Thursday, May 31, 2018

May 7th, DAVE at JT's Seafood Shack - I had a great evening in the Hammock. I always seem to bring rain but not tonight. I had a blast! See you June 4th same time same station!

May 8th, Travel Day - Theresa and I are splitting the trip up now. Stopped in Fayettville, NC Had a nice meal and cocktails at Marquis Bistro. A good start to an exciting week.

May 9th, Dad and Margie's - We stop in Garrisonville and brought chinese food for lunch. Theresa's favorite! Dad took us to Olive Garden for dinner. It was a nice laid back day.

May 10th, Rehearsal at Paul's place - Theresa and I started our first morning doing a couple mile walk around the lake with Margie. I went over some business with my Dad and then I went to the cemetery to visit my Mom, Sister, Grandmother, Great Aunt, Great Grandmother and my Aunt Carol. Then it was off to play some music with my friends. Theresa and I stopped at a little restaurnt by Paul's called the Wilcom's Inn and had a sandwich. The food was excellent. We highly recomment the place if your ever in Monrovia, MD. I had a blast seeing everyone. We had about a four hour rehearsal, and shot the shit and then headed back to my Dad's. We stopped into Hopsfrog to have an appitizer and cocktails, then home to bed.

May 11th, North Star Band with Ratso and Johhny Castle at the Birchmere with NRBQ and the Charlottesville Allstars - This was a fantastic time. I really enjoyed seeing a lot of old friends and getting a chance to play some North Star Band music for everyone. We all did great. It was our first show with this bunch in about 36 years. I hope we can do some more of these shows and they're not years in the making. Thanks to everyone for getting our band involved with the 2nd Annual Desperado's/Wax Museum Reunion.







May 12th, Travel Day - We stopped at Theresa's sisters house for a family get to gether for a couple of family birthdays and to celebrate Mother's Day. We hit the road about 3pm and made it to extit 22 in NC where we stayed for the night. We had a nice dinner and some beers at Texas Steakhouse and Saloon, not to bad.

May 13th, Arrived home about 1:30 pm safe and sound. It's good to be home!

May 13th, IAUGIE Studios - Ed and I cut a live version of "LOVE". Two more songs and we'll have all the music done for "Live And A Little Touched".

May 14th, NorthStar at Creekside - Cancelled due to rain!

May 15th, DAVE at Chianti Room - I had a nice rainy afternoon on the porch!

May 16th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Cancelled due to rain!

I had a wonderful time hangin' with my old band mates, family, friends and Theresa. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Don't liter! Smile it could brighten someone's day, even your own! Early detection can save your life! Check out my music on Spotify! Watch the movie "Wake The Dead". Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 24th, IAUGIE Studios - I don't have a gig so I stopped by IAUGIE Studios to do a little work on our new project "Live And A Little Touched".

April 25th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - This was my last gig with Laurence Stevenson until I see him in Canada. It was a great but sad night. I will miss my friend. See you all next week, I will do my best to carry on without "The Fiddler".

April 26th, DAVE at IAUGIE Studios - More work on "So Long Boys". Dan is doing a great job!

April 26th, DAVE at Corner Bar - Brady,Laurence and George were with me tonight. This will be Laurence and George's last night for a while. Frankie had a church rehearsal and was unable to make it. We had a big crowd, a fitting last night for two great players. I will see George in Cashiers,NC at the end of June. And will see Laurence in Canada the end of July. I am going to miss these great players and friends. I will be impatiently awaiting their return in the fall!

April 27th - OFF

April 28th, DAVE at Tides Oyster Co. - I was a little under the weather but made it through the gig. This is a great new venue, come on out and see what you think. I'll be back June 30th! Thanks Felicia and staff!

April 29th, Private Party - It was Susan Fournier's retirement party. Thanks Tom Ostrander you threw a great party! Jim represented well with his ribs and rum cake!

May 1st, DAVE at the Chianti Room - A nice afternoon out on the porch. Come and check out the best happy hour in town! I will be back at this venue May 15th from 3 to 6pm!

May 2nd, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - A nice evening on the sidewalk I missed Laurence though!

May 3rd, DAVE at IAUGIE Studio - We are getting close to finishing "So Long Boys".

May 3rd,, DAVE at the Corner Bar - It was just me and Brady tonight. Frankie was a little under the weather. Great crowd! Great fun! See you in two weeks (May 16th).

May 4th, 5th and 6th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Friday was a good start. The Nicks Brothers and Jodie Stratton were in the audience. Saturday afternoon was nice until about 3pm when it started to rain enough to call it a day. Sunday afternoon was the end of a long day even though I was tired it was still nice to sit out on the deck and play. I had a good weekend over all. I'll see you back here on May 20th! Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff!

May 6th, DAVE at the Gamble rogers Festival - I played by myself this year and it was a blast! I saw a bunch of songwriters I don't see that often. I also had the chance to at least say hey to most of them. I hope it was a success, it looked like it was. See you next year!

