May 8th, Retrophonics Studios - I laid a rhythm track down for "Someone To Leave Me Alone". We also worked on a mix for "Ain't Life Grand". Thanks Jim Devito!

May 10th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - We had some rain right at the beginning of the evening so we had to move under cover. It was a pain but we ended up making a pretty good night of it.

May 11th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I are trying to put the finishing touches on The Big Lonesome Rides Again.

May 11th, The Beacon - It was a slow night but musically it was fun. See you back here in 6 weeks on June 22nd.

May 12th, 13th and 14th, DAVE at The Big Deck - Always a great time in Cedar Key! Thanks Bryan, Darlene and staff you guys are the best! See you June 9th, 10th and 11th.

Looking forward to being in the studio this week with Jim DeVito. I have a new tune "Silent" is the working title and I can't wait to lay it down. Also looking forward to getting together with Dan Bagan and finishing up The Big Lonesome. 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 

May 1st, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I worked on the mix for "I Feel Love", cut a vocal track and did some mixing on "Get Along Little Pony".

May 2nd, Carpetbaggers at Bagan and Company "LIVE" - We had a nice show Buffalo Rose (Tony and Pamela) got us off to a great start. Sue was a little under the weather but hung in there like a real champ. Thanks for supporting our "LIVE" show. See you next month!

May 3rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue,Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - A windy beautiful night! An older women fell down leaving the restaurant.  It was the 2nd time in 3 weeks rescue has been called while we were playing, both times they ended up being ok, that's a good thing. See you next week.

May 4th, Private Party- This is one of my favorite shows to play. Everyone is so nice it's such a pleasure to perform our music for these great folks. Thanks Mike and Rene!

May 5th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - A beautiful evening out on the porch by the water!

May 6th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at San Sebastian Winery - We had a good show it looked like rain but it never came. See you next month! We had a visit from David Lynn Grime, songwriter.

May 7th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - What a beautiful day at a beautiful place. I had a nice time. Thanks Brian, Dave, Tina and staff you guys are the best! See you next month!

At the studio with Jim Devito this week I hope to lay a rhythm track down on "Someone To Leave Me Alone" a song that I wrote with the late great Shelton Irwin that will appear on the next North Star Band project. Also move along on the mixes for Poor-Dum my next solo release. I have a new tune I'm working on "Games" but I'm not quite done yet maybe on the list for next week. At Bagan and Company with Dan this week, I hope to finish The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

April 24th, Retrophonics Studio - Jim and I worked on a new track for project #6 "I'm Such A Fool". We also have a pretty good mix on "I Feel Love".

April 25th, OFF - Working on a new tune "Games".

April 26th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It looked like rain but we got lucky. There were clouds over our heads for most of the evening. Good to have Frankie with us but we missed Sue.

April 27th, Bagan and Company- Dan and I finished The Big Lonesome's new CD packaging. We will get Theresa to proof, then order. Finally! Next we will start working on Poor-Dum my new solo release.  

April 27th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon- It was a nasty night, lucky we were inside. We had a nice crowd having such bad weather. See you on May 1st!

April 28th, DAVE Aunt Kate's - The day started out looking like a wash, but the sun came out and it turned out beautiful. A perfect day to be on the porch by the water.

April 29th, The Butcher's Party - Cancelled rescheduled for May 4th!

May 1st, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I went out there in the morning and hung out. Brian, Jake and a bunch of others said that no one would be sitting out in the wind (it was 20 mph or so). They know better than me so we canceled. See you here May 5th and 7th.

I hope to get two acoustic guitar tracks down for a project with The North Star Band. Also we'll continue mixing on Poor-Dum my new solo CD. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!!   Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

April 18th, Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - It was maybe one of the best Songwriter's nights yet. David Lynn Grimes and Michelle Ingrham were really on their game. Sue Westcott and Melanie Rogers were world class in their performances. Bob and I both looked at each other after the show and smiled. Thanks for supporting original music, thanks for supporting St. Augustine Songwriter's Night. 

