Damon Fowler's Practice Sessions: Blues Slide

Bill Homans, aka Watermelon Slim, and James Johnson — better known as Super Chikan — are a couple of blues legends. Slim plays guitar as if his life depended on it, blows a mean harp, and possesses a raw, scratchy voice that sounds like it’s lived through a couple of lives already. Chikan plays his own custom-built guitars and has one of those voices too. When the two of them team up to release a blues album, you’d expect it to be incendiery, a masterclass in blues showmanship and roots. You’d be right.Okisippie Blues, named after Slim’s Oklahoma roots and Chikan’s Mississippi background, just might be the blues album of the year……

Hard rocking traditional blues, from today's point of view. Harmonica, Hammond B-3, and blistering guitars,and a rhythm section so hot it'll catch your ears on fire. Giving the listener a well rounded tour through the blues. Thermal Blues Express comes from the hot air rising from the harmonica and the traditional train heading anywhere but here. We try to explore all types of blues from the hard rockin’ Self Imposed Blues and Doin’ What We Wanna Do! to the slow blues of Only Blues. Slide guitar gems like Don’t Care and No More Go showcase the brilliance of the guitar work. The inclusion of piano and Hammond B3 organ as well as the horns on Done Gone and Sittin’ on the Rim give this album the high energy blues we strive for. We hope you enjoy our mix and wish you all Love & Peace.