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‘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 …

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