Love SRV, and his brother ain't half bad either, with the Fab T-Birds...
I've had XM Radio in my truck for years, usually on the NASCAR channel, College Sports channel, or one of the ESPNs - but I've grown VERY TIRED of paying to listen to advertising commercials.
Classic Rock, and Deep Tracks were always my back-up stations, but I'm really not a HUGE fan of Pink Floyd, so being that they have (had?) their own channel, or at least a show slotted in at night - I rubbed me the wrong way when I would hear Pink Floyd on both Classic Rock, and Deep Tracks, at the same time. I like Grateful Dead, some, but again - they have their own channel, so why play them on CR or DTrks?
So for a while now, all I'm on is B.B. King's Bluesville channel. Excellent.
I saw Muddy Waters open for Eric Clapton, saw B.B. King a few yeas back at House of Blues.
Discovered a Coon Ass named Tab Benoit on Pandora Radio recently, and created a new station from Tab - and I keep that humming all day long at the office. All kinds of great guitar players playing the blues....
Best ripper I've seen live, though, has been Monte Montgomery. Hands down. All acoustic, on an Alvarez repaired from hard playing so many times they named a model after him. But it's not your typical acoustic, to be sure - he'll rock your socks off and make you wonder why ANYONE needs an electric guitar. Amazing stuff, great live shows.
Congrats to SRV, albeit years too late. Where WOULD he be now we're he to still be alive????
