John Lee Hooker
Johnny Winter
Z.Z. Top (you have to check out some of their straight blues pieces)
Muddy Waters
Son House
Blind Willie McTell
Robert Johnson
Elmore James
Lightnin' Hopkins
Howlin' Wolf
Buddy Guy
and the list goes on and on...
The nice thing about the blues is that one artist leads to another to another...
Good luck.
[FONT=Tahoma]"All I can do is be me ... whoever that is". Bob Dylan [/FONT]