Charles Atkins
The Practice Sessions
Tom's Studio, Tallahassee, FL
May 6, 1993

ca1993-05-06.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.  

June of 07 already, and it's hot at my favorite place -  Torreya State Park.  SCopeland 


01 I Made It Over #
02 I Made It Over
03 I Made It Over
04 The Alphabet Song #
05 It's the Train #
06 It's the Train
07 Tom's Piece
08 City Life (Is Killing Me) #
09 Honey That's Nice #
10 Honey That's Nice
11 Honey That's Nice
12 Honey That's Nice
13 Honey That's Nice
14 Honey That's Nice
15 Where Do You Go from Here #
16 St Louie Blues
17 Stop Doggin' Me Around
18 Best Call
19 Catch Some Highway
20 Old Fashioned Rockin'
21 Old Fashioned Rockin'
22 Home Where You Belong
23 Home Where You Belong
24 Foolin' Around
25 Foolin' Around
26 Talk - Bending Rhodes
27 Hurry Home #

@ 1.6 hours; 1,012 meg aiff or wav

# new, first time recorded

Players:
Charles Atkins - keyboards and vocals
The Blues Boys
Larry Laseur - harmonica
Harty Wiedemann - guitar
Tom Henning - guitar
with Brian Baker on drums


Highlights:
Tracks 2, 4, 6, 16, 17, 18

Several new songs in this session. Everyone's comfortable, playing around, adding something, even Tom comes out with a tune. Evening starts with another spiritual, Charles on organ getting warmed up; 3rd track adds some piano but he struggles some, track 2 is better. Next we jump into the Alphabet Song, a children's song but I think Charles says a bad work right at the start ;)  Wooo-hooo - it's the train. Love it!
Next is Tom's piece, and it sounds like that gets some words and shifts into City Life, not sure but it has a nice groove. Then Harty starts the next tune which Charles titles Honey That's Nice. Several takes before getting it on track 15 altho Charles has somme questions about the theme.
Must be breaktime so it's Charles working out Where Do You Go from Here - piano parts, then vocals kick in. Cool version of St Louie Blues, slower than usual and with organ. Stop Doggin' Me Around gets stretched too, enough for everyone to show off a piece. Finally - a complete version of Best Call, altho Larry needs some encouragement and comes thru strong at the end. Better version of Catch Some Highway too; the practice pays off as they get to play around with it some. Ditto for Old Fashioned Rockin' and since things are going good, they work on another new tune - Home Where You Belong. It gets going but also clips some beginning of second take. After this Charles starts Foolin Around; tempo picks up on second version. Last track is one of those end of night wonders where Charles just finds something and works it. Larry on harp. Ran out of tape so there is a slight break halfway. And the BURP at the end.



