If you've been living under a rock for the past 20 years.

I know you have all probally heard of Jimi Hendrix, but I'm sure Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Billy Gibbons may have stuck a "huhwha?" with you. So, in effort to spread the knowledge about the aural righteousness that is blues music, I'll introduce you to the best videos on YouTube of Stevie and Billy.

Stevie's playing is all about emotion. John Mayer (who I'll be talking about later on), once said of Stevie's playing,

"Given a certain time of day, certain part of the set, certain culminating energy that happens in the room, you can play with that same intensity, but you can only do it for about 20 seconds, and then your entire arm cramps up."

Even Eric Clapton, who most refer to as, "Guitar God", and rightfully so, said of Stevie,

"I remember being fascinated by the fact that he never, ever seemed to be lost in anyway. I mean, it wasn't ever that he took a breather or paused to think where he was going next. It just flowed out of him."

So, here is Stevie, expanding on Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing."


While thats not Billy's type of groove, here the Reverend Billy G. just shows the basic's of blues guitar.


Now, I'm sure you ask, "But Steve, what about John Mayer?" Sure, I admit he is a good player, having seen him in concert myself, but it's his attitude that keeps him off my list. Besides being extremely arrogant (Watch any interview with him, and he'll boast about his playing), he is also a bit of a sell out. The man obviously has the chops to make a great blues guitarist, even Eric Clapton thinks so, but does he release blues albums? No. While I admit Continuum was a nice change of pace from pop-acoustic-written-for-teenage-girls music, after hearing his new hit, I'm sorely disappointed. It it yet again a return to his shitty roots. John had the chance to become the great blues player of our age, bring blues back to the masses, like Stevie did (6 Grammys he won), but is blowing it on just releasing boring pop tracks.