The Wheel Man Takes Top Honors!

On April 19th, 2007, BluePower released this CD review of Watermelon Slim and The Workers. We believed in the CD then and time has proved our point. The Wheel Man just took top honors for best Album of The Year and Band of The Year at 2008's Blues Music Awards in Memphis, Tennessee.

Congratulations to Northern Blues of Canada and to Watermelon Slim and The Workers!
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Since BluePower has been forced into taking the independent route, we have received so many great pieces of product that it's hard to believe. They come from all over the world as far as Italy and Spain. We just sit and look at each other in amazement at the shear reach of the Blues and the various shapes the art form has taken.

Today, we've chosen a CD produced by an organization from Canada....Northern Blues. They are producing some mighty talented artists. Today's Blues treasure is a CD titled The Wheel Man performed by Watermelon Slim and The Workers. Slim has produced several bodies of work prior to The Wheel Man and this time, Slim has gone above and beyond.

The Wheel Man covers a lot of territory from Slim's lament to the victims of Katrina, "Black Water" to the solo vocal and harp piece, "Jimmy Bell" with great songs of all tempos in between. The band is articulate and plays Slim's music with great feel and a foot stompin' rhythm guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

The title cut...."The Wheel Man" features a man we all know, Magic Slim, on vocals and slide guitar.

This is one CD you can pop in your iPod and cruise to all day long or slam the CD in your truck and drive all night, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Check out....The Wheel Man!

Todays music is:

1)...."Hand Clappin' "....Red Prysock....Mercury
2)...."Black Water"....Watermelon Slim....Northern Blues
3)...."I Know One"....Watermelon Slim....Northern Blues
4)...."Truck Drivin' Mama"....Watermelon Slim....Northern Blues
5)...."Jimmy Bell"....Watermelon Slim....Northern Blues
6)...."Rattlesnake"....Watermelon Slim....Northern Blues
7)...."The Wheel Man"....Watermelon Slim/Magic Slim....Northern Blues
8)...."Hand Clappin' "....Red Prysock....Mercury

Enjoy the show!
John Rhys-Eddins/BluePower.com

Play....A BluePower Re-Run....Watermelon Slim And The Workers....The Wheel Man!

To purchase a copy of The Wheel Man, go to Northern Blues!

To find out more about Watermelon Slim, click here!

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If you are an aspiring guitarist....please be sure to check out BluePower's Company Store. We have our first basic guitar lesson now available with more lessons being added soon. Help yourself....and help BluePower as well.



If you are an aspiring guitarist....please be sure to check out BluePower's Company Store. We have our first basic guitar lesson now available with more lessons being added soon. Help yourself....and help BluePower as well.