Middlebury College. He came back home a fervent anti-war activist, and remains a member and supporter of Vietnam Veterans Against the War. In February 2019, his album Church Of The Blues reached number 7 in the US Billboard Blues Albums chart. Film work Watermelon Slim's music is featured in the 2009 environmental documentary Tar Creek, which is about the Tar Creek environmental disaster in Oklahoma. Music from Big Shoes to Fill, Up Close & Personal, plus a live version of "Oklahoma Blues" score this award-winning documentary by writer/director Matt Myers. Homans and Myers met while attending school together at Oklahoma State University. Discography Albums Merry Airbrakes (1973) Fried Okra Jones (1999) Big Shoes to Fill (2003) Up Close & Personal (2004) Watermelon Slim & the Workers (2006) The Wheel Man (2007) No Paid Holidays (2008) Escape From the Chicken Coop (2009) Ringers (2010) Watermelon Slim & Super Chikan Okiesippi Blues (2011) Bull Goose Rooster (2013) Golden Boy (2017) Church Of The Blues (2019) Traveling Man (2020) DVDs Ripe For the Picking (live) (2006) See also Mississippi Fred McDowell Bonnie Raitt Notes References External links Official site NorthernBlues Music Official Site American blues singers American male singers American blues guitarists American male guitarists American blues harmonica players Slide guitarists Blues musicians from Oklahoma Middlebury College alumni University of Oregon alumni Oklahoma State University alumni Living people Independent Music Awards winners Singers from Oklahoma 1949 births Guitarists from Oklahoma 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians Northern Blues Music artists