Alex Lambert

Alex Lambert
Alex Lambert at a gig at Smith's Bar in New York, June 26, 2011
Background information
Birth name	Alexander Don Lambert
Born	(1990-12-10) December 10, 1990 (age 26) North Richland Hills, Texas, United States
Genres	Pop, R&B, blue eyed soul
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, ukulele, piano
Years active	2009–present
Associated acts	Alex Lambert & The Lights

Alexander Don "Alex" Lambert (born December 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter from North Richland Hills, Texas, who was a semi-finalist on the ninth season of American Idol and starred on a web show, If I Can Dream.

Lambert was born and raised in North Richland Hills, Texas. He is the son of Harold Lambert and Gwen Henderson-Lambert and has six siblings.

Lambert attended Richland High School, where he played junior varsity and varsity football and was a member of the 2008 7-on-7 state and national championship team.

Lambert started singing and playing the guitar at the age of nine; at sixteen, he began taking his music more seriously and writing his own songs, citing his grandfather, a country musician who worked with Conway Twitty and Willie Nelson, as his main inspiration. Prior to auditioning for American Idol, Lambert was self-taught, both vocally and on guitar, and had only played in front of small coffee shop audiences for friends and family with his band, Hands that Hurt.

Lambert's musical influences include The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Bob Marley, James Morrison, John Mayer and John Legend.

Lambert auditioned for the ninth season of American Idol on August 25, 2009, in Dallas, Texas, at the encouragement of his mother, and earned a golden ticket to Hollywood Week.