September 14th, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I went through the tunes and made plans for future sessions. I'm hoping to have a new release for the Carpetbaggers "Back Again" and my new release "Live and a Little Touched" by Christmas.

September 15th - A Day OFF

September 16th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - A nice night, nice breeze. It's good to be back playing with Sue as it's been a couple weeks.

September 17th, A Day OFF - Theresa and I stopped into Pelican Landing for a quick visit to see our friend Jen who's now working there.  We had a nice chat, a couple of cocktails and an appetizer.  It was nice to see her, it has been awhile.

September 18th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Tides and Oyster Co. - What a great night, it may have been one our best listening audiences in a long time. You don't get many special evenings like it. Great job Sue. See you guys on the 3rd Friday of October it will be the16th.

September 19th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Zaharia's - Cancelled due to rain. Bummer!

September 20th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony at the Sing Out Loud Festival - It was a great show! The weather was nasty, the place we played was dry, but  muggy. Everyone was real nice and they did a great job. Thanks Bob Patterson for being instrumental in getting us this show. I hope to be back next year. Bob was told that we were to do only original music so we did that. Later we found out a  lot of folks were doing cover tunes. If I had of know that, we would have featured our percussionist and singer Frankie Urzetta (one of the best I have had the chance to share the stage with).  Tony Scozzaro and Sue Westcott were amazing as always. Theresa and Wayne were very helpful as always.Thanks to The Stetson Kennedy Foundation for being such great hosts! After the show Theresa, Sue, Wayne and I stopped at Woodpeckers Backyard BBQ to eat. We didn't see Lisa but her daughter waited on us. The food was great and we had a surprise visit from Frankie who stopped by to get some ribs takeout for himself, Mary and Argus.

This has been a great week, can't wait to get together with Woody Pernell and Jim DeVito on Monday and get some work done on our new CD "Back Again". Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real! -David

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September 8th, Travel Day - We made it home from Virginia, it was a great trip. I stopped in Skinny Lizard's and picked up our new Carpetbaggers t-shirts.

September 9th, A Day OFF - I started on a couple new tunes.

September 10th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony at Bagan and Company  - We had a great show! Look for our next one on October 6sth! Can't wait!

September 11th, 12th and 13th, DAVE at The Big Deck - I had a great weekend as always at this great venue. It's always good to see Darlene, Bryan and friends. See you the 2nd week end of next month.

It was a great week, I'm looking forward to getting back in the studio on Monday to work on my new CD "Back Again". Also looking forward to our show at the Sing Out Loud Festival. Thanks for living letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real! -David

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August 31st, Retrophonics Studios - It was just Jim and I this week. I have been writing some new tunes and thought I would come in and lay them down. Jim and I were able to lay down three new tunes to get started on, for either my next CD or the Carpetbaggers next CD. The songs were "Train", "I'm Changing" and "But We Won't".  I've never thought I would get all three of these done in one day, but got lucky. Jim will be getting to work on the rough mixes of the twelve songs for our next CD "Back Again".

September 1st - I received the okay from Mayo! Clean bill of health!

September 2nd, Travel Day - Theresa and I stayed in Fayetteville NC, headed to Virginia, so far so good!

September 3rd thru 7th, Coles Point Tavern - It was a great weekend! Always good to see my Virginia friends, saw my DAD, Cecil and Joel and many others. Thanks AC for putirng us up and putting up with us, Thanks Randy for the use of your equipment and your help setting up and tearing down. Thanks Chris and Ann for having us play for you. And Mike and Stacey for having the best damn place on the rivah!  See you in December!

 Looking forward to playing with the band this week. It's good to be home. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real! -David

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 August 24th, Retrophonics Studio's - Sue was in today putting violin tracks on "Dust Them Blinds", "My Tractor", "Old Broken Hearts" and "Back Again". We are moving right along with our new CD, "Back Again".

August 25th, A Day OFF - I did some work around the house.

August 26th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We did a couple of new instrumentals that Sue wanted us to learn, I think they came off okay. I'll do better next time. It was hot and muggy, I was glad when 9pm came around. We will miss the next two weeks, but we'll be back playing on September 16th.

August 27th - Bagan and Company - "LIVE" - We had a good show it was great to hang out with everyone and make some music. Thanks Dan, Clay, Theresa and Wayne we couldn't do it with out you all! See you in two weeks!

August 28th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I finally made up my gig at Aunt Kate's. There had been  two gigs I had been paid for that I have been trying to make up. Tonight I finally did! It was hot as hell but had a nice crowd. It's going to be a couple weeks before I'm back at this great place. Bill Sabo stopped by, it was good to chat with my old friend. Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff!

August 29th, Carpetbaggers, DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Creekside - We almost had the whole show in before the rain came around 8pm. I really enjoyed the evening playing music with Sue and Frankie. See you guys next month!

