Texas Alexander has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 13 October 2021. Songs played include Levee Camp Moan Blues, Section Gang Blues and Long Lonesome Day Blues.

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…