Every artist has a tipping point in their career where creativity, tenacity and talent align to produce something truly special, for Suzy Bogguss, that was Aces. Coming off her second album on Capitol Nashville, Aces was co-produced by Bogguss, a rare feat at the time, and released August 27, 1991. It certified Platinum and yielded four memorable Top 10 radio singles: “Outbound Plane,” “Someday Soon,” “Aces,” and “Letting Go.” To celebrate the 25th Anniversary Suzy has re-recorded Aces with some of Nashville’s top players in her latest offering, Aces Redux.“I love to play the radio hits from Aces every night,” explains Suzy, “but in truth, every single song on that record gets requested at my live shows. So for the first time in awhile I went back and listened to the album start to finish. The songs are timeless, but over the past 25 years I feel like I’ve grown as a vocalist, and when we started recording Aces Redux I got so excited because these songs took on a whole new life that is more representative of who I am and what I do now.”
The original Aces was an inspiration for others as well:
“My absolute favorite song and performance on the record is ‘Part of Me.’ Suzy’s interpretation of it never gets old and never fails to move me to tears.” – Brandy Clark
“It was an outstanding work of art that any female artist forging into the landscape at that time considered to be one of those records that set ‘the bar,’ and set it high.” – Terri Clark
Although the Platinum selling album propelled Suzy to new heights, her career did anything but plateau. One of the most diverse female artists in country music, she is a CMA, ACM, and ASCAP Award Winner. She recorded a duets album with the legendary Chet Atkins, made an album of modern swing music with Ray Benson of Asleep At The Wheel, and landed on the jazz charts with an original album Sweet Danger. In 2004 she added GRAMMY winner to her list of accolades for her work on Beautiful Dreamer: The Songs of Stephen Foster.
Fans can celebrate with Suzy at her CD Release party and full band show at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley, Thursday, August 18 at 8:00 pm. She will kick off the evening by playing the Aces album front to back with a brief intermission before diving into her other career hits, as well as songs from her latest albums Lucky, a collection of songs written by Merle Haggard, and American Folk Songbook.