Just stumbled across a great Freddie King compilation called "King of the Blues" in my library. He's a blues singer and guitarist who is probably the single most significant influence on Eric Clapton (among other things, including being pretty awesome).
In listening to this disc, I think Clapton has covered literally most of it - Dust My Broom, Key to the Highway, Five Long Years - etc. Obviously King's covering a bunch of these himself, but Clapton's playing and singing just so closely emulate King that it's pretty interesting to hear.
King's fingers aren't quite as nimble on electric as Clapton's his acoustic guitar and back band make the music just groove. And his voice is Check out the songs Going Down and Dust My Broom for an electric and acoustic sampling.
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