Take a listen to some of the waltz and fast blues that SRV played like "rude mood", "say what" and "scuttle buttin". Then get back to me.
His chord progressions we're very unique. You can't tell me that any blues player had switched between A minor to E minor stuff like that. Timing, cleanlines, picking, speed, accuracy, amd chord blend were fantastic.
Nothing quite like that texas blues sound.
That he learned from those jam sessions with Ramey.
I first saw SRV at 15 during the very brief "Triple Threat" days with LouAnn Barton. Then I found out about Ramey's Sunday jams and hung out there occasionally like the little punk kid I was. Lots of Texas guys there, as well as jazzmen, even some conjunto players.
Jimmie Vaughn also changed a lot, especially after the T-Birds broke up.
Agreed, but we're talking innovation here.
"You can't tell me that any blues player had switched between A minor to E minor stuff like that."
Actually Jimmy Page did it quite a bit, and I saw him do it live ......twice (once with Zep in '77).