Buddy Ace - Don't Hurt No More

This guy was another of the miracles who performed at Eli's Mile High Club in Oakland, CA. (I didn't get to see him, sadly) Eli's was most definitely a Chitlin Circuit bar/ Blues club. It was a hell of a place and I never had less than a stellar time there but it wasn't always easy to convince others to go with me and even if you took a cab there it was not easy to get one back home; Eli's was in a rough neighborhood.

"Buddy Ace (November 11, 1936 – December 26, 1994) was an American blues singer, known as the "Silver Fox of the Blues." His best known tracks were "Root Doctor" and "Pouring Water on a Drowning Man".

Born James Lee Land in Jasper, Texas, United States, he was raised in Baytown, Texas, and began his singing career by singing gospel together with Joe Tex. He joined Bobby "Blue" Bland and Junior Parker, before being signed to Duke/Peacock Records in 1955. His hits include "Nothing In the World Can Hurt Me (Except You)." In the late 1960s, he moved to California performing on live shows.

Buddy Ace died of a heart attack performing in Waco, Texas, in December 1994, aged 58."


Such a tiny bit of biographical info at wiki. I can only find a little bit more:
"Born Jimmy Lee Land in Jasper, TX, on November 11, 1936, bluesman "Buddy Ace" was known as "The Silver Fox of the Blues". His name was changed to "Buddy Ace" by Duke's Don Robey after Frankie Ace's younger brother (St. Clair Alexander) had no success with it! Lee Land was in gospel groups at first (one contained Joe Tex) before going R & B in the early 50s. He played in Bobby Bland and Junior Parker's bands before he finally got a record contract with Duke/Peacock in 1955. In the mid-'60s, Ace scored several R&B hits but never scored a major breakthrough. Relocating to Los Angeles in 1970 and later to Oakland, he spent much of this period touring in and around the Bay Area. Ace continued to perform and record into the '90s with 3 albums released on Leon Haywood's Evejim imprint. On December 26, 1994, Ace passed away in Waco, TX." Soul Blues Music   

This guy's discography is tiny; the Duke singles disc plus four albums, hopefully we will find all of them before we are thru.