Wednesday, September 7th, Northstar @ Captain Stan's - Stan was out hunting alligators so we were on our own.  It was a nice crowd.  Ed and I played really well. We've had a few great gigs in a row a Stan's.  Thanks Brendan and staff!

Thursday, September 8th, Dave @ The Corner Bar - Only a few people, but still turned out good!  The folks from the Alligator Farm stopped by (Kevin & Jenny), they said they'd be back again.  "Lotto" Bob stopped in too (haven't seen him in years).  Also "Big" Mike.  Good to see you guys.  Kruz, you sounded good! Thanks Nick and staff!

Friday and Saturday, September 9th and 10th, Dave @ SeaJay's - It wasn't a very busy weekend crowd wise, but a very pleasant gig anyway.  Met some new folks.  Played my new tune "Two Manatee's Kissin'". Thanks Tommy and staff and thanks Ed and Kristen.

Sunday, September 11th, Dave @ Zaharias - Turned out to be a great gig!  Did my new song I wrote for the picture Thom and Elizabeth gave me for my birthday, called "Two Manatee's Kissin'".  I can't wait for the NorthStar gig on Monday, September 19th 6-9pm here at Zaharias.  Please stop by and support it!  Thanks GiGi and staff!

I've found that when things seem at their worst something good always prevails.  Times are tough, but I have to believe things will get better.  Hang in there!  Thanks for letting me live my dream. Keepin' It Real -David

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Monday, August 29th, The Hacker's at Hurricane Patty's - Great night! When we play music it's fun!  Some of the other things that go on make it a little tough for me (the "goofing" around).  Chris said it himself when trying to listen to Dan's recording from the night.  He said "Man, I wish we would just play the song, too much goofing off".  I agree whole heartedly, and wish it could be different.  Although, I can put up with it and still enjoy it once a month.  Thanks everyone for coming out!  And thanks to the great staff at Hurricane Patty's!  See you next month.

Tuesday, August 30th, Dave @ The World Famous Oasis - Splash had a cancellation and asked me if I could cover it for him.  A little slow, but had a good time.  Thanks to those who showed up.

Wednesday, August 31st, NorthStar @ Zachry's - It was a slow Wednesday, but had fun with Ed.  This is a great gig.  I can't wait for it to pick-up.  Thanks Barbara, DJ and staff!

Thursday, September 1st, Dave @ The Corner Bar - What a great send off.  It was me, Kruz and Trudy for the better part of an hour.  Then the place got real crowed.  It was a blast!  Thanks Nick and staff!

Friday, September 2nd, The Big Lonesome @ The Dockside - My good friend Cecil showed up along with many others.  The Big Lonesome began the show and Mr. Natural closed it out.  We all played well and the owner wants us back!  NorthStar, The Big Lonesome and Mr. Natural!  Thanks Randy!!!

Saturday & Sunday, September 3rd and 4th, The Big Lonesome Show @ Coles Point Tavern - There's not many places like the Northern Neck of Virginia around.  Over the years we've met so many special people, Scott and Carla being two of them.  Thanks for taking such good care of us.  I can't wait to get back.  I had a blast playing with everyone. Thanks Randy for the great cookout at the house on Saturday (Steaks, lobster tails, and all the fixins and especially the crabs for Theresa).  Sunday Jason and Joy put out a spread for us at their place twice in one day (Steaks, Chicken, Hotdogs and too many other things to mention, but the most important were the "bbq ribs" for you know who)!  Thanks Jason and Joy!  Thanks Randy Watts, it would not be possible without you.

Sunday, September 5th, The Big Lonesome Show @ AC's - I am wore out!  But to get together with this bunch one more time, I wouldn't miss it.  It was a nice day.  Lots of people, a lot of fun!  And the "S-P-R-E-A-D" that Chris put out for us after the show cannot go without mentioning.  It was unbelievable!  Thanks Chris and staff!  And once again, (even though he did not make it) Thanks Randy for everything!

