BUNKY: Guitar-vocals
JAKE: Lead Guitar, Hawaiian Guitar, Vocals
MICHAEL ROSA: Drums
DOUGLAS HAYWOOD RAUCH: Bass
Mike Matthews: Organ
Charlie Chin: 2nd Tenor on "Girl From France"
Felix Pappalardi: Bass
Buzzy Linhart: Vibes
Perry Robinson: Clarinet
Ray Barretto: Conga
Ernie Hayes: Piano
Chuck Rainey: Bass
If you were to mash a princess off the boat from Brooklyn Bluesland, with a dissipated pinnochio from Canarsie, you’d probably think you got Bunky & Jake. You’re almost right, Jim.
The Bunk and the Jake proclaim dizziness upon hearing discs made by the late, great Django Reinhart. They are also anchored to the never ending art of early classical subway a capella. Bunky & Jake conglomerated between strokes of the brush at the school of Visual Arts in New York, 1962.
Along with, and part of them you got a heavy groove bassfoot belonging to “Vito” Rosa, a middle class runaway, and a long, skinny anemic bass player called D. H. Rauch. And there’s the music in this here album, Jack.
I saw, yes I saw Miss Bunk’s earrings dance about her ears, and the Jake’s hair curl as they giggled to the virtuoso second tenor layed down by Charlie Chin on “Girl From France.” They loved and Melted with Buzzy on “One More Cowboy.” Indeed Buzzy is a cowboy. They danced and rolled with the notes only Felix could pluck on “Henry’s Basement,” and “Champion.” And they were influenced and zonked into Everland by the clarinet of friend Perry Robinson.
PRODUCED BY: ART POLHEMUS and BOB WYLD
Recorded at Regent Sound Studio
Engineer: Art Polhemus
Photos: Tom Wright
A LONGHAIR PRODUCTION
-from original liner notes, 1969
Adoring your music for ten years now. No end in sight. Continuing. Best wishes for the both of you. Hope your doing fine. Ebba and Jakobus / Hamburg / Germany
Thanks for the add! I am a BIG fan of Bunky and Jake and also Jake and the Family Jewels! I hope the releases come out on CD soon so I can play them on my show.
