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Size: 2,448kb, uploaded 2/27/2010 4:58:54 PM
Genre: Old-Time / Playing Style: Unknown/None Chosen
Originally recorded Nov. 21, 1930 in Memphis by the Ray Brothers. Many people during Prohibition turned to drinking a patent medicine called Jamaican Ginger or Jake. But it caused neurological damage. Some victims could walk, but they had no control over the muscles which would normally have enabled them to point their toes upward. Therefore, they would raise their feet high with the toes flopping downward, which would touch the pavement first followed by their heels. Those afflicted were said to have jake leg.
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