The "blues" is a wide tent. I like it when Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Charlie Parker "sing" the blues. I also like Maxwell Street Sunday Morning 1957.
Son House, Lightning, BB, Freddie King, John Lee for sure.

I don't see these guys being undervalued because they have their died-in-the-wool fans.

BB is a great international ambassador for the US as was Satchmo.

To understand the blues, ya' gotta' like black music which I love.

Ya' gotta' love New Orleans. It's too much for my constitution but I love it anyhow.
But like Louis, I'm not sure if I care to go there any more. Maybe Katrina might have
cleaned out some of the awful prejudice that occurred there in later years though she was a harsh mistress. And damn Bush and McCain for ignoring her.

New Orleans was the mother of the blues and her children spread from there to K.C, Mobile, Natchez, etc.