Tahoe OnStage – Tim Parsons
Pure genius encourages eccentricity. Case in point, Watermelon Slim, who on Friday releases a brilliant album, “Church of The Blues.”
William Homans III acquired his blues name for his time as a watermelon farmer. But he spent most of his working life off stage as a truck driver. He destroyed his shoulder pulling lumber off an assembly line. Among many other jobs, he’s worked as an investigative newspaper reporter and has made money selling his paintings and by bowling. After initially flunking out of college, he served in the Vietnam, where he first picked up guitar and, as is his bent, approached the instrument in a most unique way. He later became an anti-war activist and earned two college degrees.
Watermelon Slim made his first blues record in 1973, but it was more than 30 years later when he became an “overnight sensation.”
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