An artist can use the tools of his or her choosing.
IMO blues means steel string, but I could be wrong.
For your listening pleasure Pat Donohue plays "Spike Driver Blues", a song associated with Mississippi John Hurt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWwMkCgSSco
I believe that every artist on the list at the following link played a steel-string guitar:
http://www.allmusic.com/explore/styl...es-d42/artists
Many blues artists favor the resonator guitar. One I saw and enjoyed many times when I lived in L.A. is Doug MacLeod.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCEfaeH0Iik (Fast forward to the 2:05 mark.  )
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Last edited by bluesbassdad; 01-31-2012 at 12:01 AM.
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