Buddy Ace Buddy Ace Jimmie Lee Land, known as Buddy Ace (November 11, 1936 – December 25, 1994) was an American Texas blues singer, billed as the "Silver Fox of the Blues." Born in Jasper, Texas, he was raised in Baytown near Houston, and began his career by singing gospel in a group that included Joe Tex. He joined up with other blues singers, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Junior Parker, before signing to Duke/Peacock Records in 1955 and agreeing to be credited as "Buddy Ace", a name previously used by the late Johnny Ace's brother, St. Clair Alexander. He recorded a string
Alpha Centauri or Die! really, though Brackett is never unreadable, and I did enjoy the book." Alpha Centauri or Die! Alpha Centauri or Die! is a science fiction novel by American writer Leigh Brackett. The novel is a fixup of two earlier short stories, "The Ark of Mars" (first published in the September 1953 issue of "Planet Stories") and "Teleportress of Alpha C" (first published in the Winter 1954-1955 "Planet Stories"). Its first book publication was as half of Ace Double F-187 with "Legend of Lost Earth" by G. McDonald Wallis. In Brackett's future solar system, manned interstellar flight is forbidden with only the