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Alpharetta, GA — November 5, 2009 — Though Jake Cohan hasn't chosen to follow in his father's footsteps when it comes to computers and Web design, the son did pick up a few tricks from the father on the guitar — and then some.

Having grown up listening to his father strumming and picking his old Yamaha dreadnought, Jake decided at the age of 12 to try it himself. After a few basic lessons in chord formations and flat-picking technique, Jake took off on his own.

Jake's eclectic musical influences range from the likes of The Band, Dylan, The Allman Brothers, and The Grateful Dead to Ween, Wilco, Ryan Adams, Bob Marley, and the Talking Heads, with some Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck thrown in. And then there are the acoustic musicians like Doc Watson, Dan Crary, Tony Rice, Norman Blake, Steve Kaufman, John Carlini, Russ Barenberg, David Grisman, Sam Bush, and Bela Fleck.

These days, Jake divides most of his playing time between his acoustic Taylor guitar and his mandolin.

In the fall of 2007, Jake invited some Athens, Georgia musician friends to play a special set at a North Georgia river outpost, and that assemblage of musicians became 3 Foot Swagger, a band of which Jake remained a member through early 2009. Currently, Jake is based in Alpharetta, Georgia and is a member of the most recent incarnation of The DustUp.

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