1 Spring Valley: View of the Spring Valley bridge from the middle of the Illinois river.
2006â10: Startin' with Me and Easy Does It. In early 2006, Jake Owen released his debut single, titled Yee Haw. It peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and served as the lead-off single on his debut album, Startin' with Me.
Compared to whiskey, jake was often cheaper, and often had a higher alcohol content. Many drug stores sold Coca-Cola or coffee, which people would then use as mixers for the jake, often using a side room in the store to concoct their drink. Jake sold between 1920 and 1930 caused no health problems. In the spring of 1930, however, the manufacturers of jake decided to add a new ingredient, an industrial chemical called tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate. The new ingredient was added to help adulter, or water down, the jake. It was tasteless, soluble with alcohol, and cheap. It also turned out to be highly toxic, particularly to the spinal cord. The Jake Walk in Music Technically, jake is not really moonshine. It was manufactured and distributed legally, intended for medical use.