Recommend some Blues music to a newbie

Good call on T-Bone. When i first started listening to him as a teenager, i thought he was this old blues guy. Little did i know he was a huge entertainer back in the day, with band, show and dance moves.
His style is often imitated, but...

Whart,
I don't know what it is about T-Bone but he is one of my all-time favorites. His 1950s re-recordings are as great as his originals from the 1940s, IMO. There is a rawness and aliveness to his sound that makes his records always seem fresh to me. I never get bored listening to T-Bone Walker.

'Chicago The Blues Today' Nice 3 disc set by real bluesmen. Can be purchased single or in a 3cd set. Filled with the great songs by the great players. On Amazon.

Blue Rider Trio (Harp, Steel & Guts) on Mapleshade Records
Robert Lucas (Luke & the Locomotives) on JVC XRCD

Both of these are exceptionaly well recorderd and mastered blues releases

and if you got sick of the classic blues find earlyer albums of black keys and check R. L. Burnside...these 2 would be a little raw garage blues...and on the otherside on some stuff you can feel the mississipi swamp...and john lee hooker as someone mention...