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Free Download - Watermelon Slim

Due to a high demand for more songs from Watermelon Slim, you can now download a Watermelon Slim song free.
Share these with your friends, but we do ask that you don't sell these downloads. Hope you enjoy the music and please give us feedback on Slim's Blog.
And as always, please stop by and see Watermelon Slim on tour.

Current Download
Oklahoma Blues - William Homans (Watermelon Slim) - CD: Big Shoes To Fill, 2003
Oklahoma Blues (right click for download)



Printed Media

Official Press Release - May 2008

The Reader - April 2008

Watermelon Review - April 2008
Cincy Groove - March 2008
Norman Transcript - January 2008
Pegasus News - January 2008
Tulsa World - December 2007
International Artist of the Year Nomination Announcement - December 2007
The Bloomington Alternative - December 2007
Paste Magazine - December 2007
Harp - December 2007
Boston Blues - November 2007
Swampland - The Wheel Man Review
The Wheel Man CD Review - September 2007
Graham Reid Interview - September 2007
Wellington Newspaper - August 2007
thedailytimes.com - August 2007
Canada.com - August 2007
SEE Magazine - August 2007
Canada.com - August 2007
Edmontonsun.com - August 2007
Canada.com - August 2007
Edmontonsun.com - Why blues? - August 2007
Vue Weekly - August 2007
Bethlehem Daily Star Blog - July 2007
Penguin Eggs - July 2007
West Michigan Blues Society Newsletter - July 2007
Blues Review - July 2007
Straight.com - July 2007
MOJO Magazine - June 2007
SignOnSanDiego.com - June 2007
Harp Magazine CD Review - June 2007
Biloxi Bay - February 2007
River Cities' Reader - June 2007
BlogCritics Magazine - The Wheel Man Review - June 2007
BlogCritics Magazine - June 2007
Arkansas Online - June 2007
Prince George Free Press - June 2007
Harp Review - June 2007
Elsehere.co.nz - May 2007
Oraclesmusic.com - May 2007
Blues Matters UK - May 2007
post-gazette.com - April 2007
Jazz Review - April 2007
Allmusic.com - April 2007
The Phoenix - April 2007
The Norman Transcript - April 2007
Blues Art Journal - April 2007
Bloggin' The Blues: Watermelon Slim's The Wheel Man Preview - March 2007
The Wheel Man - Knoxville Blues Society Review - March 2007
The Wheel Man - Blues Society Review - March 2007
Blues Foundation IBC Interview - February 2007
Broward-Palm Beach New Times - January 2007
Edmonton Sun - January 2007
Blog Critics Magazine - January 2007
Wayward Blog - December 2006
Blues Wax - June 2006
Barrelhouse Blues - Artist Spotlight - August 2006
Daily Gate City - August 2006
Rolling on The River - Blues Festival Keukok, IA
Guitar One - 2006
Truckers News - 2006
Globe & Mail - April 2006
Toronto Star - April 2006
Hamilton Spectator - April 2006
Mary 4 Music, Interview - May 2005
The Oklahoman Feature - Jan 2005
Southwest Blues Interview - 2004
Blues Matters, United Kingdom, Interview - 2004
Blues Wax, Interview - August 2004
Vietnam Songbook - March 2003
NPR - Protest Music for a New Generation - March 2003
Village Voice - The Sound of the City - March 2003


Audio Interviews

House of Blues Interview (full interview)
House of Blues Interview from March 2006.

Chapters

  1. Dan Akroyd introduces Watermelon Slim. Song clip: Hard Times 1:15
  2. Learning guitar in a Vietnam hospital bed. 2:04
  3. Truck driving and drinking diesel fuel vs. whiskey. Song Clip: Dumpster Blues 1:40
  4. Song clip: Devil's Cadillac 0:34
  5. Slim discusses The Delta. 1:20
  6. The name, story and performances of Watermelon Slim. Song clip: Checkwriting Woman 2:34
  7. Soldier, trucker, farmer, teacher, and Bluesman. Who's uglier - Slim or Elvin Bishop? 0:54
  8. Close. Song Clip: Ash Tray 1:48

XM Radio Blues Wax Interview (full interview)
XM Radio Blues Wax Interview from November 2004.

