WFMT's The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer - 6-13-26

Theme: Gone fishing &
Next Week: Fathers & Summer Solstice
*** New or notable

HOUR 1

1. Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2. Taj Mahal: Fishin' Blues (Smith) | Essential Taj Mahal, Disc 1 | Music Maker Relief Foundation MMCD49
3. Bill Morrissey & Greg Brown: Fishing with Bill | Friend of Mine | Philo Records PH 1151
4. Tay Bronson: Willard's Song | Drinks & Memories | Tay Bronson 1 95269 00915 1
5. Sky Smeed: Lunker Bass | Lunker Bass | skysmeed.com [2017]
6. Ye Vagabonds: Mayfly | All Tied Together | no addt'l info
7. Ben Winship & David Thompson t. Mollie O'Brien, Ben Winship & David Thompson: Church of the Wandering Stream, Fishing Music II | Snake River Records SRR-123
8. Marilyn Rea Beyer/Jay Ungar & Molly Mason: Grider Creek (Brautigan) and The Streets of Munnsville | The Midnight Special on WFMT | WFMT / Angel
6.13.26 / AngelCD66782
9. Ben Winship & David Thompson: Mayfly | Stripping Cane | Signature Sounds SIG 1286
10. Arrogant Worms: The Fishing Song | Russell's Shorts | Arrogant Worms AW-555-2
11. John Prine: Fish and Whistle | Bruised Orange | Asylum 6 E-139
12. Eilen Jewell: Hooked | Queen of the Minor Key } Signature Sounds SIG 2039
13. Benjamin Luxon & Bill Crofut: Bold Nelson/The Eddystone Light | Two Gentlemen Folk | Telarc CD-84401
14. Dean Stevens: Salmon River | Songs for the Earth: A Tribute to Rachel Carson | Muse Association 001
15. Barbara Dane & Tammy Hall ft. Pablo Menendez: King Salmon Blues,  | Hot Jazz, Cool Blues & Hard-Hitting Songs, Disk 2 | Smithsonian SFW CD 40227
16. Kathy Mattea: Black Waters (Ritchie) | Calling Me Home | Sugar Hill SUG CD 4085
17. Steve "Q" Quinn: The Midnight Special - Harmonica Greasy (Traditional | Midnight Special Collection | SQuinn/MS013
HOUR 2


18. *** Nathans & Ronstadt, ft. Tish Hinojosa: La Madrugada Tucsonense | Esperanza | release date July 3, 2026
19. Rodney Crowell: Banks of the Old Bandera | The Houston Kid | Sugar Hill SUG-CD-1065
20. Richard Berman: On the Mexican Coast | Storied Lives | ARIES CD 0004
21. Joan Baez: Fishing (Shindell) | Gone From Danger Guardian 7243 8 59357 2 5
22. Adela S: Enough is Enough | Adela S | Cello Again | Bandcamp
23. Trout Fishing in America: Lightning | Reel Life | Trout Records TRT 11
24. Judy Collins: The Bonnie Ship the Diamond (Trad.) | Maids & Golden Apples | Wildflower WFL 1299-2
25. Randy Sabien: Spadella | Soul of a Man | Randy Sabien 2014
26. Trout Fishing in America: Ode to Big Blue (Lightfoot) | Truth is Stranger than Fishin' | Trout Records TRT 01
27. Lee Murdock with the Blue Water Band: Shores of Lake Michigan / May Day (Bannockburn) | Great Lakes Chronicle | Depot Records DEP-022 CD
28. Bob Franke: Catfish | In This Night | Flying Fish FFCD 70563
29. *** Scott Sean White: Hold Your Own | Days Are Long | scottseanwhite.com 1 95269 40791 9
30. *** Jenny Reynolds: The Night The Moon and The Sea | Willow & Stone | jennyreynolds.com 1 95269 41253 1
31. Jonas Friddle: The Midnight Special - fretless banjo | Midnight Special Collection | JFriddle MS008
HOUR 3


32. *** Andrew Sa: Lavender Cowboy, ft. H.C. McIntire | American Rough | Bloodshot Records | release date
6.26.2026
33. Salamander Crossing: Indigo Rose | Bottleneck Dreams | Signature SIG 1244 CD
34. Joni Mitchell: Blue | Blue | Reprise 81227978-4
35. *** Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls: Green & Grey (Mulvey) | Floyd Mercantile | Righteous Babe RBR 130-D
36. Donovan: Mellow Yellow | The Essential Donovan | Epic Legacy EK 90625
37. Jim Page: Nothing Rhymes With Orange A Handful of Songs | Jim Page
10.5.2017
38. Zoe Mulford: Gonna Wear Red | Roadside Saints | Azalea ACCD-0604
39. *** Doug Harsch: Waiting on a Rainbow | Honky Tonk Dreams | Doug Harsch
10.23.2025
40. *** Peter Mulvey and Jenna Nicholls: I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Carroll/McCarthy) | Floyd Mercantile | Righteous Babe RBR 130-D
41. Sons of the Never Wrong: Love Letter on a Fish (M. Smith) | The Midnight Special New Year's Eve 2010, Disc 2 | WFMT MSNYE 2010, disk 2
42. Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Ripple (Garcia/Hunter) | One Endless Night | Windcharger 11661 3173 2
43. *** Pharis & Jason Romero: Georgie | These are the Days that Turn Into Years | Lula Records
44. Steve Goodman: Old Fashioned | Words We Can Dance To | Elektra 7E-1061
45. Gordon Lightfoot: Rainbow Trout | Cold on the Shoulder | Reprise Records 2206
46. Steve Goodman: The One That Got Away | Santa Ana Winds | Omnivore Recordings OVCD-344]
47. Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
48. Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Special thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti who compiles this weekly playlist report
Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT
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