Bunky and Jake were an American

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 folk-rock duo, who were a part of the New York

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 folk music scene in the 1960s and 1970s.

Andrea "Bunky" Skinner and Allan "Jake" Jacobs, who later formed Jake and The Family Jewels, met in 1962 at the School of Visual Arts

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 in New York and performed in the Greenwich Village

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 folk circuit. The duo appeared at The Bitter End

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 on the bill with Joni Mitchell

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 and David Steinberg

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, and were written about in Rolling Stone

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. In 1965, Jacobs joined the folk-rock band The Magicians, with Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon, and John Townley. The band gained a following in New York, and took over as the house band from the Lovin' Spoonful at the Night Owl Cafe. The Magicians disbanded in 1967, and Jacobs and Skinner signed with Mercury Records

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, releasing their 1968 debut album

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, Bunky & Jake. It was followed a year later by L.A.M.F. (Mercury SR61199).

All their songs were written by Skinner and/or Jacobs. The band included Skinner (vocals and guitar); Jacobs (guitar and vocals); Douglas Haywood Rauch (bass); and Micheal Rosa (drums). Other musician

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s appearing were Mike Matthews

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, Charlie Chin

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, Felix Pappalardi

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, Buzzy Linhart

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, Perry Robinson

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, Ray Barretto

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, Ernie Hayes

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, and Chuck Rainey

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The duo released a children's album Oo-Wee Little Children, on their own B&J Music label (cassette, 1993 and CD, 2004.)

Skinner died on Sunday, March 20, 2011 after a brief illness. , Jacobs lives in Manhattan and plans to release an album of new tunes, including Skinner on vocals, and a few classics as well.