No Paid Holidays [Slimline] (CD - 2008)

Audio Mixer: Trent Bell.

Liner Note Author: Fred Litwin.

Recording information: Bell Labs Studio, Norman, OK (11/2007).

Watermelon Slim emerged as a major player on the blues scene in the mid-2000s. Backed by his hard-hitting band, the Workers, he spins out a sound that's full of grit and twang, and is undeniably roots-conscious, but never seems retro or imitative. He has a quirky vocal style that might be an acquired taste, but over the course of NO PAID HOLIDAYS, he lets loose on everything from shuffles to funk grooves to locomotive boogie with a brashness that's equaled by his obvious passion for the blues. minimize