The Aces (Bluesband)

The Aces were one of the first and most influential bands of the electric Chicago blues. They combined the rural country blues from the south of the United States with elements of upbeat jazz that was played in the 1940s in Chicago. As a backing band of Little Walter, they played in the first half of the 1950s a series of hits.

Band History

The brothers Dave (1926-2001, guitar, bass ) and Louis Myers (1929-1994; guitar, harmonica ) came in 1941 from Mississippi with her family to Chicago. They came together to as "The Little Boy ". With Junior Wells (1934-1998; harmonica) as the third man they called themselves first "The Three Deuces ," then " The Three Aces ". The early 1950s was the drummer Fred Below ( 1926-1988 ) to and they were " The Four Aces ", and finally just " The Aces ".

1952 Wells went to the band of Muddy Waters. Little Walter, who had just left Muddy Waters, dedicated the remaining Aces as his backing band and named it " The Jukes " ( " Little Walter & His Jukes " ), in reference to the great success of his instrumental track Juke. With Little Walter, the Aces took a series of hits, including Mean Old World, Sad Hours, Off the Wall and Tell Me Mama.

The mid-1950s left the former Aces members of the order, the band from Little Walter to work as a studio musician. New musician in Walters band have included Robert Lockwood Jr., Luther Tucker and Odie Payne. The Myers brothers went back in the 1970s as "The Aces " on tour, Dave Myers later founded "The New Aces ".