NIPP: Pat Alger

Pat Alger

	Bio
Born in Long Island City, NY., and raised in the small southern town of LaGrange, GA. While in College in the sixties, he began performing at Atlanta folk clubs and it was in that enviroment that Pat began his songwriting career. Pat joined his friend Jim Rooney in Nashville. Slowly, established artists like Mickey Gilley, Dolly Parton,Brenda Lee,The Everly Brothers cut his material, then new artists like Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffith,& Trisha Yearwood.His collaboration with Garth yielded four #1 records: ‘The Thunder Rolls,’ Unanswered Prayers,’ ‘What She’s Doing Now’ & ‘That Summer’ In 1991, he was Songwriter of the Year for the Nashville Songwriters Association and with Garth Brooks, was Jukebox Songwriter of the Year. In 1992 Pat was ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year.

Bio

Born in Long Island City, NY., and raised in the small southern town of LaGrange, GA. While in College in the sixties, he began performing at Atlanta folk clubs and it was in that enviroment that Pat began his songwriting career. Pat joined his friend Jim Rooney in Nashville. Slowly, established artists like Mickey Gilley, Dolly Parton,Brenda Lee,The Everly Brothers cut his material, then new artists like Kathy Mattea, Nanci Griffith,& Trisha Yearwood.His collaboration with Garth yielded four #1 records: ‘The Thunder Rolls,’ Unanswered Prayers,’ ‘What She’s Doing Now’ & ‘That Summer’

In 1991, he was Songwriter of the Year for the Nashville Songwriters Association and with Garth Brooks, was Jukebox Songwriter of the Year. In 1992 Pat was ASCAP’s Songwriter of the Year.