I grew up in an Irish traditional music household and that will always be in my blood.

However, like a lot of posters here I started getting into a variety of blues and R&B in my early teens. Notable influences were John Mayall, The Yardbirds, The Rolling Stones (all relatively local then and who I saw live regularly in their early days), Chicken Shack, Spencer Davis group (with Steve Winwood), Cream and early Fleetwood Mac (with Peter Green), Johnny Winter plus quite a few others. A bit later on I was introduced by musical friends to delta and other acoustic blues like Mississippi John Hurt, Rev. Gary Davis, Blind Blake, Robert Johnson and others. Still later, the late Jo-Ann Kelly introduced me to the joys of Memphis Minnie and others.

So now I enjoy playing a bit of blues, though I'm no great expert, and appreciate it even more.

Best regards

mooman