Monday, September 6th, The ride home went good.  Jay "you da man".

I'm having so much fun this year!  I'm writing a lot and hanging out with a great bunch of people!  Thanks all of you for letting me live my dream!!!

DON'T FORGET:  NorthStar at Zaharias, Monday September 19th, 6-9pm and The Big Lonesome tomorrow night (Monday, September 12th) 6pm @ Hurricane Patty's

Keepin' It Real - David

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Monday, August 22nd, C & L Automotive - The Big Lonesome had a rehearsal for the upcoming Virginia trip.  What a great time!  We worked on another song Gregg wrote "To Tore Up to Tear Down".  It's another good one.  Wayne's new tune "Sweet River Girl" is also sounding great.  This is a trip I look forward to and I know the rest of the guys are excited also.  Lookout Virginia here we come.

Wednesday, August 24th, AM Eclipse - Worked on parts on a few tunes "Hopeless Romantic".  It's getting closer.  I think I will have The Big Lonesome do the background vocals, then hopefully I'll finally be able to finish this one up. and start on #3.

PM - Northstar @ The World Famous Oasis - Had a blast in the land of the 44 TV's.  Met a bunch of new people.  Booked some more dates.  Thanks Splash and staff!

Thursday, August 25th, Dave "solo" @ The Corner Bar - It wasn't packed but I had a great time!  Kruz did a great job!  Also had a singer-songwriter from Sarasota stop by (Gary).  He did one of his tunes Southern Comfort.  Sounded real good.  Thanks Nick and staff!

Friday, August 26th, Dave "solo" @ SeaJay's - Not too many people, but the ones that were there were on the deck with me.  Made some new friends!  Thanks Tommy and staff!

Saturday, August 27th, NorthStar @ Latitude 31 - We had special guest Frankie Urzetta from "The Big Lonesome" with Ed and I.  Nice evening, had a little breeze from "Irene".  Did some nice stuff through the evening.  Good job Ed and Frankie.  Thanks to the staff at Latitude 31!

Sunday, August 28th, Dave "solo" @ Zaharias - The weather was threatening, but had a nice crowd.  I really enjoy playing here and can't wait to play here as "NorthStar" with brother Ed on Monday, September 19th.  Thanks Angelica and staff!

I had a great week!  Got some more things done in the studio on "Hopeless Romantic".  Looking forward to Virginia with The Big Lonesome.  I was sorry to hear about Kitty, my heart goes out to her family!  Also my old friend Greg Smallwood from Virginia.  Life is over for them and they will be missed by me.  Live each day like it's your last and by all means find happiness.  Thanks for letting me live my dream.  Keepin' It Real -David

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Tuesday, August 16th, Dave @ The World Famous Oasis - It was my first Dave gig since Virginia trip.  Had a couple of people of that came out.  I'm still having trouble with my guitar, but I have a back up.  The gig went good it was a little slow but just enough people came to see me and that made it worth it!  Hopefully, I'll see some folks on Thursday.

Wednesday, August 17th, NorthStar @ Captain Stan's - It was a good night behind the magic fence.  The Captain was a little off his game and the place looks to him to control the evening.  It was still a good night.  Ed seemed tired but hung in there like a pro.  Good job everybody, see you next time!

Thursday, August 18th, AM Eclipse - Did some work on Yankee Lady.  I'm real proud of this CD and thanks Jim for all the had work you've put into this project.

PM - Dave @ The Corner Bar - What a night!  This is a good listening room and I enjoy playing here.  Kruz did a great job!  Rusty stopped by said he would come by next week to sit in.  Thanks for having my back Nick!  The next two weeks I'll be playing 5-8 pm due to the pre-season football games.  Thanks again everyone for coming out!

Friday, August 19th, Dave@ SeaJay's - Not real crowded, but had a good time.  After my gig I went and saw Mr. Natural.  They were playing at Latitude 31.  They sounded good.  It's was nice to see my friends.  Thanks Tommy and staff at SeaJay's you guys are the best!  See you next weekend.