Melanie, Michelle, David Grimes, Bob, Sue, Dave

April 19th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings -  We had a great evening at Hurricane's. David Grimes, (what a great songwriter) stopped by. Deanna and Chris Koebnick from the duo Better Half was in the audience also. We played right after them at The Gamble Rogers Festival. Laurence and Barbara were out tonight too!

April 20th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I finished the CD label and ordered CDs for The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Hopefully we will get the liner notes and the rest of the package done next week. 

April 20th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at St. Augustine Fish and Oyster House - What a nice evening. The Dunaway's, Don, Sandra and Martin were present, that is always a treat! 

April 21st, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at The Tide's Oyster Co & Grill - We had a great time as always at this great venue! It was good to see JJ. Thanks to the staff and everyone that came by the Tide's. See you back here on June 16th.

April 22nd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Borrillo's - We had a couple short rain spells but it still turned out to be a nice night. Thanks everyone for braving the weather and supporting our music. I met the new owners Evan and Amy they seemed very excited about their new adventure and they love music. I know everything I have had to eat there was always great! The pizza I had tonight was as good or better.

April 23rd, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at The Lullaby of the Rivers Festival - We had a great show at a great festival! Thanks Bob, Carol and everyone else involved, it was a great day.

Dave, Sue and Tony

I hope to get a good track on my new tune "I'm Such A Fool" at Retrophonics Studios with Jim DeVito. Also continue mixing on my new solo CD Poor-Dum. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The North Star Band  see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Carpetbaggers Band

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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

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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

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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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

 February 13th, Retrophonics Studios - I had Woody working today. He laid down some good stuff on "Ain't Life Grand", "Life Goes On", "Harpoon Sadie" and "Rocket". Woody will be with Jim and I next week to finish his parts on the rest of the project. Then it's Tony up to bat.

February 14th - Happy Valentines Day!

February 15th - Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue,Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - What a night! The place was packed! Thanks everyone for supporting Carpetbagger's Music!

February 16th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I got "Hardscrabble" ready for release. The last of 12 songs that will soon be out on CD and thumb drive. The Big Lonesome Rides Again!

Hardscrabble by E. Pickett and W. Besley Performed by The Big Lonesome

February 17th, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at Tides and Oyster Bar - What a nice night! I always look forward to this one. Thanks Sue you're the best. We missed you Wayne and Theresa!

February 18th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Borrillo's - It was cold and windy out but, that didn't stop our great fans, new and old from supporting Carpetbagger music. Thanks!

February 19th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - It was a great afternoon on the porch by the water!

Woody has a bad back so he canceled our recording session for Poor-Dum for this coming Monday, I wasn't ready for anything else so I called Jim at Retrophonics Studios and canceled. We will try to get Woody in the following Monday if he is up to it. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real!! -David

see you down the road!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

February 4th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at San Sebastian Winery - Frankie was under the weather so we were a three piece tonight. Everyone showed up a little ragged but right. Sue and Tony played their butts off. We had a great time, inside thank goodness.

February 5th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - I had a nice time on the porch by the water. This is a great place to check out; good food, good people and a great view! Thanks Brian for hiring me to play at such a beautiful place.

February 7th, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I mixed "Hardscrabble".

February 7th, Bagan and Company "LIVE"  We had a great show! It was nice to get the "LIVE" show going again. Thanks for joining us.

Studio audience at Bagan and Co "LIVE"

February 8th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings -Beautiful night! We had a blast hangin' and playing with my band mates.

February 9th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I worked to get "My Chevrolet" ready to release, hopefully tomorrow. Thanks everyone for making our "LIVE" show a success see you again March 7th!  

February 9th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon - It was a great night at The Beacon! See you guys back here on February 23rd, can't wait!

February 10th, 11th and 12th , DAVE at the Big Deck - The weather was awful, not much sun, a lot of wind and rain. There were few crazies but overall I just put my head down and played. It turned out to be a nice weekend, I feared the worse, some times that happens. Thanks to all the folks that came out, you guys are the best! See you next month!

