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Linsey Alexander (born July 23, 1942) is a blues songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist. Alexander has been a fixture in Chicago North Side clubs for nearly two decades and has played with numerous blues musicians including Buddy Guy, A.C. Reed, Magic Slim, and B.B. King. His 2012 CD, ''Been There Done That'', was rated the best blues CD of the year. ==Life and career== Alexander was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, an area that is part of the Mississippi Blues Trail.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.chicagobluesnetwork.com/Shows/Listen/linsey-alexander-34 )〕 His family, was "poor but honest and hardworking"〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.linseyalexander.com/Bio.htm )〕 sharecroppers. He moved to Memphis, Tennessee with his mother and a sister when he was 12 years old.〔 Alexander's interest in music started when a family friend he knew as "Otis" taught him enough so that when Otis left his guitar as a gift at Alexander's home, he was able pick it up and start playing. As a teenager, Alexander concentrated on singing and later developed his guitar playing. His early influences were blues, country, and rock and roll, including blue keyboardist Rosco Gordon and rockers Chuck Berry, and Elvis. While still in Mississippi, Alexander worked as a porter in a hotel laundry room and later as a bicycle technician.〔 In 1959, Alexander pawned his first guitar to help pay his way to Chicago〔 by Greyhound bus to follow a girl he met in Memphis. In Chicago, Alexander had a series of jobs that included working for a car dealer, at a gas station, and as a cook and bus boy. Alexander received a pension after he was wounded while working for the Chicago Police Department.〔 Alexander was pulled into the Chicago South Side music scene where he heard soul artists like McKinley Mitchell and Bobby Day and bluesman Howlin' Wolf. While his first guitar was never recovered from the pawn shop,〔 he bought another guitar and formed a band called the Hot Tomatoes that was "good enough to enter a talent show at the well-known nightclub on 63rd Street called The Place." 〔 Alexander went on to form another band called the Equitable Band that played at the Launching Pad at 75th Street and Stony Island for about 8 years.〔 When Alexander was playing at Red's, a Chicago club on 35th street and Archer, he was approached by an agent who introduced him to the B.L.U.E.S and the Kingston Mines, popular North Side clubs. His entry into "Blue Chicago" (downtown) exposed him to tourists to whom he started selling a series of independently recorded CDs that are still selling well.〔 Alexander has been a fixture in Chicago North Side clubs for nearly two decades and has played with blues notables including Buddy Guy, A.C. Reed, Magic Slim, and B.B. King. His audiences have ranged from New York, Canada, Europe,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.israbox.com/1146406654-linsey-alexander-someones-cookin-in-my-kitchen-2004.html )〕 and the Mississippi Blues Festival. Alexander is a regular performer at the famed Kingston Mines Chicago blues club. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Linsey Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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