
It's hard to top a blues lick bent sideways on slide guitar, and this gravel-voiced Englishman knows better than to try. Seaman's trance-like country-blues ditties are gorgeously dusky and spare.
Since it encompasses essentially every style of blues that uses amplification, electric blues is too broad to be distinguished by regional or stylistic characteristics. Soul blues, blues rock, and R&B blues all incorporate electric guitar and bass as primary instruments, yet they are individually distinct styles.
Notable Artists: John Lee Hooker, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Muddy Waters