Thanks to all who have posted so far.

Lonesome EJ, I'll try to find that CD set that you recommended.
And though I'm not really the bar type, I can very well believe that unsigned groups or unknown individual artists sometimes make the best music. So I will try to look into this and see if I can convince a friend or two to go with me to hear some live blues music...

themutineer, of the artists on your list, though I have now read about many of them, the only ones that I have HEARD are
Taj Mahal, Howlin Wolf, Leadbelly, and Muddy Waters...I should have also said in my original post that I do have a couple of Muddy Waters and BB King CDs {though I see that you didn't mention BB King}..and I also have a Leadbelly CD for children.

WYSIWYG,
Blues music on the radio in Pittsburgh,PA??? If there is would someone please hip me to it...

Unfortunately, because I'm on dial up, I don't think that I can get radio stations on the Internet..If someone knows about this, I'd appreciate hearing about it...

I do believe that many more people-including African Americans- should embrace this music again. My theory is that once this music became disconnected with dance, we {African Americans} moved on to other music...I also think that many contemporary African Americans aren't in to Blues music because it is stigmatized as "lower class"...

But that's another story or two or three stories...

Thanks again.

Azizi