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- Shakey_Jake abstract "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”.In conversation, Jake enjoyed recounting a variety of implausible stories about his life and upbringing – claiming, for example, that he had been born on Halloween in 1900 and was 104 years old, that he had been a smoker since the age of one, or that he had dozens of invisible bodyguards.Despite his disheveled appearance and quirky conversational style, Jake was unthreatening, and was well-liked by those who knew – or even merely knew of – him. Indeed he was a welcome patron at many Ann Arbor retail establishments. By many accounts, Jake was one of the most popular parts of the city's annual 4 July parade.Although many believed him to be homeless, he lived in rented rooms or in public housing.Shakey Jake was the inspiration for Calhoun Tubbs, a sketch character created and portrayed by David Alan Grier in the television comedy series In Living Color.Jake died in 2007 of kidney failure, at the age of 82. A memorial service drew 400 mourners. Afterwards a smaller group paraded for an hour through the streets of Ann Arbor past some of Jake’s favorite spots, singing songs and playing instruments.".
- Shakey_Jake alias "Woods, Jake W.".
- Shakey_Jake birthDate "1925".
- Shakey_Jake birthYear "1925".
- Shakey_Jake deathDate "2007".
- Shakey_Jake deathYear "2007".
- Shakey_Jake thumbnail ShakeyJake.jpg?width=300.
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- Shakey_Jake wikiPageRevisionID "703317805".
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Ann_Arbor,_Michigan.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Ann_Arbor_Blues_and_Jazz_Festival.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Category:1925_births.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Category:2007_deaths.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Category:People_from_Ann_Arbor,_Michigan.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Category:Street_people.
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- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Little_Rock,_Arkansas.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink Saginaw,_Michigan.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink File:ShakeyJake.jpg.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLink File:Shakey_Jake_on_State_Street_circa_1978.png.
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLinkText ""Shakey Jake" Woods".
- Shakey_Jake wikiPageWikiLinkText "Shakey Jake".
- Shakey_Jake alternativeNames "Woods, Jake W.".
- Shakey_Jake dateOfBirth "1925".
- Shakey_Jake dateOfDeath "2007".
- Shakey_Jake name "Jake, Shakey".
- Shakey_Jake placeOfDeath "Ann Arbor, Michigan".
- Shakey_Jake shortDescription "American street musician".
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- Shakey_Jake description "American street musician".
- Shakey_Jake description "American street musician".
- Shakey_Jake subject Category:1925_births.
- Shakey_Jake subject Category:2007_deaths.
- Shakey_Jake subject Category:People_from_Ann_Arbor,_Michigan.
- Shakey_Jake subject Category:Street_people.
- Shakey_Jake hypernym Musician.
- Shakey_Jake type Agent.
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- Shakey_Jake type Person.
- Shakey_Jake type Person.
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- Shakey_Jake type Thing.
- Shakey_Jake type Q215627.
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- Shakey_Jake type Person.
- Shakey_Jake comment "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.".
- Shakey_Jake label "Shakey Jake".
- Shakey_Jake differentFrom Shakey_Jake_Harris.
- Shakey_Jake sameAs Q16017802.
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- Shakey_Jake wasDerivedFrom Shakey_Jake?oldid=703317805.
- Shakey_Jake depiction ShakeyJake.jpg.
- Shakey_Jake givenName "Shakey".
- Shakey_Jake isPrimaryTopicOf Shakey_Jake.
- Shakey_Jake name "Jake, Shakey".
- Shakey_Jake name "Shakey Jake".
- Shakey_Jake surname "Jake".
