August 14, 1960: Blues guitarist Black Ace records New Triflin' Woman, Farther Along, Evil Woman and other tracks for Heritage Records in Fort Worth, Texas, USA…

A solid guitarist and vocalist, Babe Turner, AKA Black Ace, built his own guitar as a child, then taught himself to play…

He was also in a gospel choir in Hughes Springs, TX. Turner honed his skills playing at community functions during the '20s, then worked with Smokey Hogg at dances in Greenville, TX in the '30s…

 Hogg and Oscar "Buddy" Woods were frequent partners for Turner, who made several solo tours in the '30s and '40s... 

Even though he didn’t get a credit for it, he did appear in the 1941 film The Blood of Jesus…

Turner had a show on Fort Worth radio station KFJZ from 1936 - 1941…

He recorded for Decca in 1937…

In working with the likes of Smokey Hogg and Oscar Woods, he had recorded such songs as,

'I Am The Black Ace,' 

'Bad Times Stomp,  

'Drink On Little Girl,' 

'Golden Slipper’ (About a Juke Joint—Now a Post Office—In Fort Worth)

Come on mama let's truck on down, to the Golden Slipper and break 'em down
913 on Taylor Street, they got good whiskey and plenty pigmeat
But watcha gonna do, when they break the Golden Slipper up
You won't have no where to go and get drunk and truck
The Golden Slipper bar is the best I know, you go here once you get a woman for sure
You don't want her don't you be no clown, drink your good whiskey and don't break down

They got green river whiskey and the price is right
We ain't gonna fuss and we ain't gonna fight
Get at a table and sit right down, drink good whiskey but we ain't gonna clown
But watcha gonna do, when they break the Golden Slipper up
You won't have no where to go and get drunk and truck
..."Golden Slipper" Lyrics

  
After a stint in the army during the early '40s, Turner's jobs were mostly non-musical, 
except for his film stints...
 
He did make a 1960 LP for Arhoolie…

Turner had taken his nickname from 
the 1936 recording "Black Ace"

Check out his Arhoolie recording of the same 
tune he did in ’37…

Turner passed away in Fort Worth, Texas, 
in 1972, at the age of 64…

R.I.P. BLACK ACE...
 

Fort Worth Weekly Articleon Black Ace…

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