My vote goes to the last of the real country blues players,the "deep blues," and that's Otis Rush. Clapton got at least a third of his licks from this guy. Another third from B. B. and the other third might even be his own. But Otis Rush, that's the real deal. And not only that, but this cat can out-sing all theese other dudes, too.thee's a lot of great names on this list, although I think that the number of SRV mentions points to a mainstream type of thinking. It'ss not that far from SRB to Robin Trower, if you ask me. i like them both but I'm not going to put them in the front rank. IMO.
