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Fairport Convention (electric folk), John Fahey and Incredible String Band are excellent recommendations. I think so are Grateful Dead to a degree. Let's not forget Dylan, or The Band for that matter There's also the oldies like Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger (also The Weavers), Hank Williams, Sr., and The Kingston Trio. For a bluegrass tinge there's Flatt & Scruggs and THe Stanley Brothers that kind of stand out for me.
Then there's some of the stuff by Donovan, Neil Young (CSN&Y mostly), Leonard Cohen, Paul Simon (& Garfunkel), Marc Ribot (in his own and some of his playing w/Waits), Chris Spedding, Ry Cooder (w/Capt. Beefheart too), The Mamas & Papas, The Byrds, Gram Parsons, John Prine, Emmylou Harris, Pentangle, Fresh Maggots and Tim Buckley (both himself and Lee Underwood's playing).
Listen to "Hong Kong Bar" from Tim Buckley's uneven foray into L.A. Blues funk called "Greetings From L.A." The album is a bit odd, but the guitar on "Hong Kong Bar" is just remarkably nuts. Maybe pick up some quirky approaches from The Shaggs Philosophy of the World.
A bit more recent are Suzanne Vega and Richard Thompson.
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