The Midnight Special Playlist

(* denotes a 2002 favorite)

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

*John McCutcheon: Children of Abraham The Greatest Story Never Told Red House RHRCD 163

*Kim & Reggie Harris: Spoken In Love Simplicity Appleseed APRCD1061

*Carrie Newcomer: The Gathering of Spirits The Gathering of Spirits Philo 116 711 243-2

*Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Long Time Travelin' (trad/arr. Fink-Marxer) Postcards Community Music CMCD 203

*James Keelaghan: Sing My Heart Home Home Appleseed APRCD1059

*Blue Murder: Rubber Band (Mike Waterson) No One Stands Alone Topic TSCD537

Original Broadway Cast: Seventy-Six Trombones (Meredith Willson) The Music Man Angel ZDM7 64663 2 3

Flanders & Swann: Ill Wind At the Drop of Another Hat EMI CDS 7974642

Jackson Gilman (on Bob Blue CD): A Little Night Words (Bob Blue) The Best of... Black Socks BSP21 (413-256-8784 / email)

*Andrew Calhoun: The Scyther Tiger Tattoo Waterbug WBG0053

*Blue Murder: No One Stands Alone (Jimmy Davis) No One Stands Alone Topic TSCD537

*Ralph Stanley: Lift Him Up, That's All (trad/arr.Stanley) Ralph Stanley DMZ/Columbia CK 86625

*Michael Cooney: Figure It Out (Ginni Clemmens) Together Again Cove Haven CHRCD001

*Enoch Kent: I'm a Workin' Chap (trad/Kent) I'm a Workin' Chap 2nd AV SAS2007

*Liz Carroll: The Ghost / The Hatchlings / The Long Bow Lake Effect Green Linnet GLCD 1220

*Aoife Clancy: The Nightbird (Mark Simos) Silvery Moon Appleseed APRCD 1065

*Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer: Birds and Ships (Billy Bragg/Woody Guthrie) Postcards Community Music CMCD 203

*Tanglefoot: The Commodore's Compliments (Steve Ritchie) Borealis BCD143 Agnes On the Cowcatcher (877-530-4288)

*James Keelaghan: Stonecutter Home Appleseed APRCD1059

*John McCutcheon: Barbershop The Greatest Story Never Told Red House RHRCD 163

Monty Python: Barber / Lumberjack The Worst of Monty Python's Flying Circus BBC REB 73M

*Michael Cooney: The Thing That Makes You Beautiful (Jane Voss) Together Again Cove Haven CHRCD001

Joe Hickerson: Lather and Shave (trad) Joe Hickerson With a Gathering of Friends Folk Legacy CD-39

*Aoife Clancy: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine (Ledbetter-Gilbert-Hays-Hellerman-Seeger) Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Appleseed APRCD1065

*Enoch Kent: I'll Lay Ye Doon Love (trad/Kent) I'm a Workin' Chap 2nd AV SAS2007

*Andrew Calhoun: Day In and Night Out Tiger Tattoo Waterbug WBG0053

Fred Holstein: Touch Me (Utah Phillips) Fred Holstein: A Collection Holstein 1

*James Keelaghan: You Know Me Home Appleseed APRCD1059

*Ralph Stanley: Twelve Gates To the City (trad/arr.Stanley) Ralph Stanley DMX/Columbia CK 86625

Jim Post: Twelfth Month The Heart of Christmas private CD

Magpie: Last Month of the Year (trad) Last Month of the Year SLICED BREAD CDSB 71305

Magpie: Chanukah Chase (trad) Last Month of the Year SLICED BREAD CDSB 71305

Nancy White: The Shabbat Goy C'est Moi Stickers On Fruit Borealis BCD147

Dave Snaker Ray: Lonesome Road (trad) The Return of Koerner Ray & Glover Red House RHRCD 131

*Tanglefoot: Summer Ghosts (Joe Grant) Agnes on the Cowcatcher Borealis BCD143

*Carrie Newcomer: The Things I've Gone and Done The Gathering of Spirits Philo 116 711 243-2

Kim & Reggie Harris: Changes (Phil Ochs) Simplicity Appleseed APRCD1061

*Ralph Stanley: Great High Mountain (trad/arr.Stanley) Ralph Stanley DMZ/Columbia CK 86625

*Aoife Clancy: There Is Hope (Robbie O'Connell) Silvery Moon Appleseed APRCD1065

*Blue Murder: The Goodnight Song (Jim Boyes) No One Stands Alone Topic TSCD537

Kim & Reggie Harris & Magpie: When I'm Gone (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Long Tail LT003-2 (PO Box 5467, Takoma Park, MD 20913)

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

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

The Heart of Christmas, with Jim, Janet and Angel Post, December 4-January 5 at the new Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway, Chicago. 773-472-3492

The Village Square Concert Series, 37 S. Main St., Sandwich, presents Michael Smith, Saturday, December 14 at 7:30. 815-878-2693

Joe Hickerson, and Fred Holstein in an Acoustic Renaissance Concert at the Hinsdale Unitarian Church, 17 W. Maple, Hinsdale, Saturday, December 14 at 8. 708-802-0236.

Fred Holstein also will give a house concert Friday, December 13 at 8 in Oak Park. For information and reservations: 708-848-2205

Make-A-Wish Foundation benefit at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Sunday, December 15 at 2 features Small Potatoes, Tricia Alexander, Sons of the Never Wrong, Dan Zahn, Darwin & Marv, and Kate Moretti. 847-540-5527 or kmoretti@aol.com.