Midnight Special (song)
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"Midnight Special" is a traditional folk song thought to have originated among prisoners in the American South. The song refers to the passenger train Midnight Special and its "ever-loving light."
Lead Belly, photographed by Alan Lomax in the 1940s
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Willy and the Poor Boys
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Willy and the Poor Boys is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival, released on October 29, 1969, by Fantasy Records. It was the last of three studio albums the
Midnight Special (song)
…operating the Midnight Special—the Illinois Central, which had a route through Mississippi. Creedence Clearwater Revival released the song on their album Willy and the Poor Boys (1969), as part of the band's roots revival efforts to reinvigorate Americana. The album included a cover of "Cotton Fields" for the same purpose…
Willy and the poor boys