The Midnight Special Playlist

Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD-40068/71

Ed Miller: Heather On the Moor (trad) Lowlander Wellfield CD 023 (512-472-6036)

Richard Shindell: A Summer Wind, A Cotton Dress Blue Divide SHANACHIE 8014

Bob & Jill Copper: Month of May (trad/arr.Coppers) Coppersongs 3 Coppersongs CD3 (PO Box 21, Peacehaven, East Sussex, England BN10 7TL)

Anne Hills w/ Jay Ansill: The Hills of May (Ansill/Robt.Graves) The Hills of May BCN BCN 10142-2 (508-762-8400 or email)

Tony Cuffe: When rosy May comes in wi' flowers Robert Burns: The Complete Songs, Vol. 1 Honest HON CD 5047 (Telos, 33 Music Square W. Nashville, TN 37203)

Doc Watson: Windy and Warm (J.D.Loudermilk) The Vanguard Years VANGUARD 155/58-2

Original Broadway Cast: Aquarius (Ragni-Rado/MacDermot) Hair RCA Victor 1150-2-RC

Christine Lavin: Venus Kissed the Moon Attainable Love PHILO CDPH 1132

Conception Corporation: Astronaut On Mars A Pause In the Disaster Cotillion SD 9031

Joni Mitchell: Man From Mars Taming the Tiger REPRISE 9 46451-2

Eddie From Ohio: Moons of Jupiter (M.Clem) I Rode Fido Home Virginia Soul VSR 003 (703-758-4666)

Pete Seeger: From Way Up Here (Seeger/Reynolds) God Bless the Grass Columbia CK 65287

Stan Freberg: The Sale of Manhattan Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America, Vol. 1 RHINO R2 72476

Woody Guthrie: New York Town This Land Is Your Land SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD40100

Original Broadway Cast: Come Up To My Place (Bernstein/Comden-Green) On the Town Columbia Legacy SK 60538

Bob Hillman: Everyone's An Actor in New York Playing God SLICED BREAD CDSB72110 (PO Box 606, Blue Bell, PA 19422)

Billy Bragg & Wilco w/ Natalie Merchant: I Was Born (B.Bragg/W.Guthrie) Mermaid Avenue Vol. II ELEKTRA PRCD-1482

Joel Rafael Band: Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key Hopper (B.Bragg/W.Guthrie) Inside Recordings IR 0511-2 (800-853-2244)

Donovan: To Sing For You Catch the Wind Hickory LP 123

Tom Paxton: Wish I Had a Troubador Even A Gray Day FLYING FISH FF70280

Jim Post: Light Up My Lady (Douglas Steiger) Magic FLYING FISH 216

Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer: Cowboy Singer (D.Carter) Tanglewood Tree SIGNATURE SOUNDS SIG 1257 (800-694-5354)

Roberts & Barrand: Seventeen Come Sunday (trad) Heartoutbursts Golden Hind GHM-103 (Box 1792, Schenectady, NY 12301)

The Mollys: Come On With Me (N.McCallion) Only A Story Apolkalips Now APN0001CD (520-326-8793)

Bill Cosby: The Playground L Wonderfulness Warner Bros. 1634-2

Moxy Fruvous: The Kids' Song b WEA CD 15223

Uncle Bonsai: Takin' the Kids To Disney World (A.Ratshin) Myn Ynd Wymyn YELLOW TAIL YT-10003 (206-527-3546)

Will Rogers: On the Giant Lottery Will Rogers Says Columbia ML 4604

Lisa Bigwood: Lottery (Acoustic Renaissance 2/19/99) WFMT recording

Malvina Reynolds: The Money Crop Ear To The Ground SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFWCD 40124

Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson: Lotteryland (R.Thompson) Industry Hannibal HNCD 1414

Bill Morrissey: Gambler's Blues InSide PHILO CDPH 1145

Small Potatoes: The Dollar Episode (Jacquie Manning) Waltz Of The Wallflowers WIND RIVER WR4010CD (877-365-5372)

Hoyt Axton: Greenback Dollar (Axton/Ken Ramsey) Greenback Dollar Horizon 1601

Malvina Reynolds: Magic Penny Ear To The Ground SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFWCD 40124

Carl Sandburg: Showers of Dollars (trad) Flatrock Ballads Columbia AML 5339

Jan Hobson & Her Bad Review: Raccoon Song (Swartzwelder) private 45 rpm

Pete Seeger: Raccoon's Got a Bushy Tail (trad) Birds, Beasts, Bugs & Fishes SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS SFCD 45039

The Beatles: Rocky Raccoon (Lennon/McCartney) White Album Apple SWBO-101

Tom Paxton: Corymeela Even A Gray Day FLYING FISH FF 70280

Fred Holstein: Touch Me (Bruce Phillips) Chicago and Other Ports PHILO 1030

Cry Cry Cry: By Way of Sorrow (Julie Miller) By Way of Sorrow RAZOR AND TIE 793018240-2

Greg Brown: Who Woulda Thunk It In the Dark With You RED HOUSE RHRCD08

Joni Mitchell: Both Sides Now Both Sides Now REPRISE 9 47620-2

Cates production-Charles Aidman: Last Poem (Edgar Lee Masters) Spoon River Anthology Columbia OS 2410

Peter Mayer: One More Circle Million Year Mind BLUE BOAT BB1204 (800-252-4140)

Pete Seeger: Turn! Turn! Turn! (Seeger/Ecclesiastes) Greatest Hits Columbia CK 9416

Anita Silvert: All Roads Converge Midwest Girl Balancing Act BAM-003 P.O. Box 512, Yardley, PA 19067 (215-369-0220) or email

Performer is composer unless otherwise noted. Song is album title unless otherwise noted. Album titles are in italics, composers in parens ( ).

RICH'S PICKS:

Ed Miller, Joel Rafael Band, Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer, Small Potatoes, The Mollys

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Jim Post, with Randy Sabien at the Friendship Concert Hall, Kolpin & Algonquin Roads, Des Plaines, Friday, May 12 at 8. 847-632-9333

Tom Paxton will be at the McAninch Arts Center of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn for two shows, Saturday May 13: a kids show at 11 AM, and an adult concert at 8 PM. 630-942-4000

Richard Shindell at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N. Lincoln, Chicago, Friday, May 19. (A WFMT concert) 773-728-6000

Fred Holstein at the Abbey Pub, Grace & Elston, Saturday, May 20.

Greg Brown in Concerts for a Cause at the Eastside Community Center, Batavia, Saturday, May 20 at 7:30. 630-761-8290

Lisa Bigwood at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss in Downers Grove, Friday, May 26 at 8:30.

Doc Watson at the Old Town School of Folk Music, Sunday, June 4 at 4 and 7.

The Four Bitchin' Babes at Fermilab in Batavia, Saturday, June 3 at 8. 630-840-ARTS