Another busy week. Looking forward to Virginia and the show with The North Star Band. I have been in touch with everyone on the internet and actually talked to my old band mate Lou on the phone. I love St. Augustine and all the great players and friends I have, but it will be nice to hang out with my old band mates for a couple of days. It's been 35 years since we played our last gig. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Don't liter! Early detection can save your life! Smile it could brighten someones day, even your own! Keepin' It Real!!-David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, May 18, 2018

April 17th, IAUGIE Studios - I laid down a song George and I have written "So Long Boys". Everything went well. Can't wait to get this project done.

April 17th, DAVE at Chianti Room - It was a nice afternoon. Come check out the best happy hour in town. I will be back 3pm to 6pm on May 1st!

April 18th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Laurence joined me tonight! I had a good time out on the sidewalk. Next week will be Laurence's last Hurricane gig for a while. Come on out and say goodbye!

April 19th, IAUGIE Studios - We're still working on our new project "Live and a Little Touched" I will need to get Brady and Eddie in for "LOVE" and "Magic". Then one more song by myself and all the tracks are cut.

April 19th, DAVE at Corner Bar - The whole gang was here. Frankie, Brady, Laurence, George and I. We had a great time, great crowd. We are coming down to George and Laurence's last night this week. It is also Laurences birthday!

April 20th, DAVE at Mellow Mushroom - Brother Ed asked if I could cover him on his regular Friday gig. I was off and figured I'd help out. Turned out nice, had some folks show up.

April 21st, DAVE at Zaharias - The place was packed! I have never really had a bad gig at this venue. Everyone here is so nice, they really make you feel at home. Thanks Angelika and staff! See you may 19th of May!

April 22nd, DAVE at Creekside - Another nasty night so we played inside. I had Laurence and George with me tonight with Brady in the audience. A small but mighty crowd, had a good time! See you May 14th for NorthStar lets hope the weather is better!

Barry is out with .38 Special so we haven't been able to spend much time on our project "Don't Stare At The Sun", my new CD. I will be at Dan Bagan's IAUGIE Studio working on "Live And A Little Touched" my new one take CD/Video. Laurence is also putting together a live CD "Live AT The Corner Bar" so there should be some new and old music coming out soon! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Don't liter! Smile it could brighten someones day, even your own! Early detection can save your life! Check out my music on Spotify! Watch "Wake The Dead" on Amazon Prime. Keepin' It Real!!!!! DAVE

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

April 9th, IAUGIE Studios - I had Brother Ed with me, we had planned to record a video of "LOVE" a song we put on our NorthStar Keepin' It Real CD. It wasn't in the cards though. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. Thanks Ed and Dan for holding it together the best you could while my whole world fell around me. We will give it a try agin on May 14th.

April 9th, NorthStar at Creekside - A wash out, the weather was terrible. This day will not let go. It was a bummer not to play with Laurence, Brady and Ed (Frankie would have been there but we scaled down to play in the bar area). It was nice to hang out and tell some old war stories. We have a lot of history playing together, good memories. See you May 14th, 5pm to 9pm at Creekside.

April 10th - OFF

April 11th, Cave Canem Studios- I worked with Barry on "Took off Like A Rocket". I really have enjoyed spending time with my friend and making music. This day I had the best of both worlds!

April 11th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - I had Laurence with me tonight. Great crowd, Great weather, Great time. Thanks Abe, JJ and staff!

April 12th, IAUGI Studios - We did some trouble shooting. I think we have found the problem.

April 13th - OFF

April 14th, The Eagles and Jimmy Buffet - Great concert. Tickets to much, Good company (Theresa, Jack and Julie), Millers Landing is a good place to eat. The traffic and construction sucks around the venue. Water $5, Beer $10 and mixed drinks $25. Caroline Jones sounded great as an opener. Jimmy Buffet put on a great show. I love Mac McAnaly. Eagles were great, voices amazing. Deacon Frey sang good and played good. Vince Gill is the man. I wish they had of used him more on guitar. Joe Walsh is still crazy and good. Timmy Schmit was great. (I over him since I saw Poco in the 70's. Don Henley has still got it. I didn't know who was on 2nd drums and keyboards, both sounded great! The horns and strings were great! Steuart Smith stoled the show as far as I'm concerned, not just because he's from Virginia and I know him, over all a great experience and one I will not do again if I can help it. Maybe McCartney

April 15th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Terrible weather, I set up inside. Pretty slow and uneventful. See you on May 4th, 5th and 6th. Sunday will be starting a little late maybe 5pm. I will be playing the Gamble Rogers Festival about 2pm.

April 16, Songwriter's Night at Corner Bar - Really good show, Lauren Heintz and John Dickie IV brought their "A" game. There was a great crowd, thanks for supporting original music in St. Augustine!

I had a great week looking forward to a busy one next week. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Don't liter! Smile it could brighten someones day, even your own! Early detection can save your life! Check out my music on Spotify, watch the movie "Wake The Dead" on Amazon Prime. Keepin' It Real! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!