The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 4.25.2026
Theme:  Stop and Smell the Roses for "National Sense of Smell Day"
Next week: The Merry Month May
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Hour 1


  1.  Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
  2.  Ginny Hawker: Don't Neglect The Rose (Emma Smith) | Folkstage: Ginny Hawker & Tracy Schwarz w/Deborah Clifford | WFMT Folkstage 9.25.2004
  3.  Valerie & Walter Crockett: What Do Roses Smell Like? | Moonbone | Big Bark Records Big Bark 0002
  4.  Dennis Leise: Multiflora Rose | State of Fairs | dennisjleise.com 4.1.2020
  5.  Tony Trischka, ft. Sierra Ferrel, et al.: San Antonio Rose | Earl Jam | Down the Road Records DTR00152
  6.  The Grateful Dead: Sugar Magnolia | Best of the Grateful Dead, disc 1 | Rhino 08122 7955984
  7.  Annie Gallup: Grandma's Best China | Cause & Effect | Prime CD PCD 028
  8.  Billow Wood: Cherry Blossom Tree (Donoghue) | single | billowwood.com
  9.  Corky Siegel's Chamber Blues feat. Frank Orrall: Little Blossoms Falling Down | MORE Different Voices | Dawnserly 0 601968 667924
  10. Green and Root: Lavender Bowers | Down That Road | Cozy Goat 166000
  11. *** Milk Carton Kids: Sad Song (Watson/Nagler) | Lost Cause Lover Fool | Far Cry Records 4.24.2026
  12. Marty Robbins: A White Sport Coat (and a Pink Carnation) | Essential Marty Robbins, Disc 1 | Columbia C2K 92569
  13. *** Andrew Sa: Lavender Cowboy, ft. H.C. McIntire | American Rough | Bloodshot Records 6.26.2026
  14. *** Mark Erelli: Spring Green | Spring Green | markerelli.com 3.6.2026
  15. Bill Bourne: Little Flowers | Voodoo King | Second Story Second SSR#2002
  16. Sons of the Never Wrong: Tiny Blue Flowers (Roper) | Three Good Reasons | Waterbug WBG0018
  17. Merle Travis: Midnight Special Travis picked guitar | in Boston 1959 Travis Pickin' | CMH 6255

Hour 2


  1.  Greg Brown: Smell of Coffee | Milk of the Moon | Red House RHR CD 168
  2.  Shemekia Copeland: Fried Catfish and Bibles (Hahn and Kimbrough) |Done Come Too Far | Alligator ALCD 5010
  3.  Malcolm Holcombe: Marvalene's Kitchen | Another Wisdom | Purple Girl Music PG2002
  4.  *** Sky Smeed: Smoke and Spice | Live from Rock House | skysmeed.com 2026
  5.  Wendell Ferguson: Spice | Wendell Ferguson Live! The $#!T Hits The Fans | WFerguson WHF 0305
  6.  Hank Williams: Jambalaya (On the Bayou) | Gold, Disk 1 | Mercury Nashville B0004390-02 1
  7.  The Juggernauts: (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 | Live Lunch | Juggernauts 6-59696-10102-9
  8.  Old Town School of Folk Music cast: "When We Get to California" (Michael Smith) | The Grapes of Wrath | WFMT Folkstage 02/28/03 Disc 1 of 2
  9.  Peter Mulvey: Out Here | Deep Blue | Eastern Front EFR-CD-112
  10. Buddy Mondlock: Comin' Down in the Rain | Poetic Justice | Major Bob MBPCD 0002
  11. Patty Griffin: I Smell a Rat (Leiber & Stoller) | Downtown Church | Credential Recordings 5099969344329
  12. Geoff Bartley: Came Home Last Night With One Sock On | Mercy for the Dispossessed | Magic Crow Records MRC-1007
  13. The Therapy Sisters: Hold Their Feet to the Fire | Let's Put a Folksinger in the White House | Therapy Sisters TS 001
  14. Arrogant Worms: New Car Smell (AW) | Toast! | Arrogant AW-3003
  15. Russ Rentler: New Car Smell (Rentler) | Scarecrow's Lament | russrentler.com 7 83707 287201
  16. Vassar Clements: Green Onions | Livin' With The Blues | Acoustic Disc ACD-58

Hour 3


  1.  Elena Moon Park: Flower Dance | Unhurried Journey | moonpark music moonpark music 001
  2.  Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem: Wildflowers | Ranky Tanky | Mayhen MM 010
  3.  Maria Sangiolo: White Coral Bells (trad.) | Fairy Moon: Songs of the Ring | Raging River RR105
  4.  Great Big Sea: French Perfume | Sea of No Cares | WEA 2 43310
  5.  Martin Carthy: Perfumes of Arabia | The Carthy Chronicles, Disc 3 | Free Reed FRQCD-60
  6.  Crow Johnson: Coyote with Whiskey on His Breath | Painting Stories 'cross the Sky | Zassafras ZR 7704 CD
  7.  Trina Hamlin: Jacaranda | KFAI House Party, Vol. 5 (various) | KFAI Fresh Air Community Radio 8.6.2020
  8.  The Kennedys: Jasmine (Stewart) | Songs of the Open Road | Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1097 APR CD 1097
  9.  Niamh Parsons & The Loose Connections: The Briar & the Rose (Waits) | Loosen Up | Green Linnet CD 1167
  10. *** Dervish ft. The Indigo Girls: Passage West (J. Spillane) | The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2 | Down The Road DTR 0017
  11. *** Erin Rae: That Old Time Feeling (Clark) | Old No. 1 - Revisited (various artists) | Truly Hand Made 5.1.2026
  12. *** Ken Whitely: I'll Just Say I'm Fine | Keep Going | Pyramid Records PD023
  13. Charlie Parr: Roses While I'm Living (Trad./Boggs) | 1922 | House of Mercy Recordings MR029
  14. *** Cormac McCarthy: Peace in Your Heart | Walking With the Shadows | Rakish Tilt Music RTCD 0006
  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 | AABeyer/MS 004

Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling the playlist! Cheers to all, MRB

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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