gater Wrote:Try the likes of Robert Johnson, Elmore James, Blind Willy Johnson, and Blind Willie McTell... real roots blues. Then check out Taj Mahal, or Buddy Guy with Junior Wells. See if you can hear how the path leads to the artists you listed. Then scope out Savoy Brown, The Allman Brothers Band, and Elvin Bishop and see if you can extend that musical path there too. It's all one line, and one of the greatest gifts the USA has ever given to the world! Of course, if you wanna go back farther, to West Africa and North Africa, Ireland and France and their respective "roots" music, you could draw that line too.