Tommy,

You paid me the supreme compliment in that Off Topic forum and I'm glad our mutual admiration society continues to cook along. My feeling is that blues guitar at the level that you play it is an art in itself. It's something you can't fake and no amount of rocket science theory can help you if you don't have it. My stock compliment to those who do is, "You're the reason I never took my guitar anywhere near that kind of music." And I tell this to metal guitar players too who use these tapping techniques as well as those monster bass players who play 64th notes. With two fingers. I could have practiced just that right-hand technique for a lifetime and never gotten close.

Oh yeah, you're the reason I never brought my guitar anywhere your kind of blues. And whenever you get the urge for a little fancier accompaniment, just farm it out... TO ME!

All the best in the new year my friend. Keep on!

Dean