govt mule
allman brothers
little feet

granted they aren't really blues but they do contain elements of blues

John Lee Hooker
Canned Heat
BB King
Ray Charles

I saw the Black Keys live recently, they put on an amazing show.

Ten Years After

Ten Years After

barf!

Get out.

EDIT: (Well, obviously they aren't a "blues band", but you can definitely hear the influence in a lot of their stuff, and some of there songs are straight blues awesomeness. Ball and Biscuit and their cover of Death Letter, namely.)

agreed.
White stripes are so bluesy.

I got to see them in concert last summer!

Amazing

Thread needs more Clapton.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMPTUeCwCA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRsJlAJvOSM

Sure. Except neither of those songs are blues.

A few that haven't been mentioned:
The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band - http://tinyurl.com/64cftl
JJ Grey & Mofro - http://tinyurl.com/6p8n5k
Watermelon Slim - http://tinyurl.com/5nac32
Henry Gray - http://tinyurl.com/6adnzh

Sure. Except neither of those songs are blues.

If Clapton ain't a bluesman then the world does not exist.

Fortunately for me, the world does indeed exist, contrary to many totsean beliefs.

Also,
http://subversatile.net/pics/windmill_beard.jpg

clapton/bb king together was a great album

i really like citizen cope. itunes says blues rock, but either way, i really like his music.

if ur looking for old time blues, muddy waters, or buddy guy.

Pretty much everything I was going to mention has already been mentioned...but just to reinforce.

Stevie Ray Vaughn
BB king
Buddy Guy
Cream

and to a lesser extent Eric Clapton solo.

The Doors

Blind Lemon Jefferson.

albert king, bb king, freddie king, robert johnson etc.

dave hole - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62-K72dp7SI
slide guitarist out of Chicago. i highly recomend him.

In regards to Clapton, the 1994 album "From the Cradle" has some of the greatest blues tracks i've ever heard.

It do not seem that Clapton played the Blues post-Cream as he had before.

If you would dig up his work pre-Cream. The stuff he did with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers is very much different than anything you might hear since. He also played with the Yardbirds.

Roy Buchanan, Rory Gallagher, Led Zeppelin, BB King, John Lee Hooker, JJ Cale, ...
They are all very nice. You gotta love the blues!

R.L Burnside
C.W Stoneking

Check these guys out. Two of my favourites. Saw C. W last Saturday... awesome show.

And I am sure you know that the Yardbirds morphed into Led Zeppelin, whose first two or three albums were extremely blues based.

Actually, very much of many of the early 'metal'-rock bands had strong roots in the blues foundation.

protip: Clapton pretty much sucked other than being an 'icon' of his time.

And I am sure you know that the Yardbirds morphed into Led Zeppelin, whose first two or three albums were extremely blues based.

Actually, very much of many of the early 'metal'-rock bands had strong roots in the blues foundation.

protip: Clapton pretty much sucked other than being an 'icon' of his time.

I guess it's a might too late now...but I kind of wish Clapton had stuck with his bands a little longer. Though as he said of Cream, he just thought what they had done was about it...so he may as well move on. Although I like some of his later stuff, he just seems too soft sometimes.

Still Got The Blues by Gary Moore is a pretty good song.



And as for the douchebag that said Clapton "sucked" you should download the rendition of All Along The Watchtower he did with Lenny Kravitz (only live I think) and see if you can still say the same. :)