Eli Cook
According to his Web site, which is the best description of Cook's homegrown soul:
Eli Cook grew up on the blues: Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, the Wolf, Lightnin' Hopkins, and Mississippi John Hurt. He first picked up the guitar when he was fourteen, and began his own performance career playing gospel shows and revivals in Nelson County, Virginia when he was fifteen. His first electric trio, The Red House Blues Band, was formed in 2002 while a junior at Monticello Highschool. Eli was called a 'blues phenomenon' by reviewers in near-by Charlottesville...
Those reviewers were right, and the time has come for the rest of the world to check out the great Eli Cook.