“Alabama 3 is very much a collective and Jake was a major philosophical grandee of the band,” said Spragg. Jake was self-educated but also very streetwise, which made him such an interesting character.”As another bandmate, the harmonica player Nick Reynolds, put it: “You could drop Jake anywhere, he was a perfect social chameleon. Co-written by Black, the song’s irresistible rolling motion and samples from the bluesmen Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters imparted the sense of lawless edginess required. Bruce Reynolds duly recorded a monologue on Have You Seen Bruce Richard Reynolds? • Jake Black, musician, born 27 April 1960; died 21 May 2019

Source: The Guardian May 29, 2019 16:30 UTC