Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green

Have you seen the srv tribute dvd? Nuff said

Great question! Haven't thought of Blues guitarists in a "best of" sense, but Clapton isn't really a "blues" guitarist in the truest sense. Hendrix was the best rock guitar player, bar none, but also wasn't strictly a blues player (though his blues was excellent -- his Blues CD is outstanding). SRV was a tremendous player and was true to the blues, and sounded like he could do anything on the guitar. I don't know if any other guitarist has ever done as much as SRV in the past 20 years in terms of revolutionizing guitar "tone". Two guitarists who, if I were "cuttin' heads" and did NOT want to go up against: (1) Albert King; and (2) Ry Cooder.

Such a Tough question, Green, has had some great moments, listen to the early Fleetwood Mac. And no one can deny The Yardbirds and Mayhall with Clapton. I'm a long time Guitarist, Vintage Collector and Blues enthusiast, both are both great in different ways. Don't forget Mike Bloomfield. We can debate all day on who is the best, and I see others involving SRV, and newer players. First look at the Black original Blues players, then the White English players in the 60's that revived the Blues and made it mainstream acceptable, then Hendrix took it to extremes. When rock, Jazz and Fusion took over, SRV brought blues into the mainstream once again in the 80's as the English players did in the 60's. We would have to start a page alone for this topic.

Does anyone know of any DVD of SRV at Alpine Valley show

B.B. King is THE MAN. Even in his later years, the music is still there. Otis Rush and Duke Robillard, for different reasons, are up there too. I don't necessarily agree that Clapton is God. SRV and Roy Buchanan are, unfortunately, no longer with us (such a polite expression...), but are certainly in the list of gone but not forgotten. No women in the list, to rectify that I would have to add Joanna Connor, nice to see and hear a Les Paul well played, it's a change from all the Strats.