OK, I'll play.
If you are going to assemble a list of the top 50 as voted by this Forum, then I wont limit myself to 5, since the most repeated names will end up in the top5 anyway. I cant pick my personal top 5 because I like them all, so in no particular order:
Duane Allman
Kirby Kelly (Bugs henderson and the Shuffle Kings)
Warren Haynes
Derek Trucks
Ry Cooder
David Lindley
Bonnie Raitt
Sonny Landreth
Roy Rogers
Dave Hole
Kirk Lorange
Van Wilks
By the way, Robert Randolph is a pedal steel player- does he belong on this list? Then you could add guys like Speedy West too.
Then there are all the great 1st and 2nd generation players- Robert Johnson, Son House, Tampa Red, Elmore James, Muddy, Howlin Wolf but honestly, I don't really listen to them much- I prefer the third generation electric players
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