Being from Chicago & having spent FAR too much time in the blues clubs, I can mention more than a few great blues players but have to admit...until recently...I felt SRV was the best blues guitar player I ever heard because he played with incredible feeling. That's my only knock on Clapton. He's, no doubt, a great blues/guitar player, but he's too much a technician. Today....Joe Bonamassa might be the best blues/guitar player out there. Definitely the most powerful. Monte Montgomery might just be a close 2nd.
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