It's definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists.
Lonnie was ahead of his time, but at the same time he was right in there with Albert Collins's Cool Sounds.
Well, I don't know how they define that. But they have this Texas blues thing blown kinda out of proportion. I am a Long John Hunter blues, before and after, that's what I am.
I'm not a super blues player, but I was exposed to the Texas blues sound while I was growing up, and that definitely rubbed off on me.
The first time I ever heard the blues, my parents had a stack of records that they weren't using anymore. I found them when I was ten; I didn't know what it was. But I found Lightnin' Hopkins.
The parallel development in American blues to the British movement has resulted in Johnny Winters.
ZZ Top did get a chance to play with Lightnin' Hopkins and Jimmy Reed, there's still that one, single song we just can't shake... J.B. Hutto's "Combination Boogie".
I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
My guitar setup is inspired by Stevie Ray Vaughan.
