The Myers brothers originally performed as the Little Boys. With the addition of harmonica player Junior Wells, they became the Three Deuces and then the Three Aces. With the enlistment of the drummer Fred Below in 1950, they became the Four Aces and finally the Aces.[3] Influenced by jazz, their music led to the rise of the blues shuffle beat and helped launch the drums to a new prominence in blues bands.[4]
In 1952, Wells quit to join the Muddy Waters band, filling the vacancy created by the recent departure of Little Walter from that group.[5] Walter quickly signed the remaining Aces as his new backing unit, renaming the trio the Jukes to capitalize on his current hit single, "Juke".[5] A series of seminal recordings followed — "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" among them, until Louis Myers left the band in 1954. The resulting gradual dissolution of the Jukes as Little Walter's band freed the members to reform as a backing band for other Chicago blues musicians, including Otis Rush, Eddie Boyd, and others.
In the late 1950s, Dave Myers switched from the guitar to the electric bass, becoming one of the first Chicago bluesmen to adopt this relatively new instrument and helping to popularize it in Chicago blues.[3] During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the original Aces periodically reunited for recordings, tours, and festivals.[6]
Dave Myers in 1978
Personneledit
Louis Myers, September 18, 1929 – September 5, 1994[7]
Dave Myers, October 30, 1926 – September 3, 2001[3]
^Santelli, Robert (2001). The Big Book of Blues. Penguin Books. p. 3. ISBN0-14-100145-3.
^Dahl, Bill. "Louis Myers". AllMusic. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
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aces, blues, band, aces, earliest, most, influential, electric, chicago, blues, bands, 1950s, guitarist, brothers, louis, dave, myers, natives, byhalia, mississippi, acesalso, known, asthe, three, deuces, three, aces, four, aces, jukesoriginchicago, illinois, . The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues bands in the 1950s 1 led by the guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers 2 natives of Byhalia Mississippi The AcesAlso known asThe Three Deuces the Three Aces the Four Aces the JukesOriginChicago Illinois U S GenresChicago blues jazzYears active1950s 1970sPast membersLouis Myers Dave Myers Junior Wells Fred BelowCareer editThe Myers brothers originally performed as the Little Boys With the addition of harmonica player Junior Wells they became the Three Deuces and then the Three Aces With the enlistment of the drummer Fred Below in 1950 they became the Four Aces and finally the Aces 3 Influenced by jazz their music led to the rise of the blues shuffle beat and helped launch the drums to a new prominence in blues bands 4 In 1952 Wells quit to join the Muddy Waters band filling the vacancy created by the recent departure of Little Walter from that group 5 Walter quickly signed the remaining Aces as his new backing unit renaming the trio the Jukes to capitalize on his current hit single Juke 5 A series of seminal recordings followed Mean Old World Sad Hours Off the Wall and Tell Me Mama among them until Louis Myers left the band in 1954 The resulting gradual dissolution of the Jukes as Little Walter s band freed the members to reform as a backing band for other Chicago blues musicians including Otis Rush Eddie Boyd and others In the late 1950s Dave Myers switched from the guitar to the electric bass becoming one of the first Chicago bluesmen to adopt this relatively new instrument and helping to popularize it in Chicago blues 3 During the 1960s 1970s and 1980s the original Aces periodically reunited for recordings tours and festivals 6 nbsp Dave Myers in 1978Personnel editLouis Myers September 18 1929 September 5 1994 7 Dave Myers October 30 1926 September 3 2001 3 Fred Below September 16 1926 August 14 1988 5 References edit Santelli Robert 2001 The Big Book of Blues Penguin Books pp 2 3 ISBN 0 14 100145 3 Larkin Colin ed 1995 The Guinness Who s Who of Blues 2nd ed Guinness Publishing p 11 ISBN 0 85112 673 1 a b c Unterberger Richie Dave Myers AllMusic Retrieved November 16 2010 Vladimir Bogdanov 2003 All Music Guide to the Blues The Definitive Guide to the Blues Backbeat Books p 2 ISBN 0 87930 736 6 a b c Palmer Robert 1982 Deep Blues Penguin Books pp 211 2 ISBN 978 0 14 006223 6 Santelli Robert 2001 The Big Book of Blues Penguin Books p 3 ISBN 0 14 100145 3 Dahl Bill Louis Myers AllMusic Retrieved November 16 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Aces blues band amp oldid 1181238964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
