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But listen to T Bone Walker, Muddy Waters and Lightnin Hopkins for the roots of electric blues. If you want to know who they were listening to try Charlie Christian and Lonnie Johnson.
Freddie, BB and Albert King and Otis Rush for where the electric guitar went next. Within these four are pretty much everything that's in modern electric blues guitar. Clapton nicked Freddie and Albert licks, SRV nicked Albert and Otis and so on.
Clapton on the Beano album plus Mike Bloomfield and Johnny Winter for the transition to blues rock. SRV and Robert Cray for the 80's revival.
White Stripes for nu blues.
For slide and energy try Hound Dog Taylor. Just the dogs bollox.
Jimmie Vaughan is probably the best keeper of the flame, subtle and brilliant. But, yes, he sings like a drain.
Then there are feckin thousands of others. Listen to Paul Jones every week on Radio 2, try internet blues radio stations.
YouTube probably isn't your friend here. We are talking artists who are pre video age or more modern artists who aren't net savvy so they are often poorly represented on there.
If you are after a pool of blues licks and phrases to last a life-time, the album to check out is Spotlight On Lucille.
Just a man, a guitar and a fantastic backing band.