“I’m Woke Up Now” – Big Bill and his Chicago Five (1942)

The very woke Big Bill Broonzy tells it like it is: “You can’t trust nobody nohow.”

Featuring New Orleans jazzman Punch Miller wailing the blues on his trumpet throughout.

Recorded in Chicago, Illinois on Friday, March 6, 1942.
Released as Okeh 6724.

Credits:
Big Bill Broonzy – vocals, guitar
Punch Miller – trumpet
Buster Bennett – alto sax
Memphis Slim – piano
Judge Riley – drums