It was a very interesting week, I finished up a lot towards getting the The Big Lonesome project completed. I'm looking forward to starting work on Poor-Dum my new solo release. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!!  Keepin' It Real! -David

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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

January 23rd, Retrophonic's Studios - We worked on a mix "My Chevrolet" and did some work on "Rocket". I will be with Dan Bagan on Thursday, I hope we find that we have a mix of "Hardscrabble", if so, we are finished with The Big Lonesome Rides Again.

January 25th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - I had a blast!  We ended the night with a good laugh and as Barry Dunaway would say "Frankie you crack me up". Another memorable "Desperado".

January 26th, Bagan and Company - I didn't work on anything with Dan today. He wasn't up for it, hopefully in a couple of weeks. 

January 26th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at The Beacon Listening Room - We had a great night at The Beacon. We are looking forward to our next date on February 9th.  Also don't forget about the Songwriter's Night on February 21st here at The Beacon Listening Room.

January 27th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at St Augustine Fish House - Canceled due to weather, but we have booked some future dates at this venue. We'll keep you posted

January 28th, Private Party

January 29th thru February 3rd, In the recording studio with The North Star Band - We're starting our 4th release. It was great to get together with the boys. We worked hard and got a great start on our next project. We still had that North Star sound it was a trip to be a part of this project. 

Lou, Al, Gantt, Jimmy, Paul, Jay & Dave

Thanks for letting me live my dream! Keepin' It Real!!!  -David

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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

January 16th, Retrophonics Studios - Jim and I mixed "Don't Ever Let It Get You Down" and almost finished "My Chevrolet".

January 17th, Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - Great night! Reggie and Lauren kicked butt! Thanks for supporting "LIVE" original music and thanks Micah Gilliam and Sue Westcott for joining us tonight.

Micah, Lauren, Reggie, Bob, Sue and Dave

January 18th, Carpetbaggers at Hurricane Grill and Wings - The place was packed! It's such a pleasure to play with this group. Tony was a little under the weather but only he knew it. Sue's finger tip was cut, a dish washing accident but only she knew it. Two real pros. It's always great to have Frankie join us, he is one of the best! Thanks for supporting the Carpetbaggers!

January 19th, Bagan and Company - We worked on the release of "Don't Let It Get You Down". A song I wrote with Chris McVey that will appear on The Big Lonesome Rides Again. Only one more tune to mix and we'll be on our way to a new release of an old project! Another song Chris and I wrote will appear on the new North Star Band project we will start at the end of January. 

January 20, Carpetbaggers DAVE and Sue at The Tide's Oyster Co. and Grill -  Felicia had some licensing problems and was unable to open. Hope to see you next month on February 17th.

January 21st, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Frankie at Borrillo's - We were canceled due to the weather.

January 22nd, DAVE Aunt Kate's - What a difference a day makes, was a nice afternoon on the porch by the water!

Looking forward to the studio this week. First I'm hoping to finish The Big Lonesome Rides Again by getting a final mix on "My Chevrolet" with special guests Jim DeVito and Jessie Cruce on guitars. And second I'm going to visit "Rocket" on my new solo project. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!! Keepin' It Real! -David

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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

January 9th, Retrophonics Studios - Jim DeVito and I worked on a mix "Don't Let It Get You Down". This song will appear on The Big Lonesome Rides Again release. We have 2 more songs to finish mixing and then I will head to Bagan and Company to see Dan Bagan to finish up the layout and order CDs and thumb drives. Can't wait!

January 11th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It was a great night!  This was our only band gig this week, I'm off to Cedar Key on Friday.

January 13th, 14th and 15th, DAVE at The Big Deck - I had a great weekend but it was cold, cold, cold. I set up at the L&M Saturday (Liam & Madi's), it was just to cold to play at The Big Deck. I was there Friday and Sunday as planned. Thanks Darlene, Bryan and Abbi, Theresa, Braylen and I had a great time. See you February 10th, 11th and 12th.

I hope to finish up The Big Lonesome project at Retrophonics Studios with Jim DeVito and get the layout done with Dan Bagan at Bagan and Company this week. Thanks for letting me live my dream!!!   Keepin' it Real! -David

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Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

January 1st - Happy New Year to all!

