Blues, Jazz, Rock Violinists?

Thanks all.
Marty - Seems like our musical tastes might be similar or at least overlap. Appreciate your advice. Very much a Karl/World Party fan. Yet, not 100% sure on the connection to violin. I'll look at Wikipedia.

Do know the Gatemouth name. I will look for violin related stuff.

Jobson is who I was thinking of with the UK reference. Did not realize he did time w/Roxy.

Rnm4 - THANK YOU. In my head I was thinking there is someone with a name similar to Django Reinhardt (sp?) but on violin. (well you'd have to be in my head to imagine any possible similarity in the names). Don't think they were really contemporaries but Stephane is who I couldn't recall. Good reminder.

Bdgregory - will check out Cross and Urbaniak. Always admired the musicianship of the various King Crimson lineups (though the name is kind of creepy).

FWIW...check out"The Blindman's Blues Forum" (see "the Best Blues Rock Violinist" thread). If it works, a link is here...
http://blindman.15.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=36258&st=0&#entry493707

Found Charles Burnham from this site. Played w/James "Blood" Ulmer (and JBU opens a whole new path of exploration for me).

Thanks again to all.

Thanks again to everyone who took time to reply. Lots of suggestions to sample. Getting new ideas about music to check out is the best thing about A'gon.

Orpheus - very much enjoyed the Ponty clip on You Tube. I have an LP by him but that video is a little more organic or souful or jazzful or something than what I'd associateed him with previously.

Billy Bang is a new name to me (as are a few others)...more things to check out.

Personal preference leans towards the blues side of the equation. Hope others will check out Charlie Burnham and James Blood Ulmer (e.g., Red House).

Not sure about forum etiquette...my apologies if reapeatedly saying "Thanks to all" is getting a little tedious. Philojet - agree with you and hope others benefit from the input on this thread. Orpheus - read with interest your multi-part "jazz tutorial". Personally, I'll take Bang's Castenada connection as a bit of a caution. Onhwy61 - I know little about Duke but he is an iconic figure. I will definitely check out your recommendation. And maybe that will serve as an intro to broader exploration of his work. Duane - thanks for the You Tube ideas. I like running my netbook through a DAC and watching the video while listening to the music.