loading . . . Bill Withers with Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles - The Midnight Special, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, 3-22-1974 Here's another episode of the "Midnight Special" TV show. This one is hosted by singer-songwriter Bill Withers. But it's kind of a soul music triple header, because there are two guest stars, Bobby Womack and Buddy Miles, and they have larger roles than usual.
Normally when posting these Midnight Special episodes, I just have the main artist plus sometimes a guest artist. But this episode ended with Withers singing one of his songs with both Womack and Miles, so it made sense to include all three of them. That's especially so since they performed similar kinds of music.
The episode was rather short, however, so I added in some extra songs from other episodes. It turns out Withers only performed one more song for the show, "Lovely Day," in 1977. That isn't publicly available yet (with the episodes being rereleased one per week on YouTube), so I didn't have the option of including that one. However, both Womack and Miles performed the occasional song prior to this, so I included more of their songs. "Harry Hippie" by Bobby Womack is from an August 3, 1973 episode. "It's All Over Now" by Bobby Womack is from a June 15, 1973 episode. And "Life Is What You Make It" by Buddy Miles is from a June 7, 1974 episode. That's not all either of them did on the show, but hopefully some other stuff will come out on other albums I post eventually.
I edited the first track, where emcee Wolfman Jack is introducing the guests for the show. I removed the names of the other guests not included here. In case you're curious, they were Rory Gallagher, Montrose, Melissa Manchester, and Cliff de Young. I also got rid of the theme song playing in the background, and replaced it with more applause. And unfortunately, the last song, "Railroad Man," got abruptly cut off, due to the TV broadcast ending. Since it was a unique version with all three stars, I couldn't find a different version to finish it off. Instead, I faded it out and faded in some applause. So that's why those two songs have "[Edit]" in their titles.
This album is 45 minutes long.
01 talk [Edit] (Wolfman Jack)
02 Ain't No Sunshine (Bill Withers)
03 talk (Bill Withers)
04 Lookin' for a Love (Bobby Womack)
05 talk (Bill Withers)
06 You Really Got Me (Buddy Miles)
07 The Same Love that Made Me Laugh (Bill Withers)
08 Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out (Bobby Womack)
09 Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
10 Harry Hippie (Bobby Womack)
11 talk (Bill Withers)
12 Green Grass (Bill Withers)
13 It's All Over Now (Bobby Womack)
14 Life Is What You Make It (Buddy Miles)
15 Railroad Man [Edit] (Bill Withers, Bobby Womack & Buddy Miles)
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The cover photo is a screenshot taken from this exact concert. From right to left: Bobby Womack, Bill Withers, and Buddy Miles. https://albumsthatshouldexist.blogspot.com/2025/11/bill-withers-with-bobby-womack-buddy.html
