Watermelon Slim ~ Up Close & Personal

[Betsie Brown]

Simply a note of thanks on behalf of Southern Records for everyone's support of Bill 'Watermelon Slim' Homans' 2004 solo release Up Close & Personal.  A special thanks to those who helped it twice reach the Living Blues Charts and bestowed critical acclaim such as you'll see below. 

Listen for Slim's newly recorded material straight from Bill Wax's Bluesville in the studios of XM Satellite Radio, an upcoming appearance on Thacker Mountain Radio and other syndicated blues programs.

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WATERMELON SLIM ON TOUR IN DECEMBER:

Fri Dec 3rd:   St. Louis, MO at Broadway Street Oyster Bar

Sat Dec 4th:   Omaha, NE at McKenna's

Fri Dec 10th:  Clarksdale, MS at Ground Zero Blues Club

Sat Dec 11th:  Little Rock, AR at Anderson's Cajun Wharf

Sun Dec 12th: Memphis, TN at Huey's Midtown

Fri Dec 17th:  Kansas City, MO at B.B.'s Barbeque

Sat Dec 18th:  Oklahoma City, OK at Galileo's


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MEDIA REACTION TO UP CLOSE & PERSONAL:

"This guy is the real deal. In his playing you can hear ancient blues sound echoing into the new millennium."  
- BLUES REVUE & BLUESWAX

"Blues this real and funky ought to be outlawed, but thank goodness they're not. 5 stars out of 5" 
- THE LONDON TIMES 


"One of the best original acoustic-based discs I have heard in a long time." 
- KING BISCUIT TIME MAGAZINE


"Slim's bass-to-falsetto range on the opening song sent shivers down my spine." 

- LIVING BLUES




"A performer deeply connected to the primal forces that shaped the blues long before it crawled up the hillbilly highway to Chicago and other points north."    

- The Memphis Flyer 


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For song samples and additional information visit www.watermelonslim.com

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