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Backaches, Cheap Whiskey, and 12 Bars! Altered Five Blues Band & Selwyn Birchwood Unleash the Pure, Gritty Essence of the Blues Every time the ice clinks in my glass, I find myself counting down the time left in my life alongside my ever-growing stack of chiropractor appointment cards. But nothing blows away a gloomy night like a dusty dose of good old 12-bar blues. The rest of the world might be buzzing about sleek, polished AI music, but I’m just a stubborn old coot who refuses to sell his soul to any sound that doesn't reek of human sweat and dirt, stubbornly dropping the needle on vinyl day in and day out. And riding in on a gritty breeze from the US came some top-shelf blues news guaranteed to make even my tired, bleary eyes snap wide open. Milwaukee’s ironclad crew, Altered Five Blues Band, and Florida’s young prodigy, Selwyn Birchwood. Tonight, let me bend your ear for a bit about the massive sonic gut-punches these two acts are dishing out. …