August 30th, Private Party - The rain came a couple of times but we were able to do the whole show. Thanks Jay and Margie, you were great hosts. Happy birthday Margie, glad we were there for it.

This has been a crazy week, I"m glad it finally came to a close. I'm looking forward to the studio on Monday, hopefully getting some new mixes and lay down at least one new tune "Train". I'll be hitting the road on Wednesday, heading up to the Northern Neck of Virginia for the Labor Day weekend.  I'll be playing at Coles Point Tavern, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights and Monday afternoon if you are in the area come see me.  Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real! -David

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 August 17th, Retrophonics Studio - Jim and I had Tony Scozzaro in this week and he kicked butt. He played Banjo on "Come On", doubled a smokin' guitar lick on "Dust Them Blinds",  and added guitar on "Telephone Lightning" and "My Tractor". It was a great day!

August 18th, A Day OFF - I'm having my fuel pump replaced at Amaco by Matt and George. I went to see Steve at Total Entertainment Music in Daytona and picked up a couple speakers and an EQ. Great place, Great guy! Thanks Jim DeVito for turning me on to this great music store.

August 19th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It was another rainy, but packed night! Thanks Abe, JJ and staff you guys are the best! See you next week!

August 20th, Carpetbaggers, DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony - Bagan and Company "Live" - We had a great show! I had some brain farts but the rest of the Carpetbaggers covered my a@*! Thanks Dan, Clay, Theresa, Wayne and Sue's family. 

August 21st, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Tides Oyster Co. - We had a nice night. I really enjoyed playing our music to the few folks that were there. See you next month on the 3rd Friday, come check the place out!

August 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Zaharias - We got some rain that almost ended the night from the start, but we decided to give it a try and what a night we had. The place was packed! Thanks to all the folks that weathered the storm with us. See you next month!

August 22nd, A Day OFF  - I started on a new tune "I'm Changing".

August 23rd, Retrophonics Studio - I worked with Jim and Sue. Sue did a great job! We worked on "Dust Them Blinds", "Old Broken Hearts", "My Tractor" and "Back Again".

August 24th, A Day OFF - I finished writing "I'm Changing".

I had a fun week playing music and recording. I also enjoyed a few days off. I'm looking forward to the gigs this week! Can't wait to get into the studio next week and start some mixes on the tunes we have been working on for "Carpetbaggers  Back Again". I will also be laying down three new songs I've been working on "Train", "I'm Changing" and "But We Won't".  Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real! -David

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 August 10th, A DAY OFF

August 11th - A DAY OFF

August 12th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It turned out to be a good night. The no-seeums attacked us near the end of the night but went away pretty quickly.  We tried a new song I just finished with Sue "Train" I'm pretty excited, went pretty good.

August 13th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Bagan and Company "Live" - We had a great evening of music. Thanks Dan, Clay, Wayne and Theresa we couldn't do it without you all. And thanks for all the great folks that join us every week!!!!

August 14th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a rain out! I tried to get the gig in, waited around for awhile but the weather would not cooperate. See you Sunday from 2pm to 5pm!

August 15th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Creekside - Another rain out! See you at the end of the month.

August 16th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a nice gig until almost the end and then it poured. At least I got the gig in. Thanks to all the great workers at Aunt Kate's for jumping in and helping me get my gear out of the rain.

It's been kind of a crazy week with the rain and all. I guess most folks would just say "Welcome to Florida in August". Looking forward to the studio this week with Jim DeVito and Tony Scozzaro. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real!-David

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August 3rd, A DAY OFF - Because of the weather (possible hurricane, tropical storm) we cancelled our session with Jim DeVito at Retrophonics.

August 3rd, JT's Seafood Shack - Cancelled due to the weather.

August 4th, A DAY OFF

August 5th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Brady at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had a nice crowd and Brady sounded great! We tried a few tunes we don't always play and it turned out good "Like A Rolling Stone" and "Lola". Rob Peck showed up and played some tunes with us, that is always a treat! Thanks Abe, JJ and staff! See you next week, Sue will be back!

August 6th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue,Tony and Frankie ay Bagan and Company "Live" - We planned to cancel the show this week. Sue and Wayne were out of town. Dan had family visiting. Three important people that are a part of the show were going to be missing so we cancelled. See you next week.

August 7th and 8th, DAVE at The Big Deck Bar - I had a great weekend as always! Bryan and Darlene are the best! I tried a new tune I just wrote "Train". See you guys next month for 3 days Sept 11th, 12th and 13th.

August 9th, A DAY OFF

It's been an interesting week with the tropical storm missing us, thank goodness and folks being out of town it was a little lonely at times. Looking forward to getting back on track this week. Keepin' It Real!-David

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