Shakey Jake Woods-On The Move

Video of well Known Ann Arbor personality who walked the streets with his guitar. He sold CDs and bumper stickers. The video was made by three students as a project in the University of Michigan Film/Video department (Aaereon Jefferson, Beau Warren, and Bob Ruskin). The video was made in the fall of 1998. Jake died on Sunday, September 16th.

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[DoubleUFive]

Gonna miss Jake.

What year was this please?

[BOBRUSKIN]

Fall 1998

[mastaskoolastic]

i have a shakey jake shirt!

[acr08807]

Go look up his police record if you think he was a GREAT HUMAN BEING!!!!!

[Fishheadmama]

you are DISGUSTING. if that's the only thing that you can put out on the internet about Shakey Jake, then I suggest that you SHUT THE FUCK UP. Jake was a wonderful human being who saw the good in everyone. too bad you are too FUCKING IGNORANT TO REALIZE THAT!!!!!!

[Carl Keene]

The videos about Shakey Jake brought tears to my eyes. I used to greet him almost daily while walking to and from school in Saginaw, Michigan where I grew up. My mother said he had been in Saginaw with a guitar for decades. He stopped one day a talked to him and found out that he knew my parents...I was a student in Ann Arbor in the late sixties at the time. What a character and always pleasant to approach. Now I know what happened to him. Rest in peace Jake.

[TomSch52]

Thanks for posting. This brings back good memories of Jake, one of the people I've treasured. I even named my 32-foot sailboat after him!

[Alexander Braelow]

You don't even need one string to play the blues. Get over yourself.

[Ted Cantu]

A real bluesman.... !!!???? He only had two strings on his guitar at any one time.. TOPS and it was always out of tune. I dont mean that as a slam...... But I grew up in Ann Arbor, and heard this guy play MANY times..... classic bluesman... please

[BMYERS313]

shakey was the truth , i wish there were more people like him

[ps249]

I remember Jake back in the early 1970's when he lived in Saginaw, Michigan. He used to hang out by the Court street bridge with his guitar