Best blues guitarist, Clapton or Green

Johnny Copeland is the blues. I saw him live in Houston TX, and I'm still speechless to describe his performance. Technical ability the blues does not make....its comes from a life experience. It really shows in Copeland's guitar playing. He was ill when I saw him with heart problems, and was one hour late coming out to do the late show. Once he got out there, he brought the house all the way down!!!! Rest in peace, Johnny.

Clapton, Hands down

SRV hands down, but only if Jimi Hendrix is not considered blues.
I would pick Hendrix as the all around "guitar god".

Clapton was great...WAS....it seems to me he only reached great heights when he was pushed by a formidable partner in his own band...Cream (Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker), Bluesbreaker days (John Mayall) etc. In a way, Paul McCartney was the same: he needed Lennon. As for BLUES, I vote 4 Buddy Guy, BB King, SVR, Kelly Joe Phelps, Jimmy D. Lane, and among the young guys Derek Trucks and the lead guitarist of Indigenous (forgot his name...Manny something?

Clapton was a decent blues guitarist. He was popular, but he didn't play anything spectacular. He wrote some good pop/blues songs, but to say he was a great, I don't know - show me some challenging riffs that he did. I haven't heard anything new or difficult to play. BB King had more expressiveness in his playing and many others have as well. SVR, well his guitar style was redundant to me, but he had more talent in his big toe than Clapton.

There are many others nowadays. Clapton was yesteryear.

Rob