True Love & Other Short Stories

Pat Alger | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 8, 1993)
• Label: Sugar Hill Records
• ASIN: B000000EWK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,595,624 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. True Love

2. Lone Star State of Mind

3. Goin' Gone

4. Like a Hurricane

5. This Town

6. Love Can Be a Dangerous Thing

7. I Do

8. She Came from Fort Worth

9. Forever Lovin' You

10. Small Town Saturday Night

11. Once in a Very Blue Moon

12. Blue Highway

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Might not Know his NAME...but You Know his SONGS!, February 2, 2001

By 

Rod A. Koon (Tacoma, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: True Love & Other Short Stories (Audio CD)

July 16, 1992.

That's the date I first discovered Pat Alger.

I had bought tickets for an Everly Brothers concert at the Temple Theatre in Tacoma, Washington. A guy named Pat Alger was the opening act.

My bet was he'd be an unknown singer playing forgettable songs...boy was I wrong!

As he went through his song list, I found myself saying

...hey...wait...that's one of my favorite Kathy Mattea songs...

...hey...that's one of my favorite Nancy Giffith songs...

...that's one of my favorite Hal Ketchum songs!

With a simple style and a skill for storytelling, Alger weaves together stories, images and music that are enjoyable, vivid and memorable.

Like other singer/songwriters--Jimmy Webb, Steve Goodman, Leiber & Stoller--my sense is that Pat Alger is often the Man Behind the Curtain in the Musical Land of Oz.

But for that one night in Tacoma, I'm glad he came out from behind his songwriting curtain, so I could get a glimpse of Pat Alger, performer.

It was a great performance, indeed...one that convinced me to buy this impressive CD.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous Talent, September 9, 2000

By 

Donald L. Linn "reader53" (Southbury, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: True Love & Other Short Stories (Audio CD)

A writer of songs for many of folk music and country's elite, Alger delivers his tunes in an even more infectious way himself. Alger is one of the singer-songwriters who can write a song with a hook that can become a hit, but which never sounds cliched. The perfect example is "Once in a Blue Moon", which Nancy Griffith has made famous but which comes across much better in Alger's low key styling. Great songs from a fabulous talent.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great songwriter and mellow sounds, June 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: True Love & Other Short Stories (Audio CD)

Pat Alger is one of the best songwriters for Country/Folk/Pop music. His songs tell realistic stories about everyday people. The melodies are flowing and clear. Songs like 'true love' and 'She Came From Ft. Worth' are gems. I enjoy this cd quite a bit!