March 15th, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I worked on "Dust Them Blinds", "Back Again" and "Come On".

March 15th, Songwriter's Night - It was Bob's birthday (80th)! Tonight we ad Sam Pacetti and Amy Hendrickson with us. If you weren't there you missed a good one. Rum Cake Jim was bering his famous rum cakes. Carol also brought some gluten free cup cakes. Thanks for supporting original music in St. Augustine.

Dave, Bob, Sam and Amy

March 16th, DAVE at Pizzalley's Chianti Room - The place was packed! I guess the best happy hour in town is catching on. I'll be back the 3rd Tuesday of April 3pm to 6pm, stop on by.

March 17th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Great St. Patty's Day! We had a good fun crowd. Alan Jeffrey (friend of Tony's from Buffalo) sat in on Sax. 

March 18th - Corner Bar - Carpetbaggers (DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony)

A packed night! Everyone was up for it. Alan Jeffery sat in with us on sax, he kicked butt! Hopefully we will try to write some songs together in the future. Thanks for supporting Carpetbaggers music! Also thanks to Don Oja Dunaway, Martin, JC and friends for hangin' out with us.

March 19th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Tides and Oyster Company - I don't think we have ever had a bad night at this venue. Tonight was no different. We had a blast! See you the 3rd Friday in April.

March 20th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue Zaharias  - We cancelled due to the weather. See you in May!

March 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony Private Party - Cancelled due to weather, will be rescheduled.

It's been a nice couple days off because of the weather. I'm looking forward to doing some mixing at Retrophonics Studios with Jim DeVito. Also looking forward to working with Dan this week on "Live and A Little Touched". 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

 

 March 8th, No gig today, I worked in the yard and talked to Bob Paterson. The Carpetbaggers will be playing at the Gamble Rogers Festival on May 3rd around 2pm. I will see who wants to join me. Later we will be at San Sebastian Winery.

March 9th, DAVE at The St. Augustine Fish House and Oyster Co - I was solo this night and I had a great night inside the bar area. The wind was blowing pretty much the whole night. Good to see Duffy and Chris from the Duffy Bishop Band. Thanks Yvonne and staff you guys were great. See you next month!

March 10th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - A beautiful evening outside. We had a great crowd and a lot of fun. It's hard not to enjoy the evening working with Sue. See you next week! Thanks Abe, JJ and staff you guys are the best!

March 11th, Bagan & Company -  Dan and I went over where we were with "Live And A Little Touched". We are a lot closer to completion than we thought. Look out for our new release of 12 videos soon.

March 11th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at the Corner Bar - We had another great night at the Corner Bar. Thanks everyone for supporting the show! See you next week!

March 12th, 13th and 14th, DAVE at the Big Deck - What a fantastic weekend! This might be the best one I've had in years! It was good to see Joel and Michelle. Thank you Darlene and Bryan and thank you Cedar Key.

DWB at work

Why we love Cedar Key

It was good to see Pat out and about again.

Joel and Michelle came over from Jupiter, FL

Looking forward to the Songwriter's Night and being in the studio at Retrophonics. It's going to be a busy week, can't wait! 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

 March 1st, Retrophonics Studios - We had Sue Westcott in the studio today working on "Safe Travels", a song I wrote for my brother Will. Sue arranged the string lines. We also did some work on "This Romance" a song I have wanted to record for years. We are getting closer to completing our next  Carpetbaggers' CD "Back Again". I hope to get with Dan Bagan at Bagan & Company to start the artwork and layout for the CD and to do some work on "Live and a Little Touched" my new project.

March 2nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Frankie, Sue and Tony at the Classic Car Museum of St. Augustine with  Bagan and Company "Live" - We had a great show, even though it seemed I did everything I could to derail it. It was great having Frankie back, Sue and Tony kicked butt. Dan and Clay never cease to amaze me with their talent. Theresa and Wayne are always there for us. It was great having a small live audience. Can't wait for next month!

March 3rd,  Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue - Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had one of those special nights. We didn't think there would be many folks because the weather was so bad. There turned out to be a hell of a crowd. We worked hard and it felt good. It was good to see Mike DeBetta. I'm going to listen to his new CD today.

March 4th, Bagan and Company - We went over notes and video's to find out where we are on the "Live and a little Touched" project. We've been working on this since 2017 can't wait to finish this one. 

March 4th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony at Corner Bar - We had a great night! It's always a pleasure to play with this talented bunch. It was good to see Don Oja Dunaway and his friends and all our other friends that come out each week to support us.  Thanks we really do appreciate your support for Carpetbaggers music.

March 5th, DAVE a t Aunt Kate's - I had a great evening out on the porch by the water! It got a little chilly near the end. Thanks Brian, Tina, Dave and staff!

March 6th,  Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Frankie and Tony at San Sebastian Winery - It was a nasty night so we set up inside. Turned out to be a great night. I was a little off my game but everyone jumped in and helped me out. Thanks! It was good to hear TJ Brown, he was playing when I came in to set up. See you back here March 26th.

Carpetbaggers at San Sebastian Winery

March 7th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It turned out to be a beautiful day on the porch by the water. Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff!

No Retrophonics this coming week I actually have a full day off. Looking forward to getting together with Dan at Bagan & Company to keep working on my "Live and a little Touched" project. 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

 

February 22nd, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I worked on the mixing "The Desert" and started on "This Romance". We are moving right along, can't wait for everyone to hear what we have been up to.

February 23rd -I was off so Brianna, Braylen, Theresa and I went out to Corner Sushi to celebrate Theresa's birthday today.

February 24th - Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Hurricane Grill and Wings - What a great night! The place was packed! We made some new friends tonight! Thanks Abe, JJ and staff you guys are the best! See you next week! 

February 25th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Woody Pernell at the Corner Bar - Another great night! Everyone was on their game. We tried a new instrumental "In My Life". Tony does a great job on this. We missed Frankie but Woody Pernell kicked butt! Frankie will be back next week. Thanks everyone!

February 26th, 27th and 28th, Jupiter FL -  Theresa and I went to visit Joel Wilson, a friend of ours from Virginia. Joel was a fantastic host! We were able to hang out at the beach some. He and Michele took us out on his boat. We also ate at some great restaurants Schooners, Crabby's and Square Grouper to name a few.  Also, as chance would have it, I ran into my old bandmate Al Johnson with his group Americana Jones. They were performing at Winston's Bar and Grill not far from where we were staying. It was a great few days and Joel and Michele were a blast to hang out with. Hopefully we can do this again sometime.

Joel, Dave, Theresa

Dave and Al Johnson

Looking forward to do some mixing on "Back Again" our new Carpetbaggers project. It was nice to get away for a few days but looking forward to my band and solo gigs this 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