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\f0\fs28 \cf0 Charles Atkins\
The Practice Sessions\
Tom's Studio, Tallahassee, FL\
Dec 17, 1992\
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Taped by: SCopeland\
Transfered by: SCopeland\
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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. \
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1 Merry Christmas Baby\
2 Movin' On\
3 Stop Leading Me On\
4 Stop Leading -ending\
5 Stop Leading -chords\
6 Sweet Little Angel\
7 Keyboard tuning\
8 The Midnight Special\
9 New Train\
10 New Train\
11 Sit In\
12 Sloppy Talk\
13 Don't Get Around Much Anymore\
14 Autumn Leaves\
15 Chestnuts Roasting ...\
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Highlights: tracks 1,6\
total time @ 46 min 475 MB at 1411 kbps aiff or wav\
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Players:\
Charles Atkins - keyboards and vocals\
The Blues Boys\
Larry Laseur - harmonica, backup vocals\
Harty Wiedemann - guitar\
Tom Henning - guitar\
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Short session - there may have been another cassette (with this being the last 15 songs on a second) but it's long gone unless Harty saved the tapes he had. At this point I was just getting serious about organizing and documenting the sessions. So, no drummer or bass player tonight - and the session ends with the guys talking about just that, throwing out names like Stretch on drums or Randy Barnhill on bass. \
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The mix tonight favors Charles, like on the first track Merry Christmas Baby - great vocals. I guess some of these covers are just being introduced as Charles will call out the chords (tracks 2-5) altho you hear them many times over the next year until they become automatic.\
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Absolutely love Sweet Little Angel - once Charles finds his key (G). Harty even finds a good lead and Larry is right on. The Midnight Special is an instrumental. New Train starts out "on the wrong beat" which Harty then slows down. Funny how later versions end up going faster tho. Track 9 gets everyone laughing over "Houston - Delaware". Didn't realize Sit In was a BB King song - Charles demos it for the Boys here. That's Larry scatting along with Charles on Don't Get Around Much Anymore with Tom playing rhythm. \
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The last 2 tracks are Charles solo as the Boys talk in the background. Something different for Charles and a chance to show off his keyboard playing.\
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January 2009 Enjoy! SCopeland\
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