Alger "Texas" Alexander (September 12, 1900 - April 16, 1954) was a
Blues singer from Jewett, Texas. A short man with a big, deep voice, Alexander started his career performing on the streets and at local parties and picnics in the Brazos River bottomlands, where he sometimes worked with
Blind Lemon Jefferson. In 1927 he began a recording career that continued into the 1930s, recording sides for the Okeh and Vocalion labels in New York City, San Antonio, and Fort Worth. Alexander didn't play an instrument himself, and over the years he worked with a number of other fi…
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