May 8th, Retrophonics Studios - I laid a rhythm track down for "Someone To Leave Me Alone". We also worked on a mix for "Ain't Life Grand". Thanks Jim Devito!

May 10th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had some rain right at the beginning of the evening so we had to move under cover. It was a pain but we ended up making a pretty good night of it.

May 11th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I are trying to put the finishing touches on The Big Lonesome Rides Again.

May 11th, The Beacon - It was a slow night but musically it was fun. See you back here in 6 weeks on June 22nd.

May 12th, 13th and 14th, DAVE at The Big Deck - Always a great time in Cedar Key! Thanks Bryan, Darlene and staff you guys are the best! See you June 9th, 10th and 11th.

Looking forward to being in the studio this week with Jim DeVito. I have a new tune "Silent" is the working title and I can't wait to lay it down. Also looking forward to getting together with Dan Bagan and finishing up The Big Lonesome. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

May 1st, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I worked on the mix for "I Feel Love", cut a vocal track and did some mixing on "Get Along Little Pony".

May 2nd, Carpetbaggers at Bagan and Company "LIVE" - We had a nice show Buffalo Rose (Tony and Pamela) got us off to a great start. Sue was a little under the weather but hung in there like a real champ. Thanks for supporting our "LIVE" show. See you next month!

May 3rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue,Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - A windy beautiful night! An older women fell down leaving the restaurant.  It was the 2nd time in 3 weeks rescue has been called while we were playing, both times they ended up being ok, that's a good thing. See you next week.

May 4th, Private Party- This is one of my favorite shows to play. Everyone is so nice it's such a pleasure to perform our music for these great folks. Thanks Mike and Rene!

May 5th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - A beautiful evening out on the porch by the water!

May 6th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at San Sebastian Winery - We had a good show it looked like rain but it never came. See you next month! We had a visit from David Lynn Grime, songwriter.

May 7th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - What a beautiful day at a beautiful place. I had a nice time. Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff you guys are the best! See you next month!

At the studio with Jim Devito this week I hope to lay a rhythm track down on "Someone To Leave Me Alone" a song that I wrote with the late great Shelton Irwin that will appear on the next North Star Band project. Also move along on the mixes for Poor-Dum my next solo release. I have a new tune I'm working on "Games" but I'm not quite done yet maybe on the list for next week. At Bagan and Company with Dan this week, I hope to finish The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out my upcoming performances here:
http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

April 24th, Retrophonics Studio - Jim and I worked on a new track for project #6 "I'm Such A Fool". We also have a pretty good mix on "I Feel Love".

April 25th, OFF - Working on a new tune "Games".

April 26th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It looked like rain but we got lucky. There were clouds over our heads for most of the evening. Good to have Frankie with us but we missed Sue.

April 27th, Bagan and Company- Dan and I finished The Big Lonesome's new CD packaging. We will get Theresa to proof, then order. Finally! Next we will start working on Poor-Dum my new solo release.  

April 27th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon- It was a nasty night, lucky we were inside. We had a nice crowd having such bad weather. See you on May 1st!

April 28th, DAVE Aunt Kate's - The day started out looking like a wash, but the sun came out and it turned out beautiful. A perfect day to be on the porch by the water.

April 29th, The Butcher's Party - Cancelled rescheduled for May 4th!

May 1st, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I went out there in the morning and hung out. Brian, Jake and a bunch of others said that no one would be sitting out in the wind (it was 20 mph or so). They know better than me so we canceled. See you here May 5th and 7th.

I hope to get two acoustic guitar tracks down for a project with The North Star Band. Also we'll continue mixing on Poor-Dum my new solo CD. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!!   Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out my upcoming performances here:
http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

April 18th, Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - It was maybe one of the best Songwriter's nights yet. David Lynn Grimes and Michelle Ingrham were really on their game. Sue Westcott and Melanie Rogers were world class in their performances. Bob and I both looked at each other after the show and smiled. Thanks for supporting original music, thanks for supporting St. Augustine Songwriter's Night. 

Melanie, Michelle, David Grimes, Bob, Sue, Dave

April 19th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings -  We had a great evening at Hurricane's. David Grimes, (what a great songwriter) stopped by. Deanna and Chris Koebnick from the duo Better Half was in the audience also. We played right after them at The Gamble Rogers Festival. Laurence and Barbara were out tonight too!

April 20th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I finished the CD label and ordered CDs for The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Hopefully we will get the liner notes and the rest of the package done next week. 

April 20th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at St. Augustine Fish and Oyster House - What a nice evening. The Dunaway's, Don, Sandra and Martin were present, that is always a treat! 

April 21st, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at The Tide's Oyster Co & Grill - We had a great time as always at this great venue! It was good to see JJ. Thanks to the staff and everyone that came by the Tide's. See you back here on June 16th.

April 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Borrillo's - We had a couple short rain spells but it still turned out to be a nice night. Thanks everyone for braving the weather and supporting our music. I met the new owners Evan and Amy they seemed very excited about their new adventure and they love music. I know everything I have had to eat there was always great! The pizza I had tonight was as good or better.

