I wrote "The Reason I Wake Up" while sitting in a little hotel room near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, while doing research for a biography I wrote of musician Doc Watson.
That day, I had found a little Gibson mandolin from the '50s, and taken it home with me, after not bringing any instruments with me on a 3-week journey (I just couldn't take not being able to play).
I worked out a few descending chords, and wrote this little love song for my then-girlfriend, now-wife.
Let me know what you think!
Song No. 7 of a Million
We are alive!
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