Its a rare pleasure when events really turn out exactly like you imagined them. I can't really remember a time when that actually happened to me.
I met B.B. King in Des Moines some years ago. I had always imagined him giving me one of his ES345s.
Yes I've heard your version of Guilty. I love it. Raw.
Frankenstrat2, Thanks for the suggestion and the link. Never been to that site before. I've got quite a bit of Ry cooder. The chicken skin album is great. I love the delta stuff, but I'm trying to find something thats less 12 bar. Something like Taj Mahal and tunes done in the style of kirks's version of "guilty".
I listen to a lot of african style music too. The rhythms are brilliant. There is Ali Farka Toure of course. There are a few great, but virtually unknown kora blues players around too. Here is something to take a listen to:-
http://members.aol.com/thekevinbrown/cds.htm