Whew! We made it back to ChiTown after literally chilling out at FAI in New Orleans. Every single musician was a shining star! Thanks to all, especially the stellar FAI staff and volunteers, for a spectacular conference.

The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 01-24-26
Theme: Hot Stuff to Keep You Warm
Next Week: The Great Lakes & Joe Jencks' Birthday
*** New or Notable

Hour 1


  1.  Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
  2.  Chris Rawlins: Cold Night | Bring on the Rain | chris-rawlins.com 888295865050
  3.  Dan Tyminski w/Daily & Vincent: 10 Degrees and Getting Colder (Lightfoot) | One More Time Before You Go (A Tribute to Tony Rice) | North Star Records NSR001
  4.  Trio Globo: Cold Day In January | Steering by the Stars | Stonecutter Records 00261 29876
  5.  Maria Gillard: Cold Blue Chill | Bound to Happen | Gizzy Music GIL002CD
  6.  Jim Gary: Cold Feet Blues | Word Play | jimgary.50webs.com 00261 47835
  7.  Herdman, Hills & Mangsen: Frozen Logger/Proper Cup of Coffee | Voices of Winter | Gadfly Gadfly 235
  8.  Greg Brown: Good Morning Coffee | If I Had Known: The Essential Recordings, Disc 1 | Red House Records RHR CD 171 1
  9.  Ben Larsen: I Play for Coffee I Play for Coffee | single none
  10. *** Rhiannon Giddens & Justin Robinson: Molly Put the Kettle On (trad.) instrumental | What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow | Nonesuch 75597896763
  11. Sam Leopold: Teapot's A Whistlin' Darlin' | Songs for Sale | Gone Fishin' GF 001
  12. Jenny & Robin Bienemann: Cup of Tea (R. Bienemann) | Live (at Folkstage) | Jenny & Robin Bienemann 7 00261 39965 2
  13. Tamarack: The Old Wood Stove (Sinclair) | Spirit & Stone | Wind River WR 4018
  14. Mad Pudding: Rattle on the Stovepipe | Rattle on the Stovepipe | Iona/CD055
  15. Annie Capps: Build The Fire | When They Fall | Yellow Room Records YRR022
  16. Rod Picott: Kerosene | Girl From Arkansas | Welding Rod Records RP4372
  17. Joe Jencks: Gasoline  | The Candle and the Flame | Turtle Bear TBM072707-1
  18. *** Jackson Emmer and Tom Paxton: Katie Take Me Home (Emmer/Paxton) | Jackson Emmer  | 1.2026
  19. Bill Giardini: The Midnight Special - Accordion (Traditional) Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection BillGiardini/MS011

Hour 2


  1.  Nico Padden: Burning Rome to the Ground | Pirate Queen  |  nicopadden.com 1934282791881
  2.  The Tennessee Mafia Jug Band: Nero (Played His Jug Band While Rome Burned Down) | Poor Leroy's Almanac | Spring Fed Music SFR-CD-1003
  3.  Bruce Cockburn: King of the Bolero | O Sun O Moon | True North TND811
  4.  Tanglefoot: Dance Like the Flames | Dance Like the Flames | Borealis BCD179
  5.  Malcolm Holcombe: Blue Flame | Gamblin' House | Echo Mountain Records ARGA 006
  6.  Larry Long: The Band Played the Beer Barrel Polka | Living in A Rich Man's World | Atomic Theory ATD1114CD
  7.  Chuck McCabe: The Partisan Polka | Creatures of Habit in a World of Change | Woodshed WS7608
  8.  Fendrick & Peck: Contradance | Make Your Way Out | Fendrick & Peck [2018]
  9.  Anne Hills w/Susan Werner: Would You Like to Learn to Dance? (Goodman) | Folkstage: The Midnight Special 50th Anniversary at Old Town School Disc 2 of 3 | WFMT FS 12212002 2
  10. CornMaiz: Dance A Jig | CornMaiz String Band: Fresh-picked Kentucky Music | Redbird Records RRCD 2022
  11. Niamh Parsons: A Kiss in the Morning Early| Hearts Desire | Green Linnet GLCD #1219
  12. Lucinda Williams: Passionate Kisses | Lucinda Williams | Koch Koch CD 8005
  13. Ellis Paul: Be The Fire |  55 | Rosella 195269216900
  14. Jim Bizer: Dreamland | About Time | Yellow Room Records YRR 6-2024
  15. Don Stiernberg: Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Barris/Koehle) | The Swingin'-est! | donstiernberg.bandcamp.com 1 95269283759
  16. Steve "Q" Quinn: The Midnight Special - Harmonica Greasy (Traditional) | Midnight Special Collection | Midnight Special Collection SQuinn/MS013

Hour 3


  1.  Slaid Cleaves: Dance Around the Fire  |  No Angel Knows | Philo PH 1201
  2.  Ruthie Foster Big Band: Ring of Fire (Kilgore/Carter) | Live at the Paramount | Blue Corn Music BCM2001
  3.  Buddy Mondlock: Filament | Filament | buddymondlock.com [2023]
  4.  February Sky: Belmont's Blanket | Wheels of Time | February Sky FS07
  5.  Edie Carey: Come Inside (Live) | Folkstage: Edie Carey, 12-08-2012, Disc 2 | WFMT 12-08-2012-2
  6.  John McCutcheon: Featherbed | John McCutcheon & Si Kahn: Signs of the Times | ROUNDER CD 4017
  7.  Carrie Newcomer: Potluck | A Great Wild Mercy | Available Light Records ALR07
  8.  Connie Kaldor: Warm Yourself | Gentle of Heart | Coyote CTE CD 884 163-906
  9.  Sol y Canto: Olor de Chiles (Smell of Chillies) | En Vivo, En Familia | Music Amador CD0720
  10. Susan Werner: Jalapeno Cornbread | Halfway to Houston | susanwerner.com 1262024
  11. Cassandra Wilson: Hot Tamales / They're Red Hot (Johnson) | Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Robert Johnson | Columbia Legacy CK90494
  12. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: Logs to Burn (Trad.) | Evidence of Happiness | Signature Sounds 00261 35207
  13. Second Opinion (Betsy Clinton, Pat Madden-Roth, Sally Potter): Put Another Log on the Fire (Shel Silverstein) | Just a Little Bit Closer | SecOp SecOp 001
  14. Rose Cousins: I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (Berlin) | digital single | bandcamp.com none
  15. Bill Morrissey: Birches | Night Train | Philo CD PH 1154
  16. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  17. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004


Marilyn Rea Beyer
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