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NEW CD "FROM THERE TO HERE" 22 TRACKS includes cuts from previous 3 CDs and 5 new songs.

Curtis Ross, Tampa Tribune says: " A winning mix of blues, R&B, Folk and Moody Rock."

Review from Norman Darwin Blues In Britain

Review From Radio UNG and Blues News Norway by Bjorn Wiksaas

Review in Blues Art Magazine England by Brian Harman

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  1. I Want You
  2. Tired Of The Crying
  3. Do You Ever Think About Me
  4. Let It Go
  5. Long Way To Buffalo
  6. Baby Makes Me Smile*
  7. Out Of The Blue
  8. Ain't Got No Shoes**
  9. Cook In Your Kitchen
  10. Wish I Could Stop
  11. Like The Way It Should
  12. Heart Stompin' Blues
  13. Matter Of Time
  14. Snuggle Up
  15. Blue Skies And Sunshine
  16. Let Your Hair Down Baby
  17. Miss That Touch
  18. Boy You Better
  19. Red Hot Mamas & Cool DaddyOs
  20. Cajun Man
  21. Wild Thing a.k.a. Mary's Blues
  22. Talk To Me

*Baby Makes Me Smile" Carl Cowden & Sandy Atkinson **Ain't Got no Shoes" Devin Rice & Sandy Atkinson

All other songs written by Sandy Atkinson

Cover Art: Carl Cowden III
Musicians on "From There To Here" include: Little Juke, Rock Bottom, Robert Parker, John Street, Henry Burke, Wayne Beardwood, Tomcat Blake, Jon Puhl, Dan DeGregory, Carl Cowden, Damon Fowler, Dean Germaine, Cannon Quinn, Richard Price, Frank Bowman and more.

CDs available locally at: Assylum Records, St. Petersburg FL

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Millon Dollar Baby  (2001)  
Baby Please
Million Dollar Baby 
Cook In Your Kitchen
I Want To Move To Oslo
Ain't Got No Shoes 
Wild Thang a.k.a. Mary's Blues 
Come Back To The Living 
Little Black Dresses & Wonder Bras 
Please Don't Feed The Alligators 
She's Just a Floozy 
Red Hot Mamas & Cool DaddyOs 
Cajun Man 
All songs written by Sandy Atkinson except 
Ain't Got no Shoes, co-written with Devin Rice.

©S.A. Gator Blues Publishing, BMI 2001

Norman Darwin, Blues In Britain: "She is a powerful vocalist and a gifted songwriter."

Dianna Ryan, Music City Blues, Nashville: "Ms. Atkinson's hot and humid vocals coordinate her sultry songwriting skills like garters and silk stockings!"

 

I have been fortunate to work with some of the best musicians in the country who just happen to live here in Florida.

 

The Players on Million Dollar Baby:

Tomcat Blake: Lead Guitar
Richard "Hombre" Price:  Bass & Dobro
Dan DeGregory:  Drums
Henry Burke:  Piano
Wayne Beardwood: Sax
Debra Mann: Backup Vocals

Rock Bottom added his unique harp style to 2 tracks.  He was "The Real Thing."

 

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WHY BABY WHY Released 1999
Recorded At Audio Lab, Tampa FL
Engineered by Greg Marchak
Arangements by Jon Puhl & Rock Bottom
Produced by Rock Bottom

"The musicianship is top-notch, the sound is excellent, and Atkinson's fabulous writing covers jump, intense R&B ballads, percolating soul struts, Etta James-ish burners, low down shuffles and old-time pastiches."
Tom Hyslop, Blues Revue
 

 

Why Baby Why
Tired of the crying
Someone Else is Steppin In *
Mean Man (acoustic version)
She Rocked
Blue Skies and Sunshine
Let it go
Boy You Better
Hooked on you **
Like the way it should
Mean Man (electric version)
Out of the Blue
Snuggle Up

* Denise LaSalle, Malaco Musci, BMI/Wolfville Music, BMI
** Brady, Eyeball Music/BMI
All other songs written by Sandy Atkinson

© S.A. Gator Blues Publishing, BMI, 1998

The players on Why Baby Why:
 
John Puhl:  Guitar John Street:  Keyboards Rock Bottom:  Harmonica Robert Parker:  Bass
Michael Thomas:  Drums Wayne Beardwood:  Sax Scott Myers:  Trombone Frank Boman: Sax  & Clarinet
   

 

Liner Notes and audio clips from the First CD:
 
   
   

I want You (5:01) 
Never Had The Blues So Bad (5:17) 
Do You Ever Think About Me (4:04) 
1 Nite Stand (3:46) 
Heart Stomping Blues (4:35) 
It Takes A Bitch To Rock 'n Roll (3:52)  
Miss That Touch (5:51) 
One Last Time (4:43) 
Feel The Difference (3:37) -- CD only 
Talk To Me (2:32) -- CD only 
All songs written by Sandy Atkinson 
© S.A. Gator Blues Publishing, BMI, 1995

 

"Comparisons to Janice Joplin are both likely and limiting to Atkinson whose talent goes beyond this flattering association. Carving her own niche is obviously what she does best." 
D.J. Justice, Jam Magazine (W) FL

Recorded at Audio Lab, Tampa, FL
Engineered and mixed by Greg Marchak
Additional Engineeriing by Ken Faulkenberry

Digitally Mastered by Joshua Yound and Greg Marchak at Audio Lab, Tampa, FL

Produced by Sandy Atkinson

The players on Sandy Atkinson (Self titled CD)

 
Little Juke Lead Guitar (Electric & Acoustic) 
Ronald R. "Herb" Moss Drums 
Vincent "Stickman" Warren Chapman Stick 
Sandy Atkinson Vocals, Acoustic Guitar 
Greg Marchak Additional Guitar on "Feel The Difference" 
Norma, Sylvia, Rhonda Backup Vocals on "It Takes a Bitch to Rock 'n Roll"