Kingsnake, and I just came out and asked if he’s play sax on some of it that I thought would be right up his ally. He said, “Well, I don’t know. Send me a tape of your tracks, and if I like the stuff, I’ll play on your album. If I don’t like it or it’s not my style, I won’t.” So I mailed him my tracks out to L.A., and he called up and said, “Yeah, I dig this stuff. I can play this.” So we just made all the arrangements
9-year old Derek Trucks plays with Ace’s band.
night we said, okay Derek, all the money that goes in the tip jar is gonna be your money. But first, Chip’s gonna count that money, and if it’s more than what I’m gettin’ I’m taking some of it. (Laughs) I said “As long as you’re not making more than I am it’s all yours, pal.”(More laughs) At the end of the day we gave him his money, about a hundred dollars, and that’s quite a bit of dough for a 9-year old kid- we counted it out to him, and said “Well Derek, what are you gonna do with your money?” He took it and said,”Well, the first thing I’m gonna do is go back in there and see if I can buy a six-pack for my dad.” (Laughs) His tenth birthday came around, and
all the band guys chipped in and bought him a Gibson SG. He was a gifted student, made straight A’s. His dad talked to the teacher, and ‘Oh yeah, he could go on tour with Ace.’ He just had to turn in his home work when he got back. So we went to Key West and play at Sloppy Joe’s for two weeks, then we’d go Richmond, Nags Head and up the East Coast. I took him to the Toronto Jazz Festival in 1990.
My father passed away in 1990, and I
moved back to Oklahoma. That’s when Derek started his own group.
Wow. How did you come to record with Edgar Winter? I was at a Leon Russell concert backstage, and i found myself sitting next to Edgar. I started telling him about my album project for
through his manager. Then he came in and worked his magic. He’d play something and I’d think, “Wow. That’s fantastic.” And he’d say, “No, no. Let me do that again.” He’d stand there and think for a few minutes. Then he’d go,”Alright.”and hit it again. Then I asked him to sing, and I didn’t figure he would, but he just let it rip. He wasn’t holding nothing back, just like he was working on his own album or something. He was giving me everything he had.
What’s coming up next for you and your band? Well, what I hope’s coming up next is I’ll get some airplay off the new album, and start get- ting some better jobs. I’m getting too old to go out and play these clubs all over the country. I’m ready to step up to the next level. I got a new band, all those guys in Jacksonville. But I’m tired of doing the chittlin’ circuit. •
ADDENDUM: Ace Mooreland passed away in Miami, Oklahoma on February 8, 2003 from lung cancer. We will never forget him.
From an article by Paul Doell in GRITZ: In his last weeks, Moreland was working on a
new album. He was also helping his friend Bill Wharton launch a hunger relief project called Planet Gumbo (
www.planetgumbo.org) . It is a measure of Moreland’s own humanity that rapidly failing health did not get in the way of a good cause.
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