The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 01-31-26
Theme: The Great Lakes and "Happy Birthday, Joe Jencks!"
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Next week: Charles Dickens Birth Anniversary, New Songs for Our Moment in History

Hour 1


  1.  Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
  2.  Claudia Schmidt: My Soul (Mayer) | Hark the Dark | Claudia Schmidt 7 00261 46122 9
  3.  *** The Dangling Participles: Swimming in Lake Superior (Kaufmann/Kaufmann) | Folkstage: The Dangling Participles at St. Tim's | WFMT FS 10112025
  4.  Girlyman: Superior | Little Star | Daemon DAM 19052
  5.  John Wort Hannam: Great Lakes | Brambles and Thorns | Borealis BCD219
  6.  Steve Poltz: Lake Wish Again | Folksinger | 98 Pounder Records 6 41444 16982 5
  7.  John Prine: Bottomless Lake | Aimless Love | Oh Boy! OBR 002CD
  8.  Matt Watroba w/David Mosher: Farewell, Superior Sperm (Fresh Water Whaling) | The Far Si: The Si Kahn Funny Song Sing-Along | Matt Watroba 6 49288 42062 1
  9.  Lee Murdock: The Great Lakes Song (Silverstein/Dailey) | The Great Lakes Chronicles, Disk 1 | Depot Records DEP-022 CD
  10. Kitty Donohoe: Great Lakes Lights | Bunyan & Banjoes | Roheen Records RR002
  11. Mustard's Retreat: The Great Lakes Fishing Trade (Hough) | Back to Back | Red House Records RHR CD 72
  12. Sally Rogers & Claudia Schmidt: Lovely Agnes | Closing the Distance | Flying Fish FFCD 70425
  13. Jeremy Facknitz: Michigan (Something in the Water) | Smilin' at the Future | jeremyfacknitz.com
  14. Mary Flower: Michigan Water | Blues Jubilee | Resounding CD: 408
  15. Gordon Lightfoot: Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Gordon Lightfoot Songbook | Rhino R2 75802 3 of 4
  16. Travis, Merle: Midnight Special Travis picked guitar | Merle Travis In Boston 1959 | CMH 6255

Hour 2


  1.  Joe Jencks: The Coming of the Years |The Coming of the Years |Turtle Bear Music TBM 080122-01
  2.  *** Kray Van Kirk: Fury Road (Van Kirk/Jencks) | Empire | Kray Van Kirk 1 95269 39920 7
  3.  Joe Jencks: Who Will Speak for Me (Kahn) |The Forgotten - Recovered Treasures from the Pen of Si Kahn | Turtle Bear Records 020118-01
  4.  Joe Jencks: Ripple in the Water | What Kind of Brother | Turtle Bear Music TBM 1101002-1
  5.  *** Mon Rovia: Running Boy | Bloodline | monroviaboy.bandcamp.com 1.9.2026
  6.  *** Uncle Bonsai: Truly We Are Godless Now (The Colossus of Rhodes) | Uncle Bonsai Live | Yellow Tail Records YT-10030
  7.  *** Crys Matthews: Sleeves Up! | Sleeves Up! (single) | Apple Music 1.19.2025
  8.  Walter Parks & The Unlawful Assembly: Shoulder It | The Unlawful Assembly | Atomic Sound 91021
  9.  Buddy Mondlock: Temporary Grace | Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  10. Vance Gilbert: Castles Made of Sand (Hendrix) | Angels, Castles, Covers | Disismye Music Disismye Music 005
  11. *** Ye Vagabonds: The Flood | All Tied Together | River Lea Records RLS 038
  12. Aparna Nancherla: How Did We Get Here | Just Putting It Out There | Bentzen Ball Records BBR001
  13. The Minnesota Klezmer Band: Land of the Frozen Chosen | Bulka's Song | Frozen Chosen Productions FCP198
  14. Rabbi Joe Black w/Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Tumbalalaika / Strum, Balalaika | You Should Be So Lucky | Shanachie 67006
  15. Maxwell Street Klezmer Band: Midnight Special Theme | WFMT's Folkstage | WFMT Folkstage 12.04.21

Hour 3


  1.  Bob Gibson: The Mermaid of Ontario (Silverstein) | Stops Along the Way | B*G Records B*G 1004 CD
  2.  Jed Marum/Hugh Morrison/Mason Brown: The Belles of Ontario | Sands of Aberdeen | Boston Road Records 34479 87703
  3.  Archie Fisher: Ontario Dust | Windward Away | Red House Records RHRCD124
  4.  Jared Rabin: Lake Affected | Chasing the Light | bandcamp 10.7.2022
  5.  Emily White: What Do I Know | Emily White | Staking Flags in the Valley
  6.  Beth Nielsen Chapman: Sand and Water | Greatest Hits | Reprise 9 47302-2
  7.  Tom & Chris Kastle: The Black Dog of Lake Erie | Earthways / Waterways | Sextent Music SX39910 CD
  8.  Stan Rogers: The Nancy | From Fresh Water | Borealis BCD218
  9.  Flanders & Swann (Michael Flanders, br; Donald Swann, p): A Song of the Weather | The Complete Flanders and Swann | EMI CDFSB-1
  10. Bill Morrissey: Ice Fishing | North | Philo PH 1106
  11. Ronnie Cox: The Ice Fishing Story | Ronny Cox at the Sebastian Theatre Disc 1 | Bay Sound Records BSR9601 1
  12. Ronnie Cox: Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled (Stewart/Nichols) | Ronny Cox at the Sebastian Theatre Disc 1 | Bay Sound Records BSR9601 1
  13. *** Emily Scott Robinson w/Duncan Wickel: The Water is Wide (trad.) | Appalachia | Oh Boy Records Oh Boy 0903
  14. Robby Hecht: They Are You | Carved In Time | robbyhecht.com 2024 - 7
  15. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
  16. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection |  Midnight Special Collection AABeyer/MS 004

Big thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles the weekly playlist report.

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT 98.7FM
5400 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
(617) 513-5569

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