million dollar basher

I've always harbored a similar opinion of SRV. When I told my dad how I felt, he looked at me like I had just come out of the closet on Christmas. I'm not detracting from the fact that he was a strong blues player, but he was nowhere near as influencial as some of the players of the same genre. His "Little Wing" cover was mediocre at best. Beyond that, the "Double Trouble" stuff seemed to blend that blues foundation with rock 'n' roll, but neither aspect was really phenominal--hence, the "generic" tag. But Winter has stuck primarily with blues music, and I feel like he's been able to find his "voice" much more successfully as a result. Winter, in my opinion, communicates with his audience and with whatever group of musicians he's playing with at the time, on a far superior level.