WYCC Episode 5: Linsey Alexander trailer

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Here's a sneak peak at Episode 5 from "Buddy Guy's Legends Presents The Chicago Blues." This episode, which airs Oct. 31st, 2014 at 9pm on WYCC Channel 20, stars Chicago's own Linsey Alexander.

In much the same way as many great blues artists before him, he grew up in a poor but honest and hard working family, learning early on that music has the power to lift the spirit and comfort the soul. In Linsey’s own words, “Blues music is not hard- it’s just a documentary about life.” His first guitar - a gift from a family friend who played on the front stoop of Linsey’s home in Memphis - was never retrieved from the pawn shop where he left it almost 50 years ago. Using the money to help pay his way to Chicago, he now plays a variety of Gibson and Fender guitars. Since 1959, Linsey Alexander has been perfecting the art of entertainment blues for the sheer and simple pleasure of it.