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Tag: watermelon slim
Trucker Talent Search
Flatbedder John Malayter wins Trucker Talent Search with his original âTake Me Back to Tennesseeâ
Flatbed driver John Malayter is this year's Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search winner with his song "Take Me Back to Tennessee." Details here.
August 28, 2020
Overdrive Radio
Further dissection of post-ELD mandate crash rates, and the blues of Watermelon Slim
The Overdrive Radio podcast highlighted a recent study around potential safety-sensitive impacts of the ELD mandate. Get more details on it here on Overdrive.
February 8, 2019
Life
Watch: Bill âWatermelon Slimâ Homans, âLong Haul Paulâ Marhoefer live from Indiana
Bill "Watermelon Slim" Homans recently stopped at the Key Palace Theater on his tour in support of the new "Church of the Blues" record. Read more on Overdrive.
February 7, 2019
Channel 19
Watermelon Slim tour dates, and a special guest in Indiana Feb. 2
Overdriveâs own âLong Haul Paulâ Marhoefer joins Slim at the Feb. 2 performance. Also: The long and short on former owner-op and âIn the Driverâs Seatâ trucking-memoir author Marc Mayfieldâs new work of page-turning detective fiction, âOn Grove Street.â
January 14, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Faces of the Road: Bluesman and former trucker Watermelon Slim fails better
Long Haul Paulâs latest in the âFaces of the Roadâ series details the life and career of former hauler (and so much else besides)/international blues sensation Bill âWatermelon Slimâ Homans, out with a new record, âChurch of the Blues.â As Slim puts it: âIâve had a little success in a life marked mostly by failure.â
December 4, 2018
Overdrive Radio
Podcast: A look back at Watermelon Slimâs trucking blues live in Nashville, Tuscaloosa
Bill âWatermelon Slimâ Homans in 2010, upon release of his âEscape from the Chicken Coopâ record of trucking blues, playing his solo slide at Carol Annâs in Nashville and at Overdrive HQ in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
March 21, 2015
Channel 19
Cast your final vote for the top trucking song of all time
You will recall I asked for top trucking song nominations oh a couple-few weeks back. Well, from said nominations, I took the top ten contenders, those with the most mentions, and have put together a final poll where you can cast your vote. That pollâs here. Vote! And I know, I know, many clear contenders [âŚ]
July 7, 2011
Channel 19
Colorful codriver, trucking blues, health care reform and more in this monthâs Truckers News
If youâve missed the May edition of Truckers News on the racks out at the truckstops this month (I know copies in the more popular stops tend to go quickly), check it out online. Many great stories therein, including an examination of the health-care reform bill (the upshot: juryâs still of course out on how [âŚ]
May 24, 2010
Home
Exit Only: Running the road
âTruck-driving king of the bluesâ Bill âWatermelon Slimâ Homans serves up music to haul by.
May 1, 2010
Channel 19
Watermelon Slimâs on-the-road âEscape From the Chicken Coopâ
Clarksdale, Miss., resident, longtime Oklahoman and North Carolina-reared blues musicmaker Bill âWatermelon Slimâ Homans plays a mean slide guitar. And âI was an above-average harp player,â he says of his early years making music, his first record of work-song blues coming out in 1972. But when he hears what young blues players like Craig Lawler and Jason Ricci can [âŚ]
March 8, 2010
Business
Watermelon Slim performs the blues
Former trucker Bill Homans performed in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
March 8, 2010
Overdrive Extra
Watermelon Slim â on the road again with a killer sound
Itâs not every day that we trucking editors get a private lunchtime concert, but such was the case Friday here at the offices of Overdrive and Truckers News. Former trucker Bill Homans, who records and tours as Watermelon Slim, had an evening set scheduled in downtown Tuscaloosa. He got to town early enough to treat [âŚ]
March 7, 2010
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