This type of discussion always gets bogged down by genre divergence. Some guitarists can't be compared with each other. While I'm ITT again, I'm gonna point out that no one mentioned Buddy Guy. He is still the best blues guitarist around, and hes like 80 something. See him before he dies, especially if you can see him playing with another big name guitarist, since competition brings out a mean streak in him and he plays angry like no one else.
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