January 2nd, Retrophonics Studios - I laid down another new tune "The Promenade". Jim and I worked on mixes for "Rocket" for my solo release Poor-Dum and "My Chevrolet" for The Big Lonesome. I hope to get Woody Pernell, Tony, Frankie and Sue in over the next several weeks and finish Poor-Dum. I'll be with Dan Bagan on Thursday this week, I hope we can post "My Bird" from the upcoming The Big Lonesome Rides Again.

January 4th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony at Hurricane Grill and Wings - The rain tried to stop us but it didn't work, we ended up having a great night! It was good to see Mike and Sandy from Coles Point Tavern in Virginia, a place where I play a couple of times a year.

January 5th, Bagan and Company - Dan and I worked on the "My Bird" release from The Big Lonesome Rides Again. It was great to be back working with my friend. I hope to have another release ready in the next week or so. My Bird by The Big Lonesome

January 5th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at the Pelican Pub - It started out a little slow but got going pretty good as the night progressed. Thanks Jeff, Jennifer and staff you guys are the best!

January 6th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Cancelled due to weather!

January 7th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie at San Sebastian Winery - We had a blast on the roof top!

January 8th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Beautiful afternoon! Barry and L-i-dee-ahh Dunaway stopped by with their friends from Austin. 

I am looking forward to doing some mixing with Jim DeVito. I hope to get The Big Lonesome songs finished so I can get with Dan Bagan and release this 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

Carpetbaggers Band

The North Star Band 

December 13th, Songwriter's Night at The Beacon Listening Room - Another great Songwriter's Night, we're getting ready to head into year 8 of this event. I'm proud to be a part of it. Bill Wharton (Sauce Boss) and Chelsea Saddler were a pleasure to listen to. And always great to listen and sit next to my friend Bob Patterson. Thanks for supporting "LIVE" original music in St. Augustine. Thanks to all the folks at The Beacon for hosting this event.

Dave, Chelsea, Bill, Bob

December 14th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Tony and Frankie at Hurricane Grill and Wings - It turned out to be a great evening. It was cloudy and nasty all day, the weather turned nice right in time for our show. We missed Sue!

December 15th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Tony and Frankie at Pelican Pub - It was a great night! There were a lot of new faces in the crowd. We missed the Queen Bee.

December 16th thru 20th, Ellijay, GA Theresa, Brianna, Braylen and I had a great time with the Westcott's. It is becoming a tradition.

December 21st, Carpetbaggers Tony and Dave at Hurricane Grill and Wings- Frankie was under the weather so Tony and I played on. It was a blast! We were under the tent because it rained off and on all night. We missed the Queen Bee and Frankie!

December 25th, Christmas Day - Merry Christmas! I hope everyone made it a special day.

December 26th, Retrophonics Studios - We laid down another new tune I wrote called "A Ghost". We also listened to a rough mix of "My Chevrolet" by The Big Lonesome with Jim DeVito and Jesse Cruce adding guitars. 

December 28th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue and Tony Hurricane Grill and Wings - It turned out to be only mildly cold, we were under the tent. It was good to have Sue back! Looking forward to the whole band tomorrow.

December 29th, Carpetbaggers DAVE, Sue, Tony and Frankie The Beacon -  It was a blast! It was good to have the band together again. See you back here January 26th.

Carpetbaggers at the Beacon Listening Room, St. Augustine, FL

December 30th, DAVE at The Pelican Pub - I was performing solo at this event. I had a great time! Thanks Jeff and Jennifer for letting me be a part of your Customer Appreciation Party. 

December 31st - Theresa, Brianna, Braylen and I drove up to SC to spend the afternoon with my Dad and Margie.  Margie fixed us a delicious lunch and we spent the afternoon just catching up.  It was nice.

I'm looking forward to finishing The Big Lonesome Rides Again. We have one more song to mix, "My Chevrolet".  This project has taken years to complete but something I would not shelve. I can't wait for everyone to hear a short lived but great band, The Big Lonesome.

Also I'm looking forward to getting together with Dan at Bagan and Company.  On the schedule is releasing "My Bird" from The Big Lonesome Rides Again project, and moving forward on the layout for it's 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