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     Watermelon Slim and The Workers, has a total of 4 Blues Music Award nominations! Thats a total of 17 nominations in 4 years, since the debut of "Up Close & Personal" in 2004.



Watermelon Slim & The Workers Nominations for the 30th BMA's are:

BB King Entertainer of the Year

Watermelon Slim

Band of the Year
Watermelon Slim & The Workers

Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
"No Paid Holidays", Watermelon Slim & The Workers

Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Watermelon Slim

    

2008 "No Paid Holidays" Tour Dates

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Watermelon Slim & The Workers Have a New CD On The Way!
NO PAID HOLIDAYS (2008)

NorthernBlues Music will release No Paid Holidays on June 24, 2008 in stores everywhere.

14 more songs recorded in November 2007 by Watermelon Slim & The Workers with special guests Lee Roy Parnell on electric slide guitar and David Maxwell on piano, produced by Chris Wick. Buy online here starting June 20th. View some pictures from our recording session. Check out the mp3 sound samples for all 14 songs from Watermelon Slim & The Workers "No Paid Holidays" here now.

THE WHEEL MAN (2007)

Watermelon Slim & The Workers "The Wheel Man", from the NorthernBlues Music label, with special guests Magic Slim and David Maxwell. 14 new songs produced by Chris Wick.

Check out pictures of the recording of "The Wheel Man." Order Now! Check out the mp3 sound samples for all 14 songs from Watermelon Slim & The Workers "The Wheel Man" here now.


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December 13, 2008

VOTE NOW!!!
Watermelon Slim and The Workers, has a total of 4 Blues Music Award nominations! Thats a total of 17 nominations in 4 years, since the debut of "Up Close & Personal" in 2004.
Watermelon Slim & The Workers Nominations for the 30th BMA's are:

BB King Entertainer of the Year

Watermelon Slim
Band of the Year
Watermelon Slim & The Workers
Contemporary Blues Album of the Year
"No Paid Holidays", Watermelon Slim & The Workers
Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year
Watermelon Slim

October 29, 2008

The Roots Music Association members have nominated Watermelon Slim and the Workers for the Artist of the Year category for the 2008 Roots Music Association Awards.

October 25, 2008

Watermelon Slim and The Workers have been nominated for the BB King International Artist of the Year category for the 2008 Maple Blues Awards. Go to torontobluessociety.com for all nominees and more info.

October 14, 2008

The Watermelon Slim revised podcast is up and available on iTunes now. Go on iTunes and view the piece by doing a search on "talkin'blues podcast" or by clicking on the link listed below. For those without iTunes (and with the latest version Quicktime software) they can also subscribe the podcast through my podcast site - talkinblues.podbean.com.

September 23, 2008

Slim & Workers -Blues Cruise Fall 2008.
Watermelon Slim & The Workers are pleased to be invited back for another Blues Cruise this Fall 2008. For all you cruisers booked for the Oct 5th departure, if have never met Slim and The Workers, please take time to chat with the boys. They want to meet all of you and sign cds.

September 22, 2008

Solo Tour in Turkey & Russia
Watermelon Slim tours Turkey and Russia! Slim is looking forward performing his own "up close and personal style" of Blues from Istanbul to Moscow this Fall 2008. This solo tour was been long in the making. We would like to thank Rick Booth and all the staff at Intrepid Artists for making this happen.

July 21, 2008

No Paid Holidays at #10 on Billboard Blues Album Charts! The new release by Watermelon Slim and the Workers debuted at #15, then went straight up to #10. Buy the new cd here online now or go see Slim and the Workers at a show, buy the cd and have your cd autographed by Slim and the Workers.

June 25, 2008

Check out the Multimedia page for many new CD Reviews.

June 20, 2008

"No Paid Holidays" is available online here now! Listen to Watermelon Slim & The Workers "No Paid Holidays"

June 1, 2008

New Cd Release from Watermelon Slim & The Workers! "No Paid Holidays" will release in stores everywhere on June 24th, 2008. 14 more songs recorded in November 2007 by Watermelon Slim & The Workers with special guests Lee Roy Parnell on electric slide guitar and David Maxwell on piano, produced by Chris Wick. Buy online here starting June 20th. Check out the mp3 sound samples for all 14 songs from Watermelon Slim & The Workers "No Paid Holidays" here now.

May 20, 2008

Check out our new free music download "Red, White & Blues" off of the 2003 album "Big Shoes To Fill."

May 9, 2008

Watermelon Slim and The Workers Bring Home Two Awards!
Congratulations to Watermelon Slim and The Workers for winning "The Blues Album of The Year" for "The Wheel Man" and "The Blues Band of The Year." Watermelon Slim and The Workers were nominated for six awards this year.

May 1, 2008

Here is a taste of what blues lovers will get on Thursday, May 8th at the Blues Music Awards. Click on the photo to view more shots of Watermelon Slim and the Workers.


February 29, 2008

Watermelon Slim and The Workers On Tour!
Check the tour link for show dates in your area. Shows are scheduled for USA, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy. More dates added daily.

January 17, 2008

Watermelon Slim and the Workers Win "International Artist of the Year" at the annual Maple Blues Music Awards, sponsored by Toronto Blues Society.
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