Recommend some Blues music to a newbie

Many great recommendations...
I'd add Roy Buchanan.

Here's a link to Wikipedia about Danny Gatton

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Gatton

If someone says they like Eric Bibb how many degrees of separation does it take to get to Roy Buchanan or Danny Gatton?

i saw Roy Buchanan open for Lowell George and little feat.
I think it cost a buck, with a college ID.
I like all these recommendations.
let's not forget gary moore and still got blues.
love that album jacket.

Didn't realize MrMitch had already mentioned Roy Buchanan. So a 2nd vote for Roy. Another on the electric blues side of things is Robert Cray.

I love Delta blues and Country blues more generally. I tend to like albums with one man, one instrument, and no amplification. My favorite blues album is probably John Lee Hooker's Country Blues.

Other albums I really like...

John Lee Hooker, Burning Hell
Pink Anderson, Carolina Blues Man, vol. 1
Lightnin Hopkins, Country Blues
Fred McDowell, The First Recordings
Son House, Original Delta Blues
Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings
Big Bill Broonzy, Trouble in Mind
Muddy Waters, Folk Singer
Robert Pete Williams, Free Again
Skip James, Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

Happy listening.

Bryon