“Riding high on the success of his 2019 Church of the Blues CD which was nominated for two Blues Music Awards…His first album from 1973 Merry Airbrakes had to wait 29 years for a second one follow it. That album, Big Shoes to Fill and it’s successors brought Slim to national fame and now have resulted in 20 BMA nominations and two wins so far for his discography of 14 albums…” says BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE. “His 2019 Church of the Blues received two BMA nominations for “Album of the Year” and “Traditional Album of the Year”…This is a true master at work,” raves ELMORE MAGAZINE.
Born in Boston and a Vietnam Veteran, 2x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 20x-Blues Music Award Nominee Bill "WATERMELON SLIM" Homans has built a remarkable reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. In February 2019, his album 'Church Of The Blues' reached number 7 in the US Billboard Blues Albums chart. Watermelon Slim previously won 2 Blues Music Awards for "Album of the Year" & "Band of the Year". Slim's 20 Blues Music Award Nominations include: 4x-"Band of the Year"; 3x-"B.B. King Entertainer of the Year" (the most prestigious and coveted BMA every year); 2x-"Contemporary Blues Male Artist"; 2x-"Song of the Year"; 2x-"Traditional Blues Album"; 2x-"Contemporary Blues Album." Slim was Nominated in 2020 for 2 Blues Music Awards for his album 'Church of the Blues' ("Traditional Blues Album" & "Album of the Year"). He was Nominated again in 2021 for "Acoustic Blues Album" for 'Traveling Man (Live)'. "...Slim further cements his status as a bonafide living legend." - ROCK AND BLUES MUSE.