The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues band in the 1950's. Led by guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers, natives of Byhalia, Mississippi, the brothers originally performed under the name "the Little Boys"; with the subsequent addition of harpist Junior Wells, they rechristened themselves the Three Deuces, followed by the Three Aces.

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  • The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues band in the 1950's. Led by guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers, natives of Byhalia, Mississippi, the brothers originally performed under the name "the Little Boys"; with the subsequent addition of harpist Junior Wells, they rechristened themselves the Three Deuces, followed by the Three Aces. The 1950 enlistment of drummer Fred Below prompted another name change, this time to the Four Aces; finally, to simplify matters once and for all, the group performed as just The Aces. Influenced in large part by jazz, they developed an urbane, sophisticated style well ahead of its time; in particular, Below's refined rhythms led to the rise of the blues shuffle beat, and helped launch the drums to a new prominence within the blues band hierarchy. In 1952, Wells quit to join the Muddy Waters band, filling the vacancy created by the recent departure of harpist Little Walter; ironically, Walter himself quickly signed the remaining Aces as his new backing unit, renaming the trio the Jukes to capitalize on his current hit single "Juke". A series of seminal recordings followed -- "Mean Old World," "Sad Hours," "Off the Wall," and "Tell Me Mama" among them -- before Louis' 1954 exit resulted in the Jukes' gradual dissolution as Little Walter's band, but freeing up the members to reform as a backing band for other Chicago blues artists such as Otis Rush and others. In the late 1950s Dave Myers switched from 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. During the '60s, '70s and '80s the original Aces would reunite on numerous occasions for recordings, tours, and festival gigs.
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  • The Aces
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  • Louis Myers, guitar, harmonica, vocals
    David Myers, guitar, bass, vocals
    Junior Wells, harmonica, vocals
    Fred Below, drums
    Little Walter, harmonica
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  • The Aces was one of the earliest and most influential of the electric Chicago blues band in the 1950's. Led by guitarist brothers Louis and Dave Myers, natives of Byhalia, Mississippi, the brothers originally performed under the name "the Little Boys"; with the subsequent addition of harpist Junior Wells, they rechristened themselves the Three Deuces, followed by the Three Aces.
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