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deborah berlingerI play drums and percussion for three music groups: Charles Atkins Blues Band, Charles Atkins & Company, and The Mayhaws. I am very fortunate to live in a area blessed with so many excellent musicians; Tallahasse, Florida. Tallahassee is the home of Florida State University (FSU) which is one of the finest music schools in the nation. Charles is known as the "professor of the blues," since he teaches and conducts the blues and improve labs at FSU. About the The Mayhaws: The mayhaw is the fruit of several kinds of hawthorn trees native to the low and swampy parts of the deep south. As the name implies, the fruit ripens in early May. Because hawthorn trees are covered in thorns and impossible to climb, folks used to go out and collect the fruit by laying a blanket under the tree and shaking the haws out onto it. The jellies and wines made from the mayhaw are considered to be amongst the finest in the world. Like their namesakes, The Mayhaws are sweet and thorny, playing
music rooted in American and American-immigrant traditions. Each member
brings to the enterprise a wealth of musical experience, their combined
talents resulting in a piquant mix of folk, honky-tonk, soul, bluegrass
and old-school country. A Mayhaws set can run the gamut from traditional
hill music to delta blues to pop songs re-imagined as jug tunes.
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