by Tom Watson. Tony Furtado thinks 13 may be his lucky number. Thirteen (2007, Funzalo Records) is the 13th album from the 13-x-3-year-old singer-songwriter-guitarist-banjoist whose career highlights range from winning national banjo competitions to appearing on stage with Keith Richards and Telecaster master James Burton. Furtado's 1987 win at the National Banjo Competition (a feat he would repeat in '91) led to a touring sideman stint with bluegrass musician (fiddle) Laurie Lewis (Laurie Lewis and Grant Street) and the launch of his professional career. But, bluegrass was only one style of music that interested Furtado. He'll spend the next two decades fusing bluegrass, country, rock, blues, jazz, and folk (both American and European) on his expanding instrument arsenal of banjo, guitar, slide guitar and voice...