Lots of blues artists out there. My favorite and as blues as rock can get is Hendrix, Gary Moore, Albert King, Luther Allison, Freddie King, Howlin' Wolf, Albert Collins, SRV of course... I'm not at home, can't think of any more. I'd imagine a lot of people would find the old blues stuff dry, boring even. But I think I'd rather get a lot of my style from those guys than from the 80s style guitarists (even if their soloing is 400 percent faster). I dislike listening through those 80s tunes for their solos, only because I know some of it's rubbing off on me. Not that I think it sucks or whatever, just not the direction I want to take - that particular style.