Description: Woke Up This Morning, performed by Napoleon Strickland, vocal and guitar. Recorded by John Bishop, Worth Long, and Alan Lomax at Strickland's home in Como, Mississippi, August 29, 1978
About the session: Bluesmen; fife-and-drum ensembles; former muleskinners and railroad tie-tampers; and tall-tale reciters. Performers include Skip James collaborator Jack Owens, diddley-bow player Lonnie Pitchford, fife legend Otha Turner, and R. L. Burnside in his first film appearance.
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