‘Boogie Jake’ Jacobs

b. Matthew Jacobs, c.1929, Marksville, Louisiana, USA. Like many blues performers with a little discography, Jacobs was a hesitant performer, even on the elevation of his (limited) reputation. Learning electric guitar from a neighbour, Ernest Barrow, Jacobs’ initial public functionality was along with his second cousin, Small Walter Jacobs, on the Golden Lantern Membership in Marksville. Shortly afterwards, he transferred to Baton Rouge, fulfilled drummer Joe Hudson, and performed clubs like the Apex & Tempo. He found the see of Jay Miller and was asked to play on the Slim Harpo program, supposedly playing the exclusive electric guitar riff on ‘Ruler Bee’. Miller documented Jacobs time afterwards, in firm with Lazy Lester and Katie Webster; of many titles, just ‘Early Morning hours Blues’ and ‘I Don’t Understand Why’ were released decades down the road Flyright. In 1959, he was contacted by New Orleans record distributor Joe Banashak, who suggested that Jacobs start his Minit Information label. ‘Early Morning hours Blues’ and ‘Poor Luck And Difficulty’ (‘I Don’t Understand Why’ in disguise) had been documented in June of this year. In regards to a month later on, a second solitary was documented, ‘Loaded Straight down’, as well as the swamp-pop ‘Opportunity For Your Like’. Jacobs’ music experienced the flavour from the juke joint and his 1st single was found for nationwide distribution by Chess Information. For a while, he toured with additional Minit performers and alongside Lightnin’ Slim, but disillusionment triggered him to consider his family western to California, staying outside music through the entire 60s. His appearance in the 1974 SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA Blues Festival resulted in more regular function and a program for the Blues Connoisseur label in 1977. At the moment, he had created a collaboration with another Louisiana migrant, ‘Schoolboy’ Cleve White colored.