Blues
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Blues is one of my favorites genres, and also one of my biggest influences.
It is also the biggest influence and the base for almost all of today's popular music, from Jazz, going through Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Pop, Funk, Rap, and being also the origins of Rock n' Roll, Hard Rock and even the most brutal Metal genres you can imagine.
One it's most basic forms is written around 3 chords and the Blue Notes, that give the Blues it's characteristic sound. On it's most traditional form it follows a 12-bar pattern around the mentioned 3 chords:
I - IV - V; which means: If we are on C major, those chords would be: C major - F major and G major.
But instead of going through tedious technical concepts, here's some (old) music:
Death Letter Blues - Son House
Me and The Devil Blues - Robert Johnson
Something more recent, and one of my all time favorite guitarists:
Stevie Ray Vaughan
One recent discovery for me:
Gary Clark Jr.
This guy is awesome
Seasick Steve
Some Delta Blues:
Muddy Waters before moving to Chicago, one of the recordings made by Alan Lomax
Jump Blues!
Louis Jordan
More Jump Blues, anticipating Rock n' Roll
^ Thanks for Gary Clark 
Before the Grammys went to hell...
^ Amazing!! 
Just found this:
Seasick Steve + John Paul Jones and Jack White and Alison Mosshart from The Dead Weather
Some REALLY OLD Delta Blues:
Charlie Patton
Stevie Ray Vaughan, unplugged!!
And playing a 12 strings
"Elmore James got nothing on this, baby"
Before the legend about Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil, this guy claimed the same:
Tommy Johnson
I LOVE Delta Blues!!
Skip James - Crow Jane
The Dirty Mac playing Yer Blues at the Rolling Stones Rock n' Roll Circus:
The Dirty Mac were:
- John Lennon (The Beatles) - Guitar and vocals
- Eric Clapton (Cream) - Guitar
- Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) - Bass
- Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) - Drums
John Lennon and Mick Jagger's conversation at the beginning is awesome 
Another King: Albert King
^ Amazing!