Charles Atkins
The Practice Sessions
Tom's Studio, Tallahassee, FL
July 1, 1993

ca1993-07-01.flac16

Taped by: SCopeland
Transfered by: SCopeland

Recorded via Yamaha 16 track SBD > 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.  

August 07 - more quiet times at Torreya State Park with a good German Hefewiezen at night and strong coffee thru the days. Had a big booming storm last night; meanwhile a hurricane aims for the Gulf - SCopeland 
	
1 The Greatest -walkthru
2 The Greatest Bluesman #
3 Since You Been - walkthru
4 Since You Been Gone #
5 God Can Do It
6 God Can Do It #
7 One God #
8 Since You Been Gone
9 I Need a Break
10 While It's -walkthru	
11 While It's Cookin'
12 Two Women
13 Two Women
14 Show Opener - talk
15 Show Opener #
16 Everyday I Have the Blues
17 Wonderful One
18 Little Bit
19 Blues Is -intro
20 Everyday I Have the Blues
21 I Need a Break
22 I Need -variations & goodnights

# new, first time recorded		
@ 1.4 hours; 852 meg aiff or wav

Highlights: Tracks 2, 4, 11, 13, 21


Players:
Charles Atkins - keyboards and vocals
The Blues Boys
Larry Laseur - harmonica
Harty Wiedemann - guitar
Tom Henning - guitar
with Matt Thiebault - bass & RC - drums

Notes:
The Greatest Bluesman, Charles' tribute to BB King, is a very sweet song, wonderful performance. Another new song tonight is Since You Been Gone. Track 4 is great with Charles by himself; on track 8 the boys try to learn it and once they get it going, it just keeps going. Love the little piece beginning track 8 when Matt walks in. Charles also brings out 2 new "spirituals" while waiting for the boys to settle in. Nothing like starting the night with 4 new songs!

So the boys are cooking tonight, Matt & RC are comfortable; lots of uptempo tunes like track 11. It's got a tape break midway thru but that's cool. After Two Women, they practice the show opener. There had been many attempts at finding a way to start a show. One time we opened with the band playing and I walked Charles in from the back of the room but that sorta broke the flow of the music by the time he got settled, his cane put aside, the stool set, the mic adjusted, and me back to the board. So anyways, this show opener was supposed to go right into Everyday I Have the Blues but it drags a bit here in transition. The second try on track 20 is better altho I was late on the tape. They also repeat I Need a Break on track 21 and it's one of the best takes I've heard them do. The last stuff is somewhat interesting as Charles plays with some variations on it. Enjoy!

I believe this was Tom's last session with Charles, altho I can't say for sure he was even playing tonight, as he often stayed in the background. Anyways - thanks for the room and good times Tom!

