Cheech and Chong had a make believe bluesman named Blind Melon Chitlin.
It is interesting the number of blind bluesmen like Jeff Healey.
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I’ve just spun this one up on my office system - fantastic!
Keep this up all.
I’m hoping to get some good listens from this thread.
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Some great contemporary blues/blues-rock artists I like a lot:
Joe Bonamassa, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Ally Venable, Danielle Nicole, Robert Cray, Robben Ford
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I mentioned him above, Still Got The Blues, and his Peter Green ’59 Les Paul.
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As you did sir I’m sorry I missed that post as I read through the thread
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Of course, the Robert Johnson recordings are root essentials, and don’t forget that Floyd Council and Pink Anderson were the influence for Syd Barrett to name ”The Pink Floyd.”
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Maybe my top female blues pick would be Ana Popovic.
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Mine would be Bonnie Raitt, who, IMHO, is at her best when she plays the blues.
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That she is.
I nearly stated modern blues female player and I should have…lol.
My bad.
It would be a tough choice between Bonnie and Melissa Etheridge though 
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I need to listen to more of her stuff. I’ve only heard her duet “I’m in the Mood” with John Lee Hooker on “The Healer”.
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Taj Mahal, Allman Brothers,Tedeschi Trucks Band, JJ Grey and Mofro.
And the documentary “Muscle Shoals” is great fun.
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Yes, for sure, starting with her early 70s early stuff. More classic blues than later.
p.s. I love, love, love The Healer album.
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I love both these albums. East-West is a stone cold classic.
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Carolyn Wonderland is a cross between Bonnie Raitt, Janis Joplin, and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
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Great pedigree…I need to check her out!
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Freddie King. Eric Clapton often mentioned him as his favorite guitarist. He was fantastic in the 1950s and in his early 1970s albums on Shelter label. I used to see him live in early 1970s in Dallas Texas. A true legend.
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