April 23rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at The Lullaby of the Rivers Festival - We had a great show at a great festival! Thanks Bob, Carol and everyone else involved, it was a great day.

Dave, Sue and Tony

I hope to get a good track on my new tune "I'm Such A Fool" at Retrophonics Studios with Jim DeVito. Also continue mixing on my new solo CD Poor-Dum. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

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The North Star Band  see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

April 10th, Retrophonics Studios -  I laid down another new tune "Hour Glass" also started a mix on "I Feel Love". Jim did a great job, the tune is going to sound great. Good job Sue, Tony, Frankie and Woody.

April 12th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had a nice evening. The weather people were calling for rain but it held off. A friend of ours Debbie fainted and had to be taken to the hospital, we heard she was going to be okay. Thanks to the rescue folks as well as the police,  and firefighters, they are all much needed in these crazy times.

April 13th, Bagan and Company -   Dan and I got the CD cover done for Poor-Dum. We'll order next week and hope we can finish the inserts. 

April 13th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon -  It was a great night! It rained like cats a dogs but didn't seem to slow our crowd down. See you in two weeks same time same station.

April 14th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - What a beautiful evening. There was a cloud hanging right over me while I was setting up. But, by the time it was time to play it was blue skies as far as you could see. Nothing better than being on the porch by the water!

April 15th, I had no gigs today. Theresa and I went to one of Braylen's baseball games. Their first loss of the season, first 8:30 am game too. Later that day Theresa, Braylen and I met Sue,Wayne, Mel, John, Suzy and Dan at Shaughnessy's to support  Al Johnson, my bandmate from The North Star Band and R.J. Larizza who were playing there. Al and I played a couple of the old original tunes "Redneck Hippie" and "Goose Creek".  We also did "Back To L.A." with R.J.

RJ, Al and Dave

Al and Dave

April 16th, Gamble Rogers Festival- 1pm Sue, Mel and DAVE 4:30pm The Carpetbaggers We had a real nice day at The Gamble Rogers Festival Sue and Mel were great at the workshop I was proud to hang with them. The Carpetbaggers show went great after I got my back up guitar, my main guitar would not work at all. Thanks Frankie, Sue and Tony you guys pulled me through!

Carpetbaggers Dave, Frankie Sue and Tony on stage at The Gamble Folk Fest

I had a good week packed  full of  music. I have another new song ready for the studio next week called "This Fool". I'm also going to be mixing my new solo CD Poor-Dum.  Hopefully I"ll be at Bagan and Company to do more work on The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' it Real!!- David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out my upcoming performances here:
http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band  

April 3rd, Retrophonics Studios - Tony finished up his guitar tracks and did a great job. I'm looking forward to getting started on some mixes next week. I have a new tune "Hour Glass" I want to lay down also.

April 4th, Bagan and Company "LIVE" - It was a great show! Gary Carroll kicked butt. It was great to play our song "I'm Flying" (Saucer) together. Frankie, Sue and Tony as always put a smile on my face. Thanks Dan, Clay, Amanda, Theresa and Wayne we couldn't do this without you. The studio crowd was great also! 

April 5th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It was a little warm to start with but turned out to be a beautiful night!

April 7th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a nice afternoon on the porch by the water. My guitar was giving me some trouble I will have to see Scott Sweet in the morning. 

April 8th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Tony and Frankie at The Winery - We got lucky, the rain held off until about 9pm. It was a lot of fun, we missed Sue though. A nice load out in the rain, then home to watch an episode of "The Good Doctor". 

April 9th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I was cancelled due to the weather, but had a chance to hang out with Brian and shoot the shit, that was fun. 

I hope to lay down a new tune "Hour Glass" in the studio this week and start mixing Poor-Dum my new solo release. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out my upcoming performances here:
http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band  

March 27th, Retrophonics Studios - Tony was in the studio today. He laid down acoustic guitar tracks on "Harpoon Sadie", "Twilight" and "I Feel Love". It was a good day working with Jim and Tony. He will be back next week to finish up.

March 29th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It's a short week as far as band gigs go. I thought with a lot of the snowbirds leaving business would be a little off, I was wrong. The place was packed, we had a great time even though I didn't feel very good because it's allergy season for me. Thanks Abe, Albert and staff you guys are the best!

March 31st, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a nice afternoon out on the porch by the water!

April 1st, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Today was even better than yesterday! Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff you guys are the best! See you April 7th and 9th, can't wait!

April 2nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at The Fish and Oyster House - The three of us played a private party for the Ford folk, it was a nice afternoon. We all met at  Romano's afterwords and had dinner, I had a zoom meeting at 8:00 with The North Star Band guys, Lou and Al will be up with Ghant, Jimmy and Paul adding some tracks to our new project. Jay and I are sitting this one out. Can't wait to hear what the guys get done. 

Looking forward to finishing the guitar tracks with Tony on Poor-Dum. Next week I hope to do a little mixing and see where we are at. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
check out my upcoming performances here:
http://davidwattbesley.blogspot.com/p/schedule_31.html

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band