Records RHR 008 3. Joe Jencks: It's Not For Sale | Joe Jencks | Folkstage - Joe Jencks 3.18.2023 (Encore) 4. *** Diane Coll: In and Out of Time | Strangely in Tune | dianecoll.net 1.6.2026 5. Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: Here's To Tom Paine | All Under the Sun | Flying Fish FFCD 663 6. Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson: Common Sense | The Liberty Tree, Disk 1 | PM Press PMA -013-2 Disk 1 7. Leon Rosselson & Robb Johnson: We All Said Stop the War | The Liberty Tree, Disk 1 | PM Press PMA -013-2 Disk 1 8. Graham & Barbara Dean w/Kim & Reggie Harris: Tom Paine's Blues | Common Sense Songs | Graham and Barbara Dean EAN 06 3447 92128 9 5 9. Shawn Colvin: Shotgun Down the Avalanche | Polaroids: Greatest Hits | Columbia Records CK 93452 10. Shawn Colvin: You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go (Bob Dylan) | Cover Girl | Columbia CK 57875 11. Shawn Colvin: The Facts About Jimmy | Polaroids: Greatest Hits | Columbia Records/CK 93452 12. Joan Baez: Caleb Meyer (Welch/Rawlings) | Dark Chords on a Big Guitar | Koch Records KOC-CD 8622 13. Gillian Welch: Red Clay Halo | Time (the Revelator) | Acony ACNY 0103 14. Filisko & Noden: Sinkin' in Love | On the Move | RootsDuo.com RootsDuo2015 15. Steve "Q" Quinn: The Midnight Special - Harmonica Greasy (Traditional) | Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013 Hour 3 1. Joan Baez: Fishing (Shindell) | Gone From Danger | Guardian 7243 8 59357 2 5 2. Richard Shindell: The Things That I Have Seen | Blue Divide | Shanachie SH8014 3. Joan Baez: Motherland (Merchant) | Bowery Songs (live) | Proper Records PRPCD029 4. Natalie Merchant w/The Fairfield Four: The Peppery Man | Leave Your Sleep | Nonesuch 522301-2 5. Joan Baez: Play Me Backwards | Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648 6. Joan Baez: Through Your Hands (John Haitt) | Play Me Backwards | Virgin V2-8648 7. John Hiatt: Terms of My Surrender | Terms of My Surrender | New West NW6284 8. Joan Baez with The Indigo Girls: Don't Think Twice (Dylan) | Ring Them Bells (Live) | Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5 9. Joan Baez & Bob Dylan: It Ain't Me Babe (Dylan) | Live at Newport 1963-65 | Vanguard 77015-2 10. Joan Baez: Simple Twist of Fate (Dylan) | Joan Baez: Complete A&M Recordings (Disc 3) | A&M Chronicles B0000828-02 3 of 4 11. Joan Baez & Janis Ian: Jesse (Janis Ian) | Ring Them Bells | Guardian 7243 8 34989 2 5 12. Janis Ian and Joan Baez: One in a Million (Ian/Leary) | single - Live at "Fight the Right" San Francisco '95 | Rude Girl Records janisian.com 13. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276 14. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004 Thanks to intrepid volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling this list. Sorry it was late! (Hey, it was my 75th birthday week... getting old makes me forgetful. ) Marilyn Rea Beyer Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage WFMT 98.7FM 5400 N. 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