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Jamaica ginger extract, known in the United States by the slang name Jake, was a late 19th-century patent medicine that provided a convenient way to obtain alcohol during the era of Prohibition, since it contained approximately 70% to 80% ethanol by weight.
The drink, called "Ginger Jake," contained an adulterated Jamaican ginger extract containing tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate (TOCP) which resulted in partially reversible neurologic damage. The damage resulted in the limping called "jake paralysis" – and also "jake leg" or "jake walk", which were terms frequently used in the blues music of the period.
Jamaican ginger → Jamaica ginger — Relisting. Vegaswikian 22:05, 20 April 2010 (UTC) Move over existing redirect. This patent medicine's name is Jamaica ginger, not Jamaican ginger. See, for instance, the medicine bottle labels in the photo in article. R. S. Shaw 03:38, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
Walter Jekyll, Jamaican Song and Story: Annancy stories, digging sings, ring tunes, and dancing tunes, London: David Nutt, 1907. Reprinted by Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-43720-5( pbk); 9780486437200 (pbk), 2005. Olive Lewin, Beeny Bud: 12 Jamaican Folk-Songs for Children, collected and arranged for schools, London: Oxford University Press, 1975.
Born in Rocky Point, Clarendon Parish, Jamaica, [1] Cocoa Tea was popular in Jamaica from 1985, but has become successful worldwide since the 1990s. One of his most famous songs is "Rikers Island", [1] which was later turned into a dancehall version by Nardo Ranks titled “Me No Like Rikers Island" (featured on the 1991 Columbia/SME Records compilation Dancehall Reggaespañol) which was ...
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Linkages from folk music to mento are described in Daniel T. Neely's dissertation, Mento, Jamaica's Original Music: Development, Tourism and the Nationalist Frame (New York University, 2007). Among the best known Jamaican folk songs are "Day-O (Banana Boat Song)", "Jamaica Farewell" (Iron Bar), and "Linstead Market".
Horatious Adolphus "Pat" Kelly (6 August 1944 – 16 July 2019) [1] was a prolific, influential Jamaican rocksteady and reggae singer and innovative, groundbreaking sound engineer working with King Tubby, Bunny Lee and Scientist (musician), whose career began in the mid-1960s. [2]