Riding the Midnight Train

Riding the Midnight Train is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1986. It is the last album Merle Watson recorded before he was killed in a tractor accident.

At the Grammy Awards of 1987, Riding the Midnight Train won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album.

Guests include Béla Fleck, Sam Bush and Mark O'Connor.

Track listing
Track 7 "Stone's Rag" omitted from Sugar Hill cassette tape SH-C-3752.
 * 1) "I'm Going Back to the Old Home" (Carter Stanley) – 2:11
 * 2) "Greenville Trestle High" (James Jett) – 3:25
 * 3) "Highway of Sorrow" (Bill Monroe, Pete Pyle) – 2:48
 * 4) "Fill My Way With Love" – 2:30
 * 5) "We'll Meet Again Sweetheart" (Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs) – 2:48
 * 6) "Riding That Midnight Train" (Carter Stanley) – 2:04
 * 7) "Stone's Rag" (Traditional) – 3:20
 * 8) "Ramshackle Shack" (Wade Mainer) – 3:18
 * 9) "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 4:31
 * 10) "Baby Blue Eyes" (Jim Eanes) – 3:39
 * 11) "What Does the Deep Sea Say?" (Wade Mainer) – 3:31
 * 12) "Let the Church Roll On" (A. P. Carter) – 2:55
 * 13) "Sweet Heaven When I Die" (Claude Grant) – 2:07

Personnel
Production notes
 * Doc Watson – guitar, vocals
 * Merle Watson – guitar, banjo
 * T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
 * Sam Bush – mandolin
 * Béla Fleck – banjo
 * Mark O'Connor – fiddle
 * Alan O'Bryant – guitar, harmony vocals
 * Produced by Barry Poss
 * Engineered and remixed by Richard Adler
 * Photography by Will & Deni McIntyre
 * Remixing by Barry Poss, Richard Adler, T. Michael Coleman
 * Artwork by Raymond Simone