>...following artists not yet mentioned rock my world:
>
>bukka White (SO
>badass):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jM23S12LXaE
>
>blind willie Johnson (metal as fuck-not JUST due to voice but
>also due to lyrics and vibe as well; my favourite act in tis
>style):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_o4omd8T5c

reminds me I need to get his complete recordings if such a thing is available

>Lightnin' hopkins (STUPENDOUS guitarist; how I want to play
>when I pcik up the
>acoustic):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK5zYI86wIw

Haven't explored him that much, honestly. Should change that but.

>howlin' Wolf (duh! Voice of the
>century!!!):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ri7TcukAJ8



>As for blooze/blues-rock, my favourite is ZZ top and billy
>Gibbons and people

minus credibility points

>who think limp-dicked, semi-awful hippie
>losers in the Allmans

minus more credibility points

> (or rednecks in Lynyrd Skynyrd even if I
>dig 'em too; MUCh better than Allmans...) played better
>"southern rock"/"boogie-blooze" strike me as utterly
>deranged/retarded...

Skynyrd was alright, weird that they've never had a resurgence with music geeks the way some of the other bands you mention (along with the Band) have done.

>Oh yeah, I'd also argue that Angus Young (AC/DC) is a better
>"blues guitarist"

credibility shot!

> than both Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jeff healy
>and infinitely superior to Joe bonamssa (YUCK!!! YIKES!!!
>PUKE!!!)...

I don't think I've heard the name Jeff Healy since the late 1980s.
Not real big on SRV at this point either. Don't mind him at all, but I used to be a fan and now I'm more like 'he's okay.'


Joe Bonamassa seems to be everywhere the past few years though. Bland as heck imho.

>Whatever, for blues-rock (which I'm sadly more well-versed in
>dan de real deal), I co-sign lonesome_d's recommendation of
>Mayall's "Turning Point", totally groovy record; also check
>out Savoy brown's "Raw
>Sienna":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UjG5KRljGk&list=PL94gOvpr5yt2gx2Dotv4mgveY008JBMif_

listening to title track now; another classic-rock also-ran band that I've never really bothered checking out. Reminds me a little of the Guess Who with a little more soul influence?

As far as blues-rock records though it still doesn't get much better for me than The Butterfield Blues Band's East-West record. Great blend of blues with contemporary pop and the emerging psychedelic sound. Ventures out of blues but (unlike a lot of blues-rock) does so tastefully and with great results.