I started playing guitar and writing songs in early 2001. Then my solo project was called One Fine Mess, and started out as a 'one man band' project, where I was recording a full band instrumentation to my songs.
Well, that was too much of a hassle, so I just started writing songs that would be meant for acoustic guitar and vocals, and re-do some of the other songs for that arrangement as well.
When I stumbled across a local Massachusetts band with the name One Fine Mess, I figured it would be easier for me to just change my name and try to think of something a little more original than finding an oxymoron from a list.
This is when I came up with Burwell. When I was a toddler, about 2-3 years old, I lived in Bremerton, WA. The sreet I lived on was called Burwell. I have fond memories of living there and it was good times, so Burwell seems like the perfect name for my project.