The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 08-01-2026
Theme: Songs about The Dog Days of August. 95th birthday tribute to Ramblin' Jack Elliot.
Hour 1
1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          Amy Speace: Dog Days | Folkstage: Amy Speace w/Megan Palmer and John Abbey | WFMT FS 6-14-2014
3.          Cephas & Wiggins: Dog Days of August | Classic Harmonica Blues | Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40204
4.          The Heists (Erin Heist): Black Dog Blues (Trad.) | From the Land of Rusted Dreams | Erin Heist 198003179929
5.          Zoe Lewis: When Dog Meets Wolf | Rotary Phone | Dog Called Dog 21681 07612
6.          Nick Drake: Black Eyed Dog | Way to Blue | Hannibal HNCD 1386
7.          Christine Collister: Whole Night Sky (Cockburn) | The Dark Gift of Time | Koch KOC CD 8022
8.          Mary Gauthier: Dark Enough to See the Stars | Dark Enough to See the Stars | In the Black ITBCD008
9.          Connie Kaldor w/Paul & Gabriel Campagne: A Poodle in Paris (live) | Folkstage - Connie Kaldor Fox Valley Festival Preview 8.31.2024 (excerpt) | WFMT 8.31.2024
10.        Dan Pelletier: Aces the Dog | My Freakin' Heart | Dan Pelletier 00261 39364
11.        Kevin Kling: Dogs | Stories Off the Shallow End | East Side Digital ESD 81592 MRBCOLL
12.        Martha Wainwright: One of Us (M. Wainwright/Hansard) | Goodnight City | PIAS COOPD345CD
13.        Celtic Thunder: Falling Slowly (Hansard) | Voyage | Decca BOO16471-02
14.        Josh Ritter: Stars in the Crown | Heaven, Or Someplace as Nice | Pythias CD-PYTH-017
15.        Glen Hansard: This Gift (bonus track) | Rhythm and Repose | Anti-Records 87203-2
16.        Jonas Friddle: The Midnight Special - fretless banjo | Midnight Special Collection JFriddle | MS008

Hour 2

17.        Gina Forsyth: Radio Star | Folkstage: Gina Forsyth 2014 | WFMT FS 9-6-2014
18.        Love Canon: Video Killed the Radio Star (Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley) | Love Canon, Vol. 2 | self-released [2012]
19.        Kevin Burke & Open House, ft. Mark Graham: The Classical Greek (Graham) | Second Story | Green Linnet GLCD 1144
20.        Fendrick & Peck: Odysseus | Make Your Way In | Fendrick & Peck 7.27.2018
21.        Studs Terkel & Jack Elliott: Interview with Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Studs Terkel Archives: 04-01-1961| WFMT [1961]
22.        Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Rock Island Line (trad.) | The Lost Topic Tapes: Isle of Wight 1957 | Hightone Records HCD8176
23.        Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Will James | South Coast | Red House Records RHRCD059
24.        Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Interview - excerpt | The Gift: A Tribute to Ian Tyson | Stony Plain SPCD 1322
25.        South For Winter: Souls Lost in the Dark | Of Sea and Sky | southforwintermusic.com 05162024
26.        Simon & Garfunkel: My Little Town | Still Crazy After All These Years (Paul Simon: The Studio Recordings) Disc 3 | Warner Bros R2 78901
27.        Chris Vallillo: Forgottonia | Forgottonia | Gin Ridge Music GR 1015
28.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - organ | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 008
Hour 3
29.        David Mitchell & Robert Webb feat. Olivia Coleman and James Bachman: Whose Pet is This? The Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster | That Mitchell & Webb Sound, Series 5, Disc 2 | BBC ISBN 781785 290299 2 of 3
30.        Kevin Burke & Open House, ft. Mark Graham: Hoof and Mouth - instrumental (Graham) | Hoof And Mouth | Green Linnet GLCD 1169
31.        Uncle Bonsai: The Monster in the Closet | The Family Feast | Yellow Tail Records YT10029
32.        *** Tipps & Obermiller: Fresh Hell | Little Kid Heart | Tipps & Obermiller 8 4512105171 1
33.        Richard Meyer: The Black Swan | Good Life! | Shanachie 8003 CD
34.        Zoe Mulford: Coyote Wings | Coyote Wings | Azalea Records ACCD - 1205
35.        Lou & Peter Berryman: The Dupsha Dove  | House Concert | Cornbelt CR 12
36.        *** Maya de Vitry: Coin in Your Soul | All My Faith | Mad Maker Studios mms006
37.        Jill Sobule: Nothing Natural | Underdog Victorious | Artemis Records ATM-CD-51563
38,        *** Jeff Tweedy & Trampled By Turtles: Love is Everywhere (Tweedy) | single | Thirty Tigers 7.1.2026
39.        *** Milk Carton Kids: My Place Among the Stones | Lost Cause Lover Fool | Far Cry Records FCR00009LP
40.        *** Ryan Burns & The Vocal Ghosts: Let It Out Again | Just Keep Growing | rburnsmusic.com 991048084919
41.        Jeff Black: How to Save the World | A Walk In the Sun | Lotos Nile 8 58732 96639 5
42.        Laura Love: I Still Believe (Unplugged) | She Loved Red | Laura Love 88295 68276
43.        Andrew Beyer: The Midnight Special - cigar box slide | Midnight Special Collection | AABeyer/MS 004
Huge thanks to volunteer Karen Rigotti for compiling the playlist report!
Cheers & best wishes, MRB

Marilyn Rea Beyer
Host, The Midnight Special and Folkstage
WFMT 98.7FM
5400 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago, IL 60625
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