The Midnight Special Playlist

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

Elise Witt: I Love Being Here With You (Peggy Lee/Bill Schluger) Love Being Here EMWorld EMW-1009 (404-297-8398)

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore: Hello Behind the Fridge Atlantic K-40503

Jennifer Armstrong: Friendship (Bob Bowker / J. Armstrong) At the Table J.Armstrong JA1704

LisaBeth Weber w/ Maggie Marshall & Antje: Front Porch The Almost Live Sessions Women From Mars WFM3

Leela & Ellie Grace: More Love (Tim O'Brien/Gary Nicholson) Leela & Ellie Grace GraceFamilyMusic 8370782062

Bill Garrett & Sue Lothrop: The Story of Love (Chris Hillman/Steve Hill) Red Shoes Borealis BCD154 (877-530-4288)

Stan Freberg: Herman Horne on Hi-Fi The Best of the Stan Freberg Shows Capitol WBO 1035

Nowell Sing We Clear: Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy (Bruce Randall/trad) Just Say Nowell Golden Hind GHM-105

Flanders & Swann: Ill Wind At the Drop of Another Hat EMI CDS7974642

June Tabor: There's a Hole In My Bodhran (Les Barker) Yelp! Mrs. Ackroyd DOG 017

Best of Friends (Paxton-Hills-Gibson): Sing For the Song (Shel Silverstein) Best of Friends Appleseed APR CD 1077

James Gordon: Tune Cooties Pipe Street PSR19

Stan Freberg: I've Got You Under My Skin (Cole Porter) Tip of the Stan Freberg Rhino R2 75645

Pete Morton: The Luckiest Man Swarthmoor Harbourtown HARCD 044

David Buskin: Wealthy Man Inverted Turtle CD-IT-002

Michael Cicone-Cindy Kallet-Ellen Epstein: Lucky Man (Grit Laskin) Only Human Overall Music OM-2

On The Town (orig. B'way cast-John Reardon): Lucky To Be Me (Bernstein/Comden-Green) Columbia Legacy SK 60538

Christine Lavin & The Mistletones: Tacobel Canon (J.Pachebel/many) The Runaway Christmas Tree Appleseed APRCD 1075

Cathy Barton, Dave Para & The Paton Family: Chocolate Burro (trad-Spain, trans.Ringwald) 'Twas On a Night Like This Folk-Legacy CD-114

Claudia Schmidt: A Taste of Life (Jerome Stern) Roads Pragmavision IR 22032

The Mother Folkers (Mary Stribling): Chocolate (Stribling) Live At the Arvada Center Propinquity PRCD 1005

John McCutcheon: Hot Chocolate Wintersongs Rounder CD8038

Joel Mabus: Duck Tape Blues 2000 (Folkstage - December 23, 2000) WFMT recording

Peter Alsop: Stuck On You Peter Alsop Peaceable 5

Kate McDonnell: Sticky Buns Don't Get Me Started Dog-Eared 002

Tim Grimm: 1913 Massacre (Woody Guthrie) Coyote's Dream Vault 006

Natalie Merchant: Which Side Are You On? (Florence Reese) The House Carpenter's Daugher Myth America MA-1026

Nowell Sing We Clear: Time To Remember the Poor (trad) Just Say Nowell Golden Hind GHM-105

Bryan Bowers: Sitting On Top of the World (Chester Burnett) Friend For Life Flying Fish 18964-0675-2

Dixie Chicks: Top Of the World (Patti Griffin) Top Of the World Tour - Live Columbia C2K 90794

The Osborne Brothers: It's a Long Way To the Top Of the World (D.Wayne) Bluegrass Collection CMH 9011

Monty Python: Fish Licence The Final Rip Off Virgin 86033 2

Tom Paxton: Fish Are Orderly I've Got a Yo-You Rounder CD 8049

Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band: Modern Day Fish (Norman Greenbaum) Euphoria! SunDazed SC 11070

Noel Coward: Any Little Fish The Masters' Voice Angel 07777 54919 2 0

Bill Staines: A Place In the Choir The Whistle of the Jay Folk-Legacy CD-70

Lisa Ekstrom & Barry Phillips: Raven och Bonden (trad/arr.Ekstrom-Phillips) / A Gift (Caitlin Matthews) Beautiful Darkness High Bohemia HBR CD002 (web site)

Jessica Radcliffe w/ Martin Simpson: Give Me the Moon (Radcliffe) Beautiful Darkness High Bohemia HBR CD002

Claudia Schmidt: Let Us Give Thanks (Max Coots) Roads Pragmavision IR 22032

Jennifer Armstrong: Day For Peace At the Table J. Armstrong JA1704

Judy Garland: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (H.Arlen/E.Y.Harburg) Wizard Of Oz Rhino R2 71964

The Boys of the Lough: The Dying Year (trad) Midwinter Night's Dream Blix Street G2 10033

Nowell Sing We Clear: Carol For New Year's Day (trad) The Best of Nowell Sing We Clear Front Hall FHR 301CD

Christine Lavin & The Mistletones: A New Year's Round (Alix Herrmann) The Runaway Christmas Tree Appleseed APRCD 1075

Pete Coe: Bring the New Year In Long Company Backshift BASH CD 45 (phone England 422-822-569)

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:

Jennifer Armstrong, Leela & Ellie Grace, Claudia Schmidt, Christine Lavin, Natalie Merchant, LisaBeth Weber, Pete Morton, David Buskin, June Tabor-Mrs. Ackroyd Band

These concerts were mentioned on the program:

Ekstrom & Quinn perform in a house concert on Lake Street in Wilmette, Sunday, December 28 at 7. For further information and reservations call 312-371-2284.

Tim Grimm will perform at the Two Way Street Coffee House, 1047 Curtiss, Downers Grove, Friday, January 9 at 8:15. 639-969-9720

Joel Mabus performs an Acoustic Renaissance Concert at the Unitarian Church of Hinsdale, 17 W. Maple, Hinsdale, Saturday, January 10 at 8. 708-802-0236

Bryan Bowers performs a Hogeye Folk Arts Limited concert at the Lake Street Church, 607 Lake St., Evanston, Saturday, January 10 at 7:30. 847-475-6165

The Osborne Brothers are at the Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren, Woodstock, Illinois, Saturday, January 10 at 8. 815-338-5300