His follow-up stint as a watermelon farmer in Oklahoma earned him the nickname Watermelon Slim, a name he also gives to his own special brand of music.
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Born Morris Holt to Mississippi farmers in August 1937, Slim gave up the piano and turned to guitar after losing a finger in a cotton gin accident when he was 13.
On the other hand, ex-Talking Head singer Byrne and Fatboy Slim teamed up downtown to create "Here Lies Love, " a well-received musical about the life of Imelda Marcos, the former first lady of the Philippines.