Born in Boston, raised in Ashville, NC, A Vietnam Veteran, Fisherman, Baseball Fan and 2x-Blues Music Award-Winner & 20x-Blues Music Award Nominated Singer, Guitarist & Songwriter WATERMELON SLIM has built a remarkable blues reputation with his raw, impassioned intensity. In February 2019, his album 'Church Of The Blues' reached #7 on the Billboard Blues Albums Chart and he was Nominated for 2 Blues Music Awards including "Album of the Year". He was Nominated again in 2021 for "Acoustic Blues Album of the Year" for 'Traveling Man (Live)'. Watermelon 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 Blues Music Award given every year); 2x-"Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year"; 2x-"Song of the Year"; 2x-"Traditional Blues Album of the Year"; 2x-"Contemporary Blues Album of the Year" - among others. "A bonafide living legend," states ROCK AND BLUES MUSE."

"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," says ELMORE MAGAZINE. "Riding high on the success of his 2019 "Church of the Blues" CD which was nominated for two Blues Music Awards, "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..." states BLUES BLAST MAGAZINE.