Thanks for quoting me, ddw--my head is spinning! I think I said that BB King had 4 licks, taken from 8 licks from T-Bone Walker, taken from from Blind Lemon Jefferson, who used 16 licks in the same song--in the Blind Lemon thread--and, though it isn't exactly true, it is close to the point--

I don't listen much to the latter day blues boys, though I respect them for carrying on the music, I think that the book is pretty much closed on Blues guitar--especially the kind ddw likes--the world that created the music has disappeared, and won't be back, neither will the music--

How about Dr. Ross, ddw? He's right up your alley, a one man band, loaded with the real blues--used to hear him years ago when the post war blues world still lived in Detroit--