Black Ace

Babe Kyro Lemon Turner (December 21, 1905 – November 7, 1972) was an American Texas blues musician most frequently known by the stage name Black Ace. He was also known as B. K. Turner, Black Ace Turner, Babe Turner and Buck Turner.

Biography Turner was born in Hughes Springs, Texas, and was raised on his family's farm. He taught himself to play guitar and performed in east Texas from the late 1920s on. In the early 1930s he began playing with Smokey Hogg and Oscar "Buddy" Woods, a lap steel guitarist. In the same year, he started a radio show on KFJZ in Fort Worth, using that recording as a theme song, and soon assumed the name. His last public performance was in the 1962 film documentary The Blues. Turner died of cancer in Fort Worth in 1972.

Discography The Black Ace: BK Turner and His Steel Guitar (studio album, Arhoolie, 1960) I'm the Boss Card in Your Hand (compilation, Arhoolie, 1992)