Charles Atkins
The Practice Sessions
Tom's Studio, Tallahassee, FL
April 9, 1993

ca1993-04-09.flac16
File names have A and B - tape side A, side B.

Recorded via a 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. And I'm home now, not camping in the woods since my RV broke down Christmas morning, the last time I worked on this.  Grrrrrr -  Scott Copeland - Jan. 2007


Trk	Name
01	Why Should I Stop #
02	Why Should I Stop -messed up
03	Why Should I Stop -can i start over
04	Happy Birthday to the Baby #
05	The Key to Your Heart #
06	The Key to Your Heart
07	Here We are in Heaven #
08	Here We are in Heaven
09	Standing on Shaky Ground #
10	Standing on Shaky Ground
11	Standing on Shaky Ground
12	Loves Refrain
13	Cant Get Enough
14	Cant Get Enough
15	Cant Get Enough
16	You Can Make It
17	You Can Make It
18	You Can Make It
19	You Can Make It
20	You Can Make It
21	You Can Make It
22	Drown In My Own -Toms part
23	Drown In My Own Tears
24	Drown In My Own Tears
25	Send Her Home to Me #
total time @ 1.5 hours 
925 MB at 1411 kbps.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


Highlights:
Why Should I Stop - late start on track 1, track 2 is "messed up" and Charles sweetly asks if he can start over. Track 3 is complete, with Larry giving a tasteful touch on harp.
Happy Birthday to the Baby - one in a series of kids songs Charles wanted to do; it gets a bit wild near the end. I guess it's Tom on guitar as Harty doesn't come in till track 7. Charles almost sounds guilty when Harty walks in because we are deep into it with a wide swath of songs from blues to Christian to kids to country.
The Key to Your Heart - sweet song; pure Charles - it's all in the voice with soft piano and a touch of Larry. Track 6 is golden, with Charles only.
Here We are in Heaven and Loves Refrain - well done but I dunno. Funny how Charles can stick those in between the band songs while the boys break. Usually on the repeated band songs, the last one is best. You also might skip track 22 where Tom gets his lesson on Drown In My Own Tears but Charles gets a good laugh with Tom at the end of track 23 before nailing it on 24.
The last track - Send Her Home to Me  - another of those end of tape tunes coaxed out of Charles, made up on the spot. 

