Charles Atkins
The Practice Sessions
Tom's Studio, Tallahassee, FL
March 7, 1993

Recorded via a Yamaha 16 track board to 2 track cassette mono. 
Digitized using Griffin iMic and Final Vinyl at 32 bit (transferred to wav/flac at 16 bit) using my G4 iBook while camped at Torreya State Park, Florida.  This is the first tape I digitized because one, I love the songs at the end, and two, it was the first tape in the box of 15. Tapes are in pristine condition and I am using the original JVC TD-W707 deck. All us Blues Boys had one of these.   Scott Copeland - Nov. 2006


Trk	Name				Time
01	FlipFlopFly			1:33
02	I Got A Woman			1:13
03	Reputation - start		0:21
04	Talk1 No Frownin On Stage	3:03
05	Keep Your Shirt On		1:34
06	Keep Your Shirt On		0:59
07	Talk2				1:20
08	Talk3 Charles wants more	0:55
09	Nothing Takes the Place of You	1:03
10	Nothing Takes the Place of You	3:27
11	Drown In My Own Tears		3:52
12	My Eyes Couldn't Cry #		4:08
13	My Eyes Couldn't Cry story	3:11
14	Miracles Live In Me #		5:19
15	Talk End			5:56 
total time @ 39:00, 395 megabytes

# new, first time recorded

Players:
Charles Atkins - keyboards and vocals
The Blues Boys
Larry Laseur - harmonica
Harty Wiedemann - guitar
Tom Henning - guitar

Matt Thiebault - bass
RC - drums


Notes:
This short practice session was intended to get the 2 new players (Matt and RC, students of Charles at FSU) familiar with song starts, changes and stops for the next gig. Matt was a wonderfully gifted bass player; RC was, in his own words, a little nervous on stage. As I recall, a couple of the guys were a bit short with RC during the previous gig and that didn't help his confidence. All that lead up to the "No Frownin On Stage" talk. The voices in the backtalk are usually Harty wheedling about the set list or something, and Larry keeping everything hepped up. You might hear me on occasion, as in "tape rolling." My apologies for any late starts, pops or hisses, lost parts, or faulty recollections. I left the talk in as some of it is interesting, and I boosted the sound on the talk parts so those have some background tape hiss. Recorded via a Yamaha 16 track board to 2 track cassette mono. Digitized using Griffin iMic and Final Vinyl at 32 bit (transferred to wav/flac at 16 bit) using my G4 iBook while camped at Torreya State Park, Florida.  This is the first tape I digitized because one, I love the songs at the end, and two, it was the first tape in the box. Tapes are in pristine condition and I am using the original JVC TD-W707 deck. All us Blues Boys had one of these. SC - Nov. 2006

Highlights:
Early on during this session, you could tell Charles had his agenda (see track 8), and things start to heat up as Charles opens up his pipes. The progression of tracks 10, 11, 12/13 and 14 is just amazing. My Eyes Couldn't Cry - Charles called this a folk song, meaning it was based on his life. Don't miss the story after. To the best of my knowledge, like many of his own copyrighted tunes in these practice sessions, it was never sung in public or recorded again. Charles closes by showing his gospel side with Miracles Live In Me. As he says after - WHEW!


