Bobby & Mark Atkins
President: Jolene Caudill
1109 Cleburne St.
Greensboro, NC 27408
Telephone: 336/427-7683
Annual - $5
Tri-Annual Newsletter
Autographed 8x10 Photo
Merchandise and Souvenirs
Member Button / Card
Biography / Fact Sheet
Club Get-Togethers
Discography
Meet and Greet
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| FULL NAME: | Mark James Atkins |
| DATE OF BIRTH: | May 25, 1965 |
| ZODIAC SIGN: | Gemini |
| BIRTH PLACE: | Greensboro NC U.S.A. |
| CURRENT RESIDENCE: | Madison NC U.S.A. |
| HAIR/EYE COLOR: | Brown / Green |
| HEIGHT: | 5' 11" |
| MARITAL STATUS: | Married |
| SPOUSE: | Linda Faye Atkins |
| PARENTS: | Judy & Bobby Atkins |
| CHILDREN: | Hannah Leigh, Benjmen Mark, Chassidy E. |
| SIBLINGS: | Torey, Matthew & Jason |
| RECORD LABEL & YEAR SIGNED: | Thunderbolt (Signed in 1998) |
| BEST KNOWN RECORDINGS: | "Old Hotel Rag" and "Heartaches" |
| INSTRUMENTS PLAYED: | Mandolin, bass, guitar & drums. |
| BAND NAME: | Bobby and Mark Atkins and the Countrymen |
| BIGGEST CAREER BREAK: | Recording for Thunderbolt Records. |
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| EDUCATION: | 8th grade |
| PREVIOUS JOBS: | Performed with Bobby Atkins (Daddy) since I was 11 years of age. |
| AWARDS: | Upcoming Vocal Musician. |
| HOBBIES: | Fishing, hunting, model cars. |
| MUSIC PERFORMERS/GREATEST INFLUENCES: | Sam Bush, Tony Rice and Doyle Lawson and Bobby (Daddy) Atkins. |
| NON-MUSIC INFLUENCES: | Robert E. Lee |
| FAVORITE RECORDED SONG: | "Softly And Tenderly" |
| GREATEST CAREER THRILL: | First time I played with Daddy on the back of a trailer in Madison, NC when I was 11 years old. |
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| FOOD: | Grilled Hamburgers |
| BOOKS: | Bible and history |
| TV SHOWS: | "Andy Griffith" |
| MOVIE: | "The Winter People" |
| MOVIE ACTRESS(ES): | Kim Basinger |
| COMEDIAN: | Jerry Lewis |
| SPORTS TO PLAY: | Playing with (and helping) my son. |
| SPORTS TO WATCH: | Baseball |
| SPORTS TEAM: | Yankees |
| VACATION SPOT: | Mountains |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT TO BE... | |
| Becoming a Christian. |
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| I CONSIDER MY GREATEST CAREER ACHIEVEMENT TO BE... | |
| Becoming a recording artist. |
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| THE PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO CUT A DUET WITH... | |
| Don Rigsby |
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| MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT WAS... | |
| Stood up to accept an award but my name was
not the one called. |
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| THE FUNNIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME ON STAGE IS... | |
| When cousin Lim, bass player, fell back into
the drums that I just happened to be playing at the time! |
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| THE MOST TOUCHING THING A FAN HAS EVER DONE WAS... | |
| Had their picture made with me! |
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| MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS... | |
| Being late. |
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| MY BIGGEST CHARACTER FLAW IS... | |
| Being shy and backward. |
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| SECRETLY, I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO... | |
| (I can't tell. It's a secret!) |
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| A HABIT I'D MOST LIKE TO BREAK... | |
| Overeating |
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