Archives ••• When you're born to be a musician, it
shows up early on. Ace Moreland, for exam- ple, couldn't put down the guitar after the first time he picked one up at age five. He played in his first band at twelve, then pro- ceeded to learn how to play slide guitar, har- monica, and various other instruments he came across. Singing came naturally, followed inevitably by the writing of his own original songs.
As he hit his teens and twenties, Ace
began traveling in and out of his own home state of Oklahoma with different bands, playing with and opening shows for such no- tables as Bonnie Raitt, .38 Special, Steve Gaines, Leon Wilkeson, Gary Rossington, Ar- timus Pyle, and Randall Hall of Lynyrd Skynyrd. Along the way, Ace's Oklahoma and
Cherokee roots plus his inbred love of the blues began to garner him critical acclaim as a versatile singer/songwriter/multi-instru- mentalist of extraordinary talent, and took him to the four corners of the nation until he wound up in Jacksonville, Florida where he
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formed Ace Moreland's West Side Story. Soon he was signed by King Snake
Records' Bob Greenlee, and his first album, Sizzlin’ Hot!, was born in early 1990. Ace's unique voice and and guitar/harmonica styles, combined with original songs and con- tributions by Edgar Winter on sax and vocals, made the blues world sit up and take notice. Ace was now a full-fledged member of
the King Snake family, playing gigs and mak- ing records with the Midnight Creepers, Noble "Thin Man" Watts, Kenny Neal, Lucky Peterson and many more. There followed for Ace a second album, I'm a Damn Good Time, then a third, Jealous Man, and a fourth Keepin' A Secret. Moreland's newest album is named
after his frynd Steve Gaines. Many of you will recall that Ace Moreland is from Oklahoma. He and Steve Gaines literally grew up together. Ace Moreland is family to the Gaines and vice-versa.
ACE ON STEVE GAINES, THE BLUES & HIS FRIEND DEREK TRUCKS ACE MORELAND
By Michael Buffalo Smith This issue we plunder the vast archives
to pay tribute to a great Florida musician that we lost way too soon - Ace Moreland. The fol- lowing interview took place back in June of 2000.
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