Bunky and Jake

Andrea "Bunky" Skinner and Allan "Jake" Jacobs met in 1962 at the School of Visual Arts in New York and performed in the Greenwich Village folk circuit. The duo appeared at the Bitter End on the bill with Joni Mitchell and David Steinberg and were written about in Rolling Stone [Rolling Stone Magazine #31 (4/19/69) w/ Sun Ra on cover] . 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 house band from the Lovin' Spoonful at the Night Owl Cafe. The Magicians disbanded in 1967 and Jacobs and Skinner signed with Mercury Records, releasing their 1968 debut album, "Bunky & Jake". It was followed a year later by "L.A.M.F." The duo released a children's album In 2004, "Oo-Wee Little Children", on their own B&J Music label.

In Karen Kramer's 2005 documentary, "The Ballad of Greenwich Village", there is a close-up of a Bunky and Jake poster.

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