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

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The North Star Band     

March 18th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Borrillo's - We were cancelled due to the weather. Delia and Geri have sold their place, Amy and William I think are the new owners, so far our schedule will stay the same.

March 19th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I thought it was going to be to cold but it turned out to be a pretty nice afternoon. Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff! 

March 20th, Retrophonics Studios - Sue will be finishing her parts on Poor-Dum my new solo release, next will be Tony.

March 21st, Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - Rachael Grubb and Michael Jordon were great! The audience was great! Bob was great! It was a real good time. See you next month April 18th!

Dave, Michael, Rachel and Bob

March 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - As always, we had a great evening! Michael Houpt showed up, it was good to see our old friend. Also we met a singer songwriter Maddy Walsh. See you next week!

March 23rd, Bagan and Company - Dan and I worked on the layout for The Big Lonesome Rides Again.

March 23rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon - We had a nice night, see you in 2 weeks!

March 24th, The St. Augustine Fish House and Oyster Co - We had a great night! Looking forward to a couple days off.

Tony Scozzaro will be in the studio with me on Monday working on Poor-Dum my new solo release. I'm hoping to get together with Dan at Bagan and Company to continue 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                                                                                           

March 6th, Retrophonics Studios - Sue put violin tracks on "I Feel Love", "I'm So Gone" and she started on "Twilight" in two weeks she will return to finish "Twilight" and move onto "Harpoon Sadie". It was a great afternoon working with Jim DeVito and Sue.

March 7th, Bagan and Company "LIVE" - It was fun! Woody Pernell was on percussion. Frankie was under the weather. Woody did a great job as he always does. So did Sharon Resnikoff, what a talent! See you guys next month April 4th, put it on you calendar.

Woody in Frankie's spot for the LIVE show on drums.

March 8th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It was a blast! The place was packed! Thanks Abe, Albert and staff, you guys are the best! And thanks to all the great folks that support Carpetbaggers Music!

March 9th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon Listening Room - WE HAD A BLAST! A real nice crowd! Thanks to all the great folks at The Beacon Listening Room, your doing a great job! Thanks to the great folks that support Carpetbaggers Music!

March 10th, 11th and 12th, DAVE at The Big Deck - I had an abscess tooth.  It started on Wednesday but really blew up Friday morning. It was a crazy weekend somehow made it through. Thanks Darlene, Bryan and staff I always look forward to these shows no matter how I feel. See you in May 12, 13 and 14.

It's been an interesting week. We had Sue in the studio doing some great violin parts for the solo project I'm working on called Poor-Dum. I made some great music with my band mates. Thanks again Wood-Row you are the man. Looking forward to four days with the family on our cruise, see you sometime next week! 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 

February 27th, Retrophonics Studios  - Woody Pernell was in to finish up his percussion parts. It was a pleasure working with the Wood-Man. Next up...Tony or Sue.

March 1st, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It really was a great evening! The weather was perfect. Thanks Abe, Albert and staff you guys are the best!

March 3rd, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a great afternoon to be on the porch by the water! The wind was definitely blowing in!

March 4th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at San Sebastian Winery - Frankie was under the weather on a night when there was bad weather happening. Woody Pernell once again saved the day! Great job Wooodrow! Sue and Tony were a pleasure to play with as always. See you next month!

Dave, Sue, Woody, Tony

March 5th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Another great afternoon on the porch by the water! Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff!

I missed getting together with Dan over at Bagan and Company to move along with The Big Lonesome Rides Again release, hopefully we'll get it next week. It was nice to get all of Woody's tracks down for my new solo project Poor-Dum. Next Sue has four more tunes to play on and the Tony has five or six tracks to do. Then it's Frankie, Sue and I doing vocals and it's done! 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 

February 21st,  Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - It was another great night! Dave Rudolf and Sharon Resnikoff played some great songs. We were also honored to have Marc Douglas Berardo get up and play a couple of his tunes. Bob as always was the true statesman. I am very lucky to have him as my partner in this endeavor. 

Dave Rudolf, Sharon Resnikoff, Bob, MDB and Dave

February 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had Laurence Stevenson sit in with us tonight on mandolin. Great job Laurence!

February 23rd, Bagan and Company- Dan and I fixed the spelling of the Hardscrabble video that we released on s social media and spelled it wrong. We also worked on the layout for "The Big Lonesome Rides Again" release.

February 23rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon Listening Room - The place was packed! We had a great night!

February 24th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Nice early evening out on the porch by the water!

It's nice to have a couple days off, I'm going to get some work done out in the yard. I'm looking forward to finishing up with Woody Pernell and his percussion parts on Poor-Dum my new solo project. Also looking forward to getting together with Dan at Bagan and Company to finishd up the layout and packaging for "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