Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green

Pops is "right on", Buddy Guy is the best. I saw and HEARD live him several years ago and he is a fantastic performer and a great blues guitarist-- with a smile that would light up Montana. His version of "Mustang Sally" is killer. In a interview, Eric Clapton once referred to Buddy Guy as the "best blues guitarist in the world", and I agree. And yes, Clapton is great too. I have some of Peter Green's music and while I recognize his talent, I don't particularly like his music-- a little too "jazzy" for me I think. Cheers. Craig.

Cody....pick up a copy of Buddy Guy's CD "Damn Right I've Got the Blues", and exciting listening. Craig.

Mrmom; You've been lucky to see all those Blues cats. I have CDs of all of them and agree that they're all "right at the top". Yes, Luther Allison "smokes". I really agree with all the above posts, and blues is where it's at. Good thread Cody-- hope it keeps going. In the young "up and coming" category, I like Sue Foley, Shannon Curfman, Susan Tedeschi-- none of these are too polished or jaded to be "uninteresting", ie they are fresh, raw, and enthusiastic-- and of course Johnny Lang. Also glad to see women getting more exposure (bad choice of words?) in blues. Joanna Conner plays a "wicked" slide guitar, IMHO. Cheers. Craig.

Sd...; I enjoyed your post above, but I've got to say that the Blues is an evolving form of music and as Dennis (above) noted, Johnny Winters is great too-- even though his forte is more blues rock. I have some of his music that really smokes, and I consider it pure Chicago (electric) blues. He played some with Lonnie Brooks, and the combo was great. Although Lonnie Brooks does not have the guitar skills of others noted here (he's still pretty good), his music is some of my favorite, and he's played with some of Chicago's great blues artists to include Koko Taylor, and Buddy Guy, and as noted J. Winters. And I sure do agree with you about the acoustic Delta greats-- one I especially liked was Josh White-- not a guitarist, but Delta, and he did sing folk blues with the best. Certainly Clapton is a great guitarist, and can play a mean blues guitar, but I think he mainly went the Rock route for the money, ie I don't think there's ever been much money in pure blues music. Glad to see all the interest in the BLUES. Cheers. Craig.

Buzzard's right, Roy Buchanan was one of the greats. I really liked his earlier music, but his later stuff was pretty far out for me, but I certainly recognized his talent. Cheers. Craig.