# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/watermelon-slim
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:50:02.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/watermelon-slim"
name: "Watermelon Slim"
slug: "watermelon-slim"
description: "William P. Homans III, professionally known as \"Watermelon Slim\", is an American blues musician. He plays both guitar and harmonica. He is currently signed to NorthernBlues Music, based in Toronto, Ontario. Homans has also earned bachelor's and master's degrees from University of Oregon and Oklahoma State University."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Watermelon_Slim_-_Pistoia_Blues_Festival_2008_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08459466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/watermelonslim1/"
    handle:    "watermelonslim1"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1GwDrciV2X5gn9uh0UDFwN"
    handle:    "1GwDrciV2X5gn9uh0UDFwN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.watermelonslim.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1089086"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "واتيرميلون سليم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BC"
    title: "Уотермелон Слим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_Slim"
    title: "Watermelon Slim"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97784bb9-f209-4f19-b9d5-eae3fe3dda20"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2552602"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump