Who Is The Greatest Blues Guitarist Of All Time?

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  1. PhoenixV profile image67
    PhoenixVposted 12 years ago

    Who Is The Greatest Blues Guitarist Of All Time?

    1. profile image56
      whoisitposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Muddy Waters/Stevie Ray Vaughan/T-Bone walker

    2. The Public Image profile image73
      The Public Imageposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Like many other people who have posted here, I don't think there's a single "greatest" player of the blues. But if I had to choose, I'd personally say either Robert Johnson, Hubert Sumlin or Elmore James.

  2. timorous profile image79
    timorousposted 12 years ago

    B.B. King

  3. The0NatureBoy profile image60
    The0NatureBoyposted 12 years ago

    The ones named are great but I don't know if there is a "greatest of all times" player.  Bobby Blue Bland had one during the 1970s, I never knew his name, who was as great as any I've ever heard.   Johnny Taylor has had some mighty fine players also, so I don't think it's possible to say there is a "greatest of all times" blues guitarist.

  4. rebekahELLE profile image91
    rebekahELLEposted 12 years ago

    These are always tough questions to answer..  I think Robert Johnson was one of the greatest because of his influence on other great blues guitarists.  Definitely I would place BB King near the top.  Another one that didn't have too much attention in the US, but was one of the greats is Luther Allison

    I listened to a lot of blues during my teen years, and was able to meet both BB King and Luther Allison when I worked for a non-profit organization that booked bands in the central Illinois area.  I also had contact with the now very famous (wealthy) Irving Azoff who managed our bookings.

  5. Act 3 profile image65
    Act 3posted 12 years ago

    I don't think there is one "greatest of all time." In addition to those already mentioned, Buddy Guy would be in the top 5 or 10.

  6. e-five profile image97
    e-fiveposted 12 years ago

    Magic Sam and Bo Diddley deserve a mention.

  7. SomewayOuttaHere profile image61
    SomewayOuttaHereposted 12 years ago

    all of the above...there are several

  8. PaulGoodman67 profile image69
    PaulGoodman67posted 12 years ago

    Albert King, in my opinion.  His technique was unorthodox (to say the least) but he was difficult to match for emotional intensity at his peak.

  9. profile image56
    whoisitposted 12 years ago
  10. Reality Bytes profile image73
    Reality Bytesposted 12 years ago

    Don't know if he is the greatest, but Alvin Lee is one of my favorites.

 
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