Midnight Special Live '77, '78, '80 - The Midnight Special - The original late night live Rock n' Roll concert show - who broadcast their very first music TV Show in August of 1972. REO Speedwagon were guests on the program in 1977, 1978, and 1980. With a videographer hired by the network, the cameras focuses in a lot more on the star quality of Gary Richrath in these videos. Take a trip back in time to their performances. | Gary Richrath - Guitar Legend

🎸 Let the Midnight Special shine her ever-lovin’ light on you... 🎶 Here’s Creedence Clearwater Revival lighting up the stage with their electrifying performance of The Midnight Special from 1970 — a gritty, swampy rock rendition of a prison folk classic that dates back to the early 20th century. Originally sung by inmates in Southern penitentiaries, The Midnight Special refers to a passenger train that ran past the Sugar Land prison in Texas. The legend? If its light shone on you through your

Steely Dan lights up The Midnight Special stage with their tightly wound hit “Reelin’ In the Years,” aired August 31, 1973. Donald Fagen’s sardonic phrasing and razor-sharp guitar licks (special hat tip to Elliott Randall’s iconic solo) turn the tune into a spotlit, punchy highlight of 70s jazz-rock fusion. First released as the second single from their debut album Can’t Buy a Thrill in March 1973, the song rocketed up the charts and became a snapshot of the band's early brilliance. On The Midni