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Need Blues Rec--burn the house down guitar stuff

Help Please!

I've Seen several blues artists live that were just amazing...topping that list is Buddy Guy back in the 80's. But, like others, his CDs never seemed to translate that raw club energy/presence I witnessed live. Blues has always been something I enjoy in person...but never really energizes me when I listen at home. I suspect It's out there and I am missing some great artists/performances. I would like some recommendations for:

Some blistering guitar driven/energetic/possibly live stuff--I don't want the slow stuff (I have that). (I guess when I think about it...it's more rock than blues I'm looking for)
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qdrone
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The style y4 looking for sounds more Texas Blues style. Try Johnny Winter, Stevie Ray Vaughn and ZZ Top. All of these guys love to play fast and careless.
qdrone
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If you want to explore Johnny Winter try his Reprise album The Progressive Blues Experiment and his debut on Columbia,also Second Winter and Live. After Johnny cleaned up his smack habit he came out firing to re- establish himself on three albums on Aligator records that are blistering fret displays.
Another Guiter player that influenced both SRV and Billy Gibbons was a Cincy guitar slinger Lonnie Mack who's live album is worth checking out.
If you want a band that came out of Texas on the heels of ZZ Top's rise in popularity check out Point Blank.
qdrone
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Isn't that a great looking guitar on the cover of Johnny Winter's Progressive Blues Experiment. That is a National register steel guitar made from a cash register. Yup,in the depression so many business's went under that they made guitars out of the cash registers. The sound is unique and they are highly sought after because of the sound they make when you use it as a slide guitar.
If you dug this album then go straight to Second Winter.
qdrone
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The first three are the ones to own (self titled, 2nd season, The Hard Way). They then became splintered with new personal and started going more mainstream. I've seen em on vinyl on ebay.
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