Yes and no.

I mean, I don't like any of the new generation of blues-rockers all that much. But the blues has been constantly evolving anyhow(despite what naysayers argue) - and if I'd grown up in the '50s, I may well not have liked Albert Collins much.

But technique over content, I can agree with that, although again thee is a fine line. There are plenty of people out there who feel that Stevie Ray was one of the most soulful guitarists of all time.

But that being said, I's almost always rather hear a "bluesman" as opposed to a "blues-rock" man (in quotes because the definitions can admitttedly be very hazy) do the songs. That was my main beef wiht last night's show - I thoght all the modern artists' renditions were awful, with the exception of Los Lobos, Bonnie Raitt, and especially Shemekia (though I did skip the last half-hour). But man - that Lou Reed? Atrocious.