“Jeffs65
I know I've mentioned this before but it's worth repeating, listen to southern rock players. Lynyrd Skynyrd, Allman Bros, Molly Hatchett etc.”
The reply above is probably the most valuable answer you will get from this thread.
I would like to offer the names below as just a few of the old blues masters, some of them listed; the above bands were inspired by.
T-Bone Walker, Otis Reading, Sam Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi John Hurt, Son House and Buddy Guy.
You need to widen what you can draw from. You will hear timings and bends used in ways you have not heard or thought of yet. You might even hear were a lick Slash plays came from.