July 19th, Retrophonics Recording Studio - Jim and I located The Big Lonesome tracks, we are thinking about doing a mix on "This Land Is Your Land". We made plans to lay down two more tracks for our 3rd project "Say Grace". 

July 19th, Songwriter's Night at Corner Bar - As usual, it was a nice night! Jamie and Todd did a great job. It was good to see Don Oja Dunaway, Rob Peck and Sue Westcott in the audience.

July 21st, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grille and Wings - The rain held off, it was a nice evening. Good to see Woody Pernell in the audience.

July 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Corner Bar - We had a great night! It seemed like everyone was a little tired coming in to set up. The crowd was a little smaller and quiet so it made it hard to get going. Everyone hung in there and we made it to the end. Good job everybody! 

July 23rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at the San Sebastian Winery - We got lucky again with the rain. We had a big night and we played well. The San Sebastian Winery is a well run business, you can tell, and our fans and friends seem to love it. Thanks Kyle and staff you guys are the best!

July 24th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at St. Augustine Fish House and and Oyster Bar - We were rained on twice and still got the gig in. Even though I was at my wits end before we started the music brought me back around. I really enjoyed playing music with my friends Carpetbaggers tonight. All the other problems seem to go away when we start to play and I enjoy every minute of it! Thanks!

July 25th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I was canceled last minute, sorry for the inconvenience to the people that were going to show up.  A couple folks tested positive for that thing and they decided to close and clean for a couple of days.  A responsible thing to do. See you here the first Friday in August.

Jim Devito was a little under the weather so we will talk through our mix on "Back Again" the new Carpetbagger release. Hopefully we will be back on track next week and finish this project up. Also look for a new mix on "This Land Is Your Land"  from a previous unreleased project from The Big Lonesome. I'm excited. Dan Bagan is also under the weather so we've canceled our Bagan & Company "LIVE" show this next month. Hopefully we will all be back on track for our next show September 7th Carpetbaggers with Rob Peck opening the show. This will be a good one! Also look for "LIVE And A Little Touched" soon to be released. 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