Great suggestions from Lisna.

Also, maybe start near the beginning with some Robert Johnson:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUyKnEiv70Y

As for Clapton, he was at his pure blues best with John Mayall:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0tJhHlbxWo

...and another suggestion: ZZ Top. They're very much Texas Blues, and a precursor to SRV.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76kjd5nvMg

As far as SRV, there were a lotta people who copped his vibe, but none more so than Kenny Wayne Sheppard:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJiHcfWRW0

And for more contemporary blues, there's Joe:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIs8DDrywvw

That mother****er can play.

Thanks for the links Plankton...my dad was a big Kenny Wayne Shepherd fan as I grew up. so ive heard his songs before but Ill check the others :beer:

And don't forget to check out John Lee Hooker and Howlin' Wolf...

that photo.. https://boxden.com/smilies/hPqcKMe.png

ill check them out also when i get back to Connecticut :beer: thanks

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Empty Bed Blues, Bessie Smith

Have no idea where my copies ended up but I had it on vinyl and cassette. Never could find a cd version with that original re-release tracklist (it's essentially a compilation of singles). So I'm hunting down a new copy of the original vinyl/cassette releases.

Muddy Waters' Live at Newport 1960

First Blues album
 

I didn't know it at the time but Led Zeppelin 1. Turns out to be a great blues album. The first known blues album I bought was Live at the Filmore East by Ten Years After.