Here are some that you may find unique, I've always found these guys stick out among the classic original blues guitarists as early innovators, very inventive picking styles.
Skip James is my personal favorite, very unique and unusual approach to both his picking, guitar tuning, and his vocal delivery, usually very haunting in tone. There are no others like Skip James, he stands alone in his own world, of all the blues I've ever heard nobody even comes close to his style. One of the most original and captivating musicians I've ever known of in the whole of music.
Another personal favorite, perhaps the polar opposite of Skip James on the tonal spectrum, Mississippi John Hurt was a master of alternating bass and had tendency to dance up and down the neck in a very unique and musical way. His melodies are absolutely heartwarming, especially paired with his relaxed and sincere vocal style.
And a couple of modern favorites:
Bob Brozman is a controversial artist with a dark history but he was undoubtedly one of the most inventive and talented slide guitarists in the history of music. This particular performance is one of the most incredible I've ever seen in my life, it's an almost inhuman level of precision, yet so passionately voiced and loyal to the blues, far from overly cold and calculated. There are things Brozman does that I've never even seen attempted by other guitarists.
One of my favorite modern blues guitarists that still primarily plays traditional delta style without a backing band is Alvin Youngblood Hart. Great voice, great picking, and excellent songwriting.
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Originally Posted by Bobbycob
There's 3 reason why the Rolling Stones are better. I'm going to list them here. 1. Jimi Hendrix from Rolling Stones was a better guitarist then Jimmy Page 2. The bassist from Rolling Stones isn't dead 3. Rolling Stobes wrote Stairway to Heaven and The Ocean so we all know they are superior here.
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