Phone Home: Jan Akkerman
Colin Harper, MOJO, July 1996
"AFTER FOCUS I MADE a record called Eli and toured Britain. The record was a success but the tour was a disaster. I did one more gig in Britain after that, at the old Rainbow – it was then called The Venue or something – and they announced me as 'Jake Akkman', so I got the message!
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