Black Ace was the most frequently used stage name of the American Texas blues musician born Babe Kyro Lemon Turner (December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972),[1][2] who was also known as B. K. Turner, Black Ace Turner, Babe Turner and Buck Turner.
Black Ace
Birth name
Babe Kyro Lemon Turner
Also known as
B.K. Turner
Black Ace Turner
Babe Turner
Buck Turner
Born
(1905-12-21)December 21, 1905 Hughes Springs, Texas, U.S.
Died
November 7, 1972(1972-11-07) (aged 66) Fort Worth, Texas
He was born in Hughes Springs, Texas, and was raised on his family's farm. He taught himself to play guitar and performed in east Texas from the late 1920s on. In the early 1930s he began playing with Smokey Hogg and Oscar "Buddy" Woods, a lap steel guitarist.[3] Turner then bought a Nationalresonator guitar and began playing what a later music critic called "Hawaii meets the Delta."[1]
In 1937, Turner recorded six songs (possibly with Hogg as second guitarist) for Decca Records in Dallas, including the blues song "Black Ace".[3] In the same year, he started a radio show on KFJZ in Fort Worth, using that recording as a theme song, and soon assumed the name.[3]
In 1941, he appeared in The Blood of Jesus, an African-American movie produced by Spencer Williams Jr. In 1943 Turner was drafted into the U.S. Army and gave up playing music for some years.[3] In 1960, Chris Strachwitz, the owner of Arhoolie Records, persuaded him to record an album for Arhoolie. His last public performance was in the 1962 film documentary The Blues. Turner died of cancer in Fort Worth in 1972.
Discographyedit
The Black Ace: BK Turner and His Steel Guitar (studio album, Arhoolie, 1960)
I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation, Arhoolie, 1992)
Referencesedit
^ abWalters, Katherine Kuehler. "Turner, Babe Kyro Lemon (Black Ace)". The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music. Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 181. ISBN1-904041-96-5.
^ abcd"Babe Black Ace Turner". Thebluestrail.com. Retrieved November 19, 2011.
External linksedit
Illustrated Black Ace discography
1960 interview with Paul Oliver
February 15, 2024
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