East Coast Blues News – Keith Lambert

There couldn’t have been a better start to the New Year! William Homans (aka Watermelon Slim) & The Truckers ( Bryan Shaw – Drums & John Allouise – Bass) finally got back to the Central Florida area. I first saw Slim at the Daytona Blues Festival in 2015, so when the January show was announced, I was ecstatic to say the least.

The former truck driver, Vietnam veteran and historian was introduced to the blues in 1954, via John Lee Hooker. Young Bill picked up the harmonica in 1959 and later the Dobro Slide guitar and began being molded by blues legends like Mississippi Fred McDowell, Little Walter, and Junior Wells.

Photo Credit Keith Lambert