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Midnight Special

Source Recording: Emerson and Waldron (1970)

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Key B Time 4/4

Verse × 4

B / /B /

E / /E /

B / /B /

/B / /B /

/B / /B /

F♯ / /F♯ /

B / /B /

/B / /B /

Chorus × 4

Song Details

Also Known As

Big Midnight Special, The Midnight Special, Midnite Special

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band (1926)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Americana Traditional Old-Time Blues Classic Bluegrass

Themes

Prison Trains

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Emerson and Waldron

Album

Bluegrass Country cover

Bluegrass Country (1970)

Key B Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 115 BPM Length 2:30

Musicians

Cliff Waldron — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Bill Emerson — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Bill Poffinberger — Fiddle
Ed Ferris — Bass
Mike Auldridge — Backup Vocals

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