Rory Gallagher,
Sadly missed.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj5R5qhajIw&feature=fvsr[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Jaodra7AY&NR=1[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ibq2ec2qS3Y&feature=related[/youtube]
Somebody once asked Jimmy Hendrix what it was like to be the best guitarist in the world, his reply was No"that's Rory Gallagher".
Doesn't get better than that.