Overdrive – Todd Dills

If you’ve never seen trucker (and so much more) turned contemporary blues virtuoso William “Watermelon Slim” Homans III play live, I’d urge you to take the opportunity afforded by a tour he’s on supporting his latest record, “Church of the Blues.” With dates starting Jan. 24 (in Oxford, Miss., in Homans’ current home state), then tracking up North for several dates in the Midwest before heading back South and moving on, on Feb. 2 Slim will be in Redkey, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, for a date at the Key Palace Theater. There, he’ll have a special guest in Overdrive Extra contributing blogger and singer-songwriter Paul Marhoefer, native of a nearby town and who’s played several times at Key Palace in past.