Alger "Texas" Alexander

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A primal, stirring blues voice, Alexander was well known in the Brazos River bottomlands when he started recording in 1927. From bluesmen like Lightnin' Hopkins and Lowell Fulson comes a verbal image of this big-voiced master of blues song craft standing on a wagon bed at a country fair or picnic. His vibrant tenor, one step away from a field holler, rang out over the revelry as he improvised verse after verse.

His early records for Okeh are notable not only for the personal originality of...
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Various Artists Texas Blues
By: Various Artists
Credited Role:Main Performer
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Texas Alexander Texas Alexander, Vol. 1 (1927)
By: Texas Alexander
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Song List: Listen to Songs by Alexander, Alger Range In My Kitchen Blues, Long Lonesome Day Blues, Corn-Br...
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