Label: Southern Artist
Audio CD (April 25, 2006)
Recorded at, Bell Labs, Norman, Oklahoma (2002)
Blues
This disc is one of those rare blues records that provide everything one would want from blues music without the same old (and often boring) repetitions. Watermelon Slim plays from his heart and with his own singular style. If you're looking for contemporary SRV blues you might like this - especially if you like good roots music. If you like ingenuity in transfering emotions to music in an organic and unmanufactured method this album is a must. 18 tracks and not one that sounds like another simply makes economic sense. As all good blues recording have, you'll find themes of personal demons, struggles with mortality, work and women among others. But like those gems in your collection this is full of the unexpected while staying true to the concept of the 'Blues.'
More often than not, I buy records for the music with little thought for the artist. It seems all these songs are autobiographical (even the covers sound as if...) and thus make the personal connection and I find myself happy to support Slim by buying the record in hopes he can continue making more. How often have you had that feeling after purchasing a record?
By Danny Sullivan.
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Watermelon Slim- (Vocals, Lap Steel Guitar, National Guitar, Harmonica, Kalimba);
Chris "Stovall" Brown- (Guitar);
Honour Havoc- (Bass Guitar, Spoons);
Adam Enevoldsen- (Bass Guitar);
Kyle Enevoldsen- (Percussion).
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01. Truck Holler #1 2:15
02. Blue Freightliner 3:50
03. The Last Blues 4:55
04. I Dont Care No More 3:39
05. Stud Poker 2:51
06. Smokestack Lightning 4:23
07. Cynical Old Bastard 2:34
08. Two Trains Running 3:53
09. Bridgebuilder 3:11
10. Too Old Is Getting Younger All the Time 4:23
11. Highway 61 4:13
12. Scalemaster Blues 3:17
13. Archetypal Blues 6:00
14. Got My Will Made Out 6:04
15. Mean Streets 4:37
16. Truck Holler #2 1:00
17. The Whaler's Battle Cry (Bonus Track) 9:50
18. Trashy Trashman (Bonus Track) 2:30
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