Shakey Jake (sometimes “Shakin’ Jake”) (August 24, 1925 – September 16, 2007), born Jake Woods in Little Rock, Arkansas, was a street musician and storyteller well known to students and residents of Ann Arbor, Michigan, from the time of his arrival there in 1973 until his death. Woods, who had moved as a child with his family from Little Rock to Saginaw, Michigan, travelled from Saginaw to Ann Arbor for a brief appearance at the Ann Arbor Blues Festival in 1973, and decided to stay. Jake could be seen regularly on the streets of Ann Arbor in his unconventional clothing, strumming his guitar and singing (generally tuneless) songs to passers-by. He also sold cassettes and CDs of his music, and t-shirts and bumper stickers bearing the slogan, “I brake for Jake”. https://youtube/watch?v=X9irB-y0sxo
Posted on: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:17:28 +0000
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