The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer - Saturday, June 6, 2026
Theme: Road Trip!
Next week: Gone Fishin' and Pride Month

Hour 1

1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2. Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin' | Hard Travelin'(AschRecordings Vol. 3) | Smithsonian Folkways SF CD 40102
3. Scott Cook: Troubadourily Yours | Folkstage: Scott Cook & Heather Styka (Acoustic Renaissance) | WFMT Folkstage 
5.17.2025
4. Ben Larsen: I Play for Coffee | I Play for Coffee | single none
5. Richard Ruane: Well Meaning Folks With Guitars | Things That Strangers Say | Riptone Records RR 001
6. Annie Stokes: The Tarot Reader's House | Ghostwriter | 1 95269 35390 2
7. Claudia Russell: All Our Luck is Changing | All Our Luck is Changing | Radio Rhythm Records RRR10008
8. Brian Coughlin: Are You With Me? | Are You With Me? | Red Dock Music 700261403144
9. Jefferson Ross: Travel | Backstage Balladeer | JeffersonRoss.com 1 95269 34655 3
10. Ray Charles w/Margi Hendrix: Hit the Road, Jack (Percy Mayfield) | Singular Genius | Concord Records PRO-CJ-0479
11. Marcia Ball: Intro. montage & Route 66 (Troup) | More Songs from Route 66: Roadside Attractions | Lazy SOB Recordings SOB008
12. Heywood Banks: Ohioiowaidahohawaii Highway | Never Trust a Puppet | Heywood Banks HB00069
13. Chris Vallillo: Route 66 (D. Williams) |Forgottonia | Gin Ridge Music GR 1015
14. Karan Casey: Where Are You Tonight, I Wonder? (Stewart) | Winds Begin to Sing | Shanachie 78044
15. Kray Van Kirk: Tollbooth Ladies | Live at the Acorn | Midnight Commander
5.20.2023
16. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - Melodica | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer MS 005
Hour 2

17. *** The Sullivan Sisters: Devil's Got a Hold On You | Devil's Got a Hold on You - single | Dark Shadow Recording
5.12.2026
18. Darrell Scott: Country Music, I'm Talking to You (Bullington) | Ten Songs of Ben Bullington | Full Light Records 96859 94617
19. The Chicks  [formerly The Dixie Chicks]: Long Time Gone (D. Scott) | The Very Best of The Dixie Chicks | Columbia Legacy 88697 61981
20. *** Sons of the Never Wrong: Nowhere to Go (Song for the nihilist) | Feather and the Starry Crown | Sons 3 Records SR 4
21. *** Andrew Sa: Follow | American Rough | Bloodshot Records
6.26.2026
22. Katie McParland: A Love That Will Never Grow Old (Santaolalla/Taupin) | The Ivory Sessions Live | Ivory Sessions
1.18.2024
23. Willi Carlisle: Life on the Fence | Peculiar, Missouri | Free Dirt Dirt-CD-0105
24. Red Molly: Can't Let Go (Weeks) | James | Red Molly 84501 27407
25. Kat Eggleston: Outside Eden | Speak | Kat Eggleston 7 00261 27628 1
26. The Mammals: Lay Down Yr Mountain (Ginsberg/Merenda) | Rock That Babe | Signature Sounds SIG 1284
27. Still on the Hill: Gone, Gone, Gone (Ginsberg/Mulhollan) | Still | Pingleblobber Pingleblobber 0001
28. Jonas Friddle: Ghost of Guastivino | When the Water Was the Sky | jonasfriddle1.bandcamp.com
6.13.2024
29. Andrea Von Kampen: Portland | Old Country | not on label 59729 79962
30. Edie Carey: Georgia | The Veil | ediecarey.com 50185-5
31. Corey Harris: Boats Up River (Jackson) | The Insurrection Blues | M.C. Records MC-0089
32. Jonas Friddle: The Midnight Special - fretless banjo | Midnight Special Collection | JFriddle MS008
Hour 3

33. Jerry Orbach & Orig. Broadway Cast: Finale: 42nd Street ((Al Dubin, Johnny Mercer (lyrics) and Harry Warren (music)) | RCA 1 3891
34. Dan Bern: 22nd St. | Starting Over | Grand Point none
35. Raye Zaragoza: Ghosts of Houston Street | Woman in Color | Rebel River Records | rayezaragoza.com
36. Kora Feder: Rambling Man | Some Kind of Truth | korafeder.com
3.18.2025
37. Sanctified Grumblers: Ramblin, Ramblin, Ramblin' (Rick Sherry, Eric Noden) | No Lie | sanctifiedgrumblers.com [2010]
38. Fleming Brown: Reek and Rambling Blade (Trad.) | Appalachian Banjo Songs and Ballads | Folk-Legacy Records FSI-1
39. Christy Moore: Lisdoonvarna | Ride On | Green Linnet SIF 3302
40. Daniel Boling w/Tom Paxton: This Town Has No Cafe | New Old Friends | Berkalin BRK-10057
42. Heather Little: Sunset Inn | By Now | Need to Know NTK2401HL
42. Willie Nelson: Graceland | Essential Willie Nelson (Disc 2 of 2) | Columbia Legacy C2K 86740 (2 of 2)
43. Dr. John: Hit the Road to Dreamland | Mercernary | EMI/Blue Note 0946-3-54541-2-3
44. Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: Land of Hope & Dreams | Land of Hope & Dreams (live EP) | Columbia Records
5.14.2025
45. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
46. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles this report. Cheers! MRB

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