The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 05-23-26
Theme: Memorial Day and a remembrance of Eric Noden
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Next week: School's Out!

Hour 1
1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2. Dervish: Land of My Other ft. Sister Sadie (The Breath) | The Great Irish Songbook, Vol. 2 | Rough Trade LPDTRD00171
3. Andy Cohen + Eleanor Ellis + William Lee Ellis: I'm Goin' Home (Patton) | Whistlin' Past the Graveyard | Riverlark Music RL-23
4. Cosy Sheridan w/Charlie Koch: One Way Ticket Heaven Bound | Breathing Room | cosysheridan.com 1 95269 380302 2
5. Beth Nielsen Chapman: Life Holds On | Greatest Hits | Reprise 9 47302-2
6. Bill Jones: Blood for Gold & Universal Soldier (Trad./Buffy Sainte-Marie) | Turn to Me | Compass 7 4338 2
7. Iain Matthews & Elliott Murphy: The Ballad of The Soldier's Wife |  La Terre Commune | Eminent EM 25070-2
8. Sweet Honey in the Rock: Wanting Memories (Barnwell) | Still on the Journey: The 20th Anniversary Album | EarthBeat! 9 42536-2
9 Antsy McClain: Everyone's a Household Name | The Indelible Man | Unhitched unhitched.com 2023
10. Michael Smith: Famous in France | Folkstage: Michael Smith 1-25-03 | WFMT Folkstage 1-25-03
11. Susan Werner: Movie of My Life (bonus track) |Time Between Trains | Bottom Line BLine 63440-47305-2
12. Dan Tyminski: Hey, Brother | God Fearing Heathen | 8Track Entertainment 8T031023
13. Crys Matthews: Citizen (Guthrie/Hoffman/Matthews) | Citizen - single | Shamus Records Matthews
4.28.2026A
14. Heather Maloney: A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall | Just Enough Sun |Signature SIG 2092
15. Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad.) | The Midnight Special exclusive | single
1.31.2024
Hour 2
16. Eric Noden: Blues Will Find You | The Original | Diving Duck Records |DD10024
17. Joe Filisko & Eric Noden: As We Are Now | Destination Unknown | Filisko & Noden Filisko & Noden 2018
18. Joe Filisko & Eric Noden: Four Letter F Word | Destination Unknown | Filisko & Noden Filisko & Noden 2018
19. Sanctified Grumblers: Keep Your Porchlight Low | No Lie | sanctifiedgrumblers.com SG 0001
20. Christina Eltrevoog: Bushels | Bushels (single) | Christina Eltrevoog
4.1.2025
21. Jacob Furr: Mockingbird | Trails & Traces | jacobfurr.bandcamp.com 9-16-2014
22. Harvey Andrews: Hello, Hans | 25 Years on the Road | Aris/Hypertension Music 883 249/HYCD 200 105
23. Alexis Galperine & Guillaume Palissy: Chanson de Craonne - Adieu La Vie (Traditional) | Lettres du front - Melodies de la grande guerre | Corelia B001M5HKYG
24. Emmylou Harris & Linda Ronstadt: 1917 |Western Wall/The Tucson Sessions | Asylum 62408-2
25. Louie Lou Louis: Monstre de Saint-Remy | Moonlit Dream | Louis Apollon Music 1 9526934359 0
26. Sam Bush: Ballad for a Soldier (L. Russell) | Laps in Seven | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-4013
27. Greg Greenway: A Song for Soldiers | Weightless | Sheen of Heat SOH004
28. Daniel Boling: Send the Old Men to Fight | It Matters | Berkalin Records BLK 10081
29. Colby Maddox: The Midnight Special - fiddle | Midnight Special Collection | CMaddox/MS 009
Hour 3
30. Cosy Sheridan: George and His 88 Keys | Grand Design | BWE 0165 CD
31. Willie Nelson: I Don't Think I've Cried Today (Tomberlin, Nelson, Cannon) | Dream Chaser | Sony/Legacy 199584314921
32. David Stoddard: Still Small Voice | Get Off My Lawn | David Stoddard 2008
33. Karen Mal: Mercury's Wings | Mercury's Wings | Waterbug Records WBG0062
34. Kenny White: Letter From X-Ray | Single | Kenny White [2006]
35. Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur: Lean On Me (Withers) | Sisters & Brothers | Telarc CD-83588
36. Raye Zaragoza: Hold That Spirit | Hold That Spirit | Rebel River Records 80823
37. Darrell Scott & Tim  O'Brien: Fiddler Jones | Memories and Moments  | Full Skies 94504 79904
38. Buddy Greene w/Stuart Duncan on fiddle: Ashokan Farewell (Jay Ungar, arr. Buddy Greene) | Harmonica Anthology | Rufus RMCD 195317
39. Jeff Black: Sunday Best | B-Sides and Confessions | Dualtone 80302-01135-2
40. Tom Paxton: Letters from Joe (a capella) | Together | Appalsongs Appalsongs 2023-2
41. Robin & Linda Williams: Keep the Home Fires Burning (Novello/Ford) | Visions of Love | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-1068
42. Pete Seeger & Lorre Wyatt: Keep the Flame Alive | A More Perfect Union | Appleseed APR CD 1130
43. Crys Matthews: Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream (McCurdy) | Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream - single | Shamus Records Matthews
4.28.2026B
44. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
45. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling the weekly playlist!

Cheers and peaceful wishes to all, MRB

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT
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