Linsey Alexander (born July 23, 1942) is an American blues songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist.

He has been a fixture in clubs on Chicago's North Side for nearly two decades and has played with numerous blues musicians, including Buddy Guy, A.C. Reed, Magic Slim, and B.B.

In Chicago, he had a series of jobs, working for a car dealer, at a gas station, and as a cook and busboy.

[4] Alexander was pulled into the Chicago South Side music scene, where he heard soul artists like McKinley Mitchell and Bobby Day and the bluesman Howlin' Wolf.

[5] 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.

Whiteis described Alexander's song "Saving Robert Johnson" as "a full-scale theatrical vignette set to music ... [that] take[s] on the crossroads myth.

"[14] Greg Szalony observed that Alexander brings the blues into the present with the lyrics "I want you to e-mail the devil, I want you to poke him on Facebook.

These days Alexander is one of the hardest-working bluesmen in the city, appearing as many as six nights a week at Chicago clubs.