The Midnight Special Playlist

Lead Belly: The Midnight Special Last Sessions Smithsonian Folkways SFCD-40068/71

Gordon Lightfoot: Minstrel of the Dawn Gord's Gold Reprise 2237-2

Eric Andersen: Violets of Dawn 'Bout Changes & Things Vanguard VMD79206

Veronika Jackson: Good Morning Blues (Lead Belly) Hat Check. . . PBM 505 (email)

Leo Kottke: Morning Is a Long Way Home Ice Water One Way S21-18458

Fourtold: Four Rode By (Ian Tyson) Fourtold Appleseed APRCD 1071

David Bromberg: The Holdup (Bromberg/Geo.Harrison) The Player: A Retrospective Columbia Legacy CK 65263

Kenneth Williams: Hand Up Your Sticks The World of Kenneth Williams Brit.Decca SPA 64

Phil Ochs: The Highwayman There But For Fortune Elektra 9 60832-2

Jory Nash: The Robbery Lo-Fi Northern Blues Thin Man TMRCD003

Scott Sheldon: It's All Been Done Before Tickle Self SS-7155-02

Noel Coward: Let's Do It (Coward-Cole Porter) The Noel Coward Album Sony MDK 47253

Bill Jones: Bide (trad/arr.Jones) Two Year Winter Compass 7 4566 2

Steve Goodman: Wonderful World of Sex No Big Surprise Red Pajamas RPJ-008 (800-521-2112)

Jackie Vernon & Marian Mercer: Guaranteed Annual Sex Sex Is Not Hazardous To Your Health Beverly Hills BH 1133

Michael Johnson: Love and Sex (Tom Rapp) The Early Albums MJP 90001

The Demon Barbers: One Thing Better Than Sex (Pete Morton) Uncut DJC 019

Mari Lwyd: Carreg Lafar (Hyn) Music From Wales (a sampler) Sain

Lisa Theriot: Portmore Lament (trad-arr.Theriot/Theriot) A Turning Of Seasons Raven Boy RBMCD06

Loreena McKennitt: Bonny Portmore (trad/arr-adpt. McKennitt) Live In Paris and Toronto Quinlan Road VE 15045

Tom Paxton: Homeland Security private CD

John McCutcheon: Ashcroft's Army Hail To the Chief! Appalsongs 2003

Kris Kristofferson: Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down Broken Freedom Song Oh Boy OBR-025

Eamon Friel: My Brother's Turned Into a Yank The Waltz of the Years Thran THR 1003

Janis Ian: This Train (trad) Shout, Sister, Shout! A Tribute To Sister Rosetta Tharpe M.C. Records MC 0050

Guy Davis: Railroad Story Chocolate To the Bone Red House RHRCD 164

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder: Ridin' That Midnight Train (R&C Stanley) The Three Pickers Rounder 116 610 526-2

Dave Potts: Railroad Town One Night In the South Looking Up LUR0301

Kris Delmhorst: You're No Train Songs For a Hurricane Signature Sounds SIG 1279

John Gorka: I Don't Feel Like a Train Temporary Road High Street 10315-2

Darryl Purpose: California (Rutherford Hayes In the Morning) (Purpose/Paul Zollo) A Crooked Line Tangible 56619 (888-800-8228)

Josh Ritter: California Hello Starling Signature Sounds SIG 1280

Caroline Doctorow: Carmel Valley Ride (Doctorow/Frank Corillo) Narrow Lane no#

David Ackles: California American Gothic Collectors' Choice CCM-311-2 (800-923-1122)

The Foremen: California Couldn't Pay Our Education (Roy Zimmerman) What's Left Reprise 9 46246-2

Phil Ochs: The World Began In Eden But Ended In Los Angeles Rehearsals For Retirement Collectors' Choice CCM-150-2

Joe Hickerson: Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight (trad) Drive Dull Care Aware, Vol. II Folk-Legacy CD-59

Fourtold: Aramalee (Michael Smith based on Elf Knight) Fourtold Appleseed APRCD 1071

James Conway: Give Me Your Hand (trad) Mouth Box Mouth Box 3ME399940CD

Brigadoon (orig. B'way cast-Lee Sullivan): Come To Me, Bend To Me (Lerner/Loewe) RCA Victor 1001-2-RG

John Carty: Sligo Maid (trad) At It Again Shanachie 78054

Gordon Bok: One More Morning Herrings In the Bay Timberhead THD CD14

Eva Cassidy: The Water Is Wide American Tune Blix Street G2-10079 (253-851-5810)

Kim & Reggie Harris and Magpie: When I'm Gone (close) (Phil Ochs) Spoken in Love Longtail LT003-2

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

RICH'S PICKS:

Fourtold, Scott Sheldon, Bill Jones, Eamon Friel, Kris Kristofferson, Shout, Sister, Shout!, Guy Davis, "The Three Pickers," Kris Delmhorst, Caroline Doctorow, Josh Ritter, Eva Cassidy, James Conway, Gordon Bok

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Darryl Purpose will appear at the Uncommon Ground, 1214 Grace, Chicago, Sunday, August 24. 773-929-3680 / email

Leo Kottke is at the Woodstock Opera House, Saturday, September 6 at 8. 815-338-5300.

Fox Valley Folk Festival features Lou & Peter Berryman, Roy Book Binder, Bob Bovee & Gail Heil, Bryan Bowers, Cooper-Nelson-Early, Fourtold, Annie Gallup, Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Paul & Win Grace, Anne Hills, Dan Keding, Sparky & Rhonda Rucker, John Roberts, Michael Smith, Ed Trickett and others at Island Park in Geneva, Sunday and Monday, August 31-September 1. 630-897-3655