Jazz/blues guitarist suggestions for SRV fan.


I am about to wear out my Stevie Ray Vaughan CDs. I have been looking for a similar sound for a while and keep coming up short. What I am looking for is the instrumental jazz/blues sound, like in Riviera Paradise which is one of my all time favorite songs. I've tried Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Eric Wallo, Clapton even Ry Cooder...all good but they don't keep me coming back. Keb Mo is not too bad, he just does not do the instrumentals like Stevie.

Any suggestions for mostly instrumental jazz/blues guitarist?
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There are a lot of great players mentioned here but the only ones that sound like SRV are Duarte and Kenny Wyane Sheppard. There is a Native American blues band Indiginous that nails the SRV thing. Albert King is the source of most of SRV's licks without the volume. THe live disk of the two of them togeather is way cool. Old Master, young lion jamming and BSing. They both know their place but they both seem to have a feeling who is going to rule the pack eventually. Room Full of Blues, Under one Roof has some killer guitar playing where swing mixes with the texas thing backed by a killer horn band.
If you want to hear a texas tinged youn-un (at least he was when the cd was released) get a copy of the Ian Moore disc with blue sky on it. Not sure of the name It has a picture of him setting on a super with the band standing around. Great playing and tooo soulful. Buddy used to do it for me but Luther Allison would tear him up if he didn't pass on. Duke Robillard leans to the jazz side but he is killer. Tinsley Ellis, great guy, great showman, great singer, songwriter....way under rated. IMO he smokes ole buddy in a lot of ways too. You just can't lose with those blues.