When I saw the (newer) thread names "Alexis Korner," I was sure that his name had been misspelled. Interesting to learn the "Korner" is correct.

I'm pretty sure that the incorrect "Koerner" made its way into print early and often -- perhaps more prevalent in the US than the correct "Korner." Any opinions?

I think the best way to rephrase what was said way back at the begining of this would go:

No Lonnie, no Beatles; no Alexis, no Stones (or Bluesbreakers, or Cream, etc. etc., etc.).

I'm not sure that these two British guys were as indespensible to the emergence of interest in folk and blues music in the states as in the UK. Of course, it would be impossible to tell what the worldwide scene would have been like without them, but here on the righthand side of the Atlantic, we had the Lomaxes, Leadbelly, Pete and Woody, even folks like JJ Niles and Dyer-Bennet, etc etc *before* Lonnie and Alexis, and many others either earlier than them or independent of any transatlantic influence.