Top Songs
- Sorrow Come Pass Me Around: A Survey of Rural Religious Black Music · 2013
- Africa and the Blues (Connections and Reconnections) · 2001
- Africa and the Blues (Connections and Reconnections) · 2001
- Africa and the Blues (Connections and Reconnections) · 1995
- Bottleneck Blues · 1995
- Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1 · 1993
- Mississippi Delta Blues Jam in Memphis, Vol. 1 · 1993
- Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 7 - Afro-American Blues Roots · 1982
- Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 7 - Afro-American Blues Roots · 1982
- Living Country Blues USA, Vol. 10 - Country Boogie · 1982
About Napoleon Strickland
Born circa 1920 near Como, MS, Napoleon Strickland was described as the "fife-blowingest man in the state of Mississippi." He was well-known in the South for playing harmonica, guitar, and diddley-bow, a kind of poor man's guitar that had only one string and was used in early American blues. Strickland was highly regarded around Como for his versatility and dedication to early blues that was always evident in his playing. In the '80s, Strickland was committed to a nursing home after a serious car accident and he died on July 22, 2001. ~ Nate Cavalieri
- HOMETOWN
- Como, MS, United States
- BORN
- 6 October 1924
- GENRE
- Blues