Pat Alger
Alger alihudhuria chuo cha Georgia Tech akisomea sanaa ya Ujenzi lakini akaamua kujishughulisha zaidi na kutunga nyimbo. Alianza kama mtumbuizaji wa nyimbo za kikale katika klabu. .. Alianza kazi yake ya kutunga na kuimba nyimbo akishirikiana na Happy na Artie Traum kama mwanachama wa kundi la Woodstock Mountains Revue.Kundi hili lilishirikisha ndugu wa Trauma, John Herald na Maria Muldaur miongoni mwa wengine. Baadhi ya nyimbo alizozitunga wakati huu ni "Old Time Music" na "Southern Crescent Line.". Mnamo 1980 alikuwa na ufanisi wake wa kwanza kama mtunzi wakati when Livingston Taylor alikuwa na kibao kilichovuma kutoka "First Time Love". Kati ya 1984 na 1988 alizuru na Everly Brothers nchini Marekani na bara Uropa. .. Baadaye alishirikiana na Nanci Griffith na wakaandika nyimbo za Griffith "Once In A Very Blue Moon" na  "Lone Star State of Mind.". Baadhi ya nyimbo zake pia zimefanya na by Kathy Mattea kama vile "Goin' Gone", "She Came From Fort Worth" na "A Few Good Things Remain." Aliandika baadhi ya hit #1 za Garth Brooks kama "Unanswered Prayers", "What She's Doing Now", "The Thunder Rolls" na "That Summer". Pia alitunga vibao kwa Hal Ketchum uitwao "Small Town Saturday Night," kwa Trisha Yearwood, "Like We Never Had A Broken Heart," kwa Don Williams, "True Love", na kwa Mark Collie, "Calloused Hands." Miaka hii yote, tunzi zake zimerekodiwa na kutolewa na wasanii wengi akiwemo Peter, Paul and Mary, Dolly Parton, Lyle Lovett, Brenda Lee na Crystal Gayle. . Amerekodi albamu tatu za solo katika miaka ya 1990 akishirikisha usaidizi kutoka kwa Griffith, Lovett, Mattea na Yearwood..