Saturday, August 20th, NorthStar @ Latitude 31 - I showed up to see Eddie "solo" at his afternoon gig.  He did some real nice stuff.  Then unfortunately it ended up we, "NorthStar with Frankie" had been double booked and were cancelled for the evening gig.  We had a chance to hang around for a few and then called it a night and Frankie and I headed home.  Thanks Ed for a great weekend.  Thanks Kristen.

Looking forward to "The Big Lonesome" rehearsal on Monday.  Gregg has a new song "To Tore Up To Tear Down".  Keepin' It Real -David

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Friday, August 12th, NORTHSTAR @ Coles Point Tavern - Carla decided to have us set up in the front.  What a great idea!  We had a blast even though I was having guitar trouble.  Ed pulled me through it!  Thanks Randy, Scott, Carla and staff, we had a great time!

Saturday, August 13th, NORTHSTAR @ Guiseppe's - We were suppose to be upstairs, then it was outside, then it was back in the bar where we had originally set up.  We had a nice crowd.  Ed and I would like to thank Ellen Winston from Fauquier National Bank for making it possible to play the gig.  Also we'd like to thank Joe, Josi and staff for treating us so good.  And last but not least Daddy Frank and Rev. Jimmy Jones for sitting in.  A fun night overall.

Sunday, August 14th, NORTHSTAR @ Thorton River Grille - Andy and staff are the greatest!  This is a great place to play.  The weather was a little threatenin, but it never really broke loose so we kept on playing.  Thanks everyone!

This was a good road trip.  It's great to be home though.  I'm meeting with Jim Stafford this week to start moving on my "Hopeless Romantic" cd and Northstar's "Keepin' It Real",  -David

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Wednesday, August 3rd, NorthStar @ Capt. Stan's - We had a great time behind the magic fences. Met a singer Nate and Coleman.  Both seemed real nice.  Hope we see those two again.  Good job Ed!  Thanks Stan and staff.

Thursday, August 4th, Dave @ The Corner Bar - The best crowd I think I've had here.  Thanks Kruz!  Thanks Pat, Nick and Nanna!

Friday, August 5th, NorthStar @ Seajay's Benefit for Billy and Ron - Not a huge turn out but it was great to see Jim and Sheryl show up from St. Augustine.  We raised money for the Billy and Ron who were injured in a bad car accident and signed cards for both.  Hope it helps!

Saturday afternoon, August 6th, Dave solo @ Latitudes 31 - It was hot as hell, but turned out great!   Thanks to the great staff at Latitude 31.

Saturday evening, August 6th, Dave solo @ SeaJay's - I was wore out after the first gig today, but got a second wind and had a big crowd to help me though the 2nd part of my day.  Thanks Tommy and staff!

Sunday, August 7th, Dave solo at Zaharias - Had a rain out, but had fun anyway.  Hung out for a while with Renee and Bruce, Kevin and Claudia, Dave and Jim.  If you made an attempt to come out, I apologize.  Mother nature rules the outside gigs!

Monday, August 8th, The Big Lonesome @ Hurricane Patty's - What a great night!  We still didn't have the whole band there, but Ed and Wayne more than held down the solo's.  Everyone played hard.  This is a fun band.  We added a new song that Wayne wrote "Sweet River Girl".  It's a perfect fit for The Big Lonesome.  I'm excited about the Virginia trip in September.  Thanks everyone at Hurricane Patty's, you all were great!

It was a great week.  I'm looking forward to my next adventure!  Thanks everyone for your support!  Keepin' It Real - David

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July 25th, The Hackers at Hurricane Patty's - The gig went great.  Had a lot of fun.  Looking forward to The Big Lonesome gig here on August 8th.

July 26th, Dave at The World Famous Oasis - One of my best nights ever!  Sometimes this can be a challenging room.  I tried a few new ideas that seemed to work out okay.  Can't wait to try it with NorthStar.

July 27th, NorthStar at Rambler