SELWYN BIRCHWOOD CAN recall exactly when he committed himself to the blues. “When I first heard Jimi Hendrix as a kid, it sounded to me like I was hearing music from another galaxy,” the Florida-based guitarist/vocalist/lap-steel player explains. “I started reading a biography about him to find out what possessed someone to make sounds like that, and it was there I first came across the name Buddy Guy. Coincidentally, Buddy happened to be playing in town that same week, so I bought a ticket, not knowing what to expect.
“Now, anyone who’s seen Buddy live knows what an incredible showman he is, and it was then and there I said to myself, Whatever this music is, this is what I want to learn, and this is
