Career
He also plays guitar in recording sessions for musical artists such as Kenny Rogers, Johnny Reid, Keni Thomas, Jimmy Hall, and Wynonna Judd. Selby is perhaps best known for the number of songs that he co-wrote with the blues-rock artist Kenny Wayne Shepherd which includes the Number. 1 single, "Blue on Black".
This song was also Billboard magazine rock track of the year in 1998.
Selby also collaborated with Sillers on the Number. Selby has released four solo albums thus far.
The first two projects, More Storms Comin" and Dirt were on Vanguard Records. After signing with ZYX in Merenberg, Germany, he released his third Civil Defense, "And The Horse You Rode In On".
This all-acoustic release features Selby"s 1974 Mossman guitar and spurred a broad audience in Germany and Switzerland.
His most recent project, Nine Pound Hammer, was released in 2008. He has worked with the Grammy winning record producer Brent Maher on all of his projects. Besides the Mossman, he plays a modified 1990s Fender Relic Nocaster, a Fender Rory Gallagher Fender Stratocaster, and a 1944 Gibson J-45.
As for amplifiers, he describes himself as "a Fender guy." When asked to describe some of his influences, he notes, "When I was younger, I really got into an Eric Clapton anthology that had a cross selection of songs he was well known for, and some spontaneous jams with Jimmy Page and Muddy Waters.
There was so much emotion and a big slice of life in those songs performed by the old blues players..Billy Gibbons was also a very big influence..He had a great way of synthesizing a lot of great styles and making it his own.".
