Description
In troubled times, the familiar brings us comfort. Watermelon Slim provides relief from the disquiet surrounding us today. Traveling Man is a two-album set of solo performances, just Slim, his resonator steel guitar, and a bit of harmonica.
For those familiar with Bill Homans III, this live collection has been long desired, a stripped-down presentation of his blues, and complementary to his Up Close and Personal set of many years ago. For the uninitiated, it is past time to lean in for a listen.
Acoustic blues never goes out of style (to borrow from one of Slim’s signature songs, “Truck Driving Songs,” included here) and when presented by an artist as passionate for his music as is Watermelon Slim, it also grows and thrives. Such is the case with Traveling Man, eighteen tracks of living blues.
