WATSON ATKINSON’S MITCHELL ATKINSON MEMORIAL/TATTOO TOUR TO GEORGIA
Many of you may have heard of the recent passing of Athens/Helen tattooer Mitchell Atkinson. Mitch and his twin brother Watson, collectively known as the "Twins of Pain", have made an indelible contribution to Georgia tattooing and Mitch's death has saddened us and countless other tattoo collectors, artists, family members, and friends. RIP Mitchell Atkinson -May 4 1971- May 3 2011.
(Via Watson Atkinson) Despite my urgent need to disappear– on an open sea schooner, in search of distant mountain paths to traverse– I will nonetheless ramble Southward for a brief tattooing spell, and will give Mitchell a dignified and honorable farewell Memorial Event. I hadn’t ‘til now realized how much of the pull I felt towards Georgia was via Mitch welcoming me with such loving enthusiasm. And now the pain of his passing has taken root. All the more clear it will be in our cherished Southern haunts, without the refuge of Mitch’s company. With this undercurrent, I am still glad to come to my Georgia home. Rambling time, a three day mountain hike, and private engagements notwithstanding, my gypsy jaunt down the coast brings me to three Georgia tattoo shops before the July 1st Mitchell Atkinson Memorial Event at the 40 Watt Club in Athens. (I may extend the tour dates- spontaneously hitting certain cities on return to New England. For now, in anticipation of the Memorial Event, the dates posted below are all I can emotionally commit to.) If you would like to get tattooed while I’m in Georgia (or post-July 1st), please contact me via e-mail asap (trustyourself@trustwatson.com) with your name, city, phone #, tattoo ideas/in-progress projects, etc. I will try to fit everybody in the schedule with no delay, as I hit the road with my only traveling companion, the Twine St. Rambler
June 15th-17th Old South Tattoo (Helen, Ga.)
June 23rd-25th Ink and Dagger (Atlanta/Decatur, Ga.)
June 28th-29th Pain and Wonder (Athens, Ga.)
July 1st 40 WATT CLUB, ATHENS GA
MITCHELL ATKINSON MEMORIAL EVENT
