>>Also Magic Sam. Tons of Magic Sam.
Earl Hooker, Clarence Hollomon, Wayne Bennett, Freddie King,
T BONE, and
GUITAR SLIM...
Once again to ye old You Tube for illustration:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qwgWyBlnx_w
SRV and the T-Birds playing the Guitar Slim anthem, "The Things That I Used to Do."
Seems to me SRV and JLV are both coming off that rapid fire staccato, driving Guitar Slim/T-Bone style, in their own way but definitely joined at the hip.
Yeah there might be a Jimmie Vaughan thread every week, as one commenter noted, but this gets to some important stuff--straight to the heart of the blues.