top 100 blues guitarists

[jazzboCR]

Earl King You could make a case that modern N.O. music wouldn't exist without him. From '55-'97, he was involved in every aspect of N.O. recording, and an advanced listener can find his style, tone, technique, and songs in a big bunch of folks that made it bigger (good project for someone, actually). He was understandably bitter about this. http://www.discogs.com/artist/274061-Earl-King
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ7IkhdXb7U << Robben Ford does well with this q.v.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Qii0Qep5Y << a stone classic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSRc2JqgA4w << funky vid but it plays fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4xPLCgE53o << another classic, with Dr. John, smokin', on piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntaLrqsgS_8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-ujiSEM-hw

Jeff Healey a little too rock-y, a bit OTT for some blues purists, especially in the middle years. The same could be said about Rory Gallagher and some others. He sure sounds good to me, whatever the iteration...Another one that died too young, with the bitter irony that he'd picked up the trumpet and was decidedly going in a jazz, especially early jazz, direction. Damn shame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIkOaTVu8uM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp239BCUQKU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPBTLGOP3rQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x_VDoQXw6w << his biggest hit; song written by John Hiatt (there's other songs with this title--be discriminating looking it up)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHSx-gsjpRQ << tasteful full-on Blues...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9mgW5v0yMU <<...then there's this. Gets the purista's briefs in a bunch

BONUS 1: full concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5Qb-6Qkmlw
BONUS 2: Surprise! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHtE9Mi_xt0 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMdd85Aq8Nw << said to be Mr. Lewis' fave guitarist