Chapters

  1. Intro 0:16
  2. Blues First 1:00
  3. Jimmy Bell 3:34
  4. Influences 2:08
  5. Why Blues 2:53
  6. OK Blues 1:17

Podcast - Beardo interviews Slim    Warning it may take a few minutes to load this mp3 file!
Provided by thebeardo@gmail.com

Video Clips

Mississippi Valley Blues Festival
From the Festival on June 30, 2007

Watermelon Slim - Truck Driving Mama - Live
Truck Driving Mama


Watermelon Slim - Telluride Blues & Brews Festival - Live
Telluride Blues & Brews Festival
Interview from the Festival, Sept. 15th & 16th, 2006


Watermelon Slim - Roots - Live
From the DVD "Ripe for the Picking" Track #2
Live at the Staircase, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 8th & 9th, 2005
Video by Rob Newberry & Ian Gibbons

Watermelon Slim - Smokestack Lightening - Live
From the DVD "Ripe for the Picking" Track #3
Live at the Staircase, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 8th & 9th, 2005
Video by Rob Newberry & Ian Gibbons

Watermelon Slim - Little Girl (I Don't Care No More) - Live
From the DVD "Ripe for the Picking" Track #13
Live at the Staircase, Hamilton, ON, Apr. 8th & 9th, 2005
Video by Rob Newberry & Ian Gibbons

Watermelon Slim & The Workers - Killing Floor - Live
Written by Chester Burnett
Video by Merl Zuel

Watermelon Slim & The Workers - Mannish Boy - Live
Written by Morganfield, London & McDaniel
Video by Merl Zuel

Watermelon Slim & The Workers - I Got A Problem - Live
Written by Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans
Video by Merl Zuel

Watermelon Slim & The Workers - Stud Poker - Live
Written by Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans
Video by Merl Zuel

Watermelon Slim & The Workers - I Don't Care No More - Live
Written by Sonny Boy Williamson
Video by Merl Zuel

Watermelon Slim & David Maxwell - July 2005
Ottawa Blues Festival, July 2005
Video by Rob Newberry

Podcasts

Get the latest audio and video as soon as it comes out on ITunes and Feedburner. For Podcasts of all multimedia click here!



MP3 Samples

The Wheel Man

Following samples are from the upcoming cd "The Wheel Man".

  1. The Wheel Man
  2. I've Got News
  3. Black Water
  4. Jimmy Bell
  5. Newspaper Reporter
  6. Drinking & Driving
  7. Fast Eddie
  8. Sawmill Holler
  9. Truck Driving Mama
  10. I Know One
  11. Got Love If You Want It
  12. Rattlesnake
  13. Peaches
  14. Judge Harsh Blues

Watermelon Slim & The Workers

  1. Hard Times
  2. Dumpster Blues
  3. Baby Please Don't Go
  4. Devil's Cadillac
  5. Check Writing Woman
  6. Possum Hand
  7. Frisco Line
  8. Ash Tray
  9. Mack Truck Bumper
  10. Bad Sinner
  11. Folding Money Blues
  12. Juke Joint Woman
  13. Hard Labor
  14. Eau de Boue

Up Close & Personal

  1. Truck Holler #1
  2. Blue Freightliner
  3. The Last Blues
  4. I Don't Care No More
  5. Stud Poker
  6. Smokestack Lightning
  7. Cynical Old Bastard
  8. Two Trains Running
  9. Bridgebuilder
  10. Too Old is Getting Younger All the Time
  11. Highway 61
  12. Scalemaster Blues
  13. Archetypal Blues
  14. Got My Will Made Out
  15. Mean Streets
  16. Truck Holler #2

Bonus Tracks

  1. The Whaler's Battle Cry
  2. Trashy Trashmen

Big Shoes to Fill

  1. Let it Be in Memphis
  2. She Makes Me Earn My Money
  3. Shed My Blood in Mississippi
  4. Immortal
  5. Who's Gonna Pay?
  6. Oklahoma Blues
  7. They Call Me Watermelon Slim
  8. WWW
  9. I Got a Problem
  10. Cruisin'
  11. Take Off Your Masks
  12. Red, White and Blues

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