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Marilyn Rea Beyer, Host
WFMT's Folkstage and The Midnight Special


On Aug 17, 2026, at 6:44:AM, Midnight Special <[log in to unmask]> wrote:


The Midnight Special with Marilyn Rea Beyer 08-15-2026
Theme:  Woodstock and other farms + Jimmy Webb turns 80
*** New or notable
Next week: Malvina Reynolds' "Little Boxes" and other shapes

Hour 1
1.          Lead Belly: The Midnight Special THEME (excerpt 1) | Midnight Special | RCA Victor LPV-505
2.          Natalie Merchant: Down on Penny's Farm (trad.) | House Carpenter's Daughter | Myth America MA-1026
3.          Fairport Convention: Love on a Farmboy's Wages (Partridge) | Sense of Occasion | Matty Grooves MGCD044
4.          Original Cast Victory Farm, The Musical: Bees Sting, Birds Sing | Victory Farm, the Musical | Leaky Boat LBR 0491
5.          The Bills, formerly The Bill Hilly Band: How You Gonna' Keep 'Em Down on the Farm? (Young/Lewis/Donaldson) | All Day Every Day | Borealis BCD145
6.          Guy Davis: Gee the Mule | Call Down the Thunder | Red House RHR CD 89
7.          Eric Taylor: Tractor Song | Eric Taylor | Eric Taylor/Watermelon CD 1040
8.          Fred Eaglesmith & The Flathead Noodlers: John Deere B | Balin' | AML Records FSE009
9.          Nancy White: Like an Old John Deere | Stickers on Fruit | Borealis BCD 147
10.        Steve Goodman: The Vegetable Song/Barnyard Dance | Somebody Else's Troubles | Buddha/7446599626 2
11.        Jonas Friddle: Everybody's Got a Chicken (But You) | Jug Band Happy Hour | jonasfriddle.com 1162023
12.        Wild Carrot: Nobody Here But Us Chickens (Whitney/Kramer) | Defined... | Falling Mountain Music FM-1032
13.        Wood & Wire: Pigs | No Matter Where It Goes From Here | Blue Corn Music/BCM2003
14.        Cormac McCarthy: Cows | Troubled Sleep | Green Linnet GLCD 2102
15.        Lauren Crane: Irene | Makin' Honey | laurencrane.com
9.28.2020
16.        Carolina Chocolate Drops: Po' Black Sheep (Trad.) | Leaving Eden | Nonesuch 28809-2
17.        George Ensle: Black Sheep (Ensle/Ramey) | Home | Berkalin Records 7 98576 58122 0
18.        Jonas Friddle: The Midnight Special - fretless banjo | Midnight Special Collection | JFriddle | MS008
Hour 2
19.        Judy Collins: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (Webb) | Judith | Elektra 111-2 (252-019)
20.        Jimmy Webb w/Brian Wilson: MacArthur Park | Still Within the Sound of My Voice | Entertainment One EOM-CD-2395
21.        The Kennedys: Galveston (Webb) | Songs of the Open Road | Appleseed Recordings APR CD 1097
22.        House of Hamill: The Highwayman (Webb) | Wildfire | Smokejumper Records 8012024
23.        Stan Rogers: Field Behind the Plow | Home in Halifax | Fogarty's Cove FCM 010D
24.        Susan Werner: Barbed Wire Boys | New Non-Fiction | susanwerner.com S. W. 6566134372
25,        Dennis Leise: Multiflora Rose | State of Fairs | dennisjleise.com
4.1.2020
26.        Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur: Boll Weevil (Trad.) | Penny's Farm | Kingswood KWR1603
27.        Matt Lenny & The Breakdown: Apples | For the Birds | no further info.
28.        Rum Ragged: The Apple Tree | Gone Jiggin' | LHM 623339827713
29.        Gregory Alan Isakov: Silver Bell | Appaloosa Bones | Dualtone 80302 02554 25
30.        Sean Kiely: Reckoning | Postcards from The Reckoning | seankiely.com
11.1.2024
31.        *** Amy Speace: The Reckoning - single | The Cardinals | amyspeace.com
8.7.2026
32.        Owen Walsh: The Midnight Special (Trad) | The Midnight Special exclusive | single
1.31.2024
Hour 3
33.        Rod MacDonald: I Didn't Go to Woodstock | Rants and Romance | Blue Flute Music BFM2023
34.        Phil Henry: Missed the Show (Nathans/Henry) | Chasing Echoes | philhenryband.com
10.18.2020
35.        Joni Mitchell: Woodstock | Hits | Hits/Reprise 9 46326-2
36.        Willie Nelson: Stardust (Carmichael, Parrish) | Stardust | Columbia JC 35305
37.        House of Hamill: Into the Golden | Wildfire | Smokejumper 8012024
38.        Twangtown Paramours: The Garden | The Wind Will Change Again | Inside Edge Records | IER006
39.        Peter Mulvey: Vlad the Astrophysicist | Letters from a Flying Machine | Signature Sounds SIG 2024
40.        Andy Revkin & Friends: Liberated Carbon | A Very Fine Line | Very Fine Lines VFL 01
41.        Dan Navarro: Tar Pit | Horizon Line | Red Hen EGG19
42.        Mark Graham & Orville Johnson: Their Brains Were Small and They Died | Kings of Mongrel Folk | mongrelfolk.com none
43.        Alice DiMicele: Let Your Soul Fly Free | Swim | Alice Otter AO/013
44.        Richie Havens: Paradise (Mescall) | Wishing Well | Stormy Forest SF 2021
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

Marilyn Rea Beyer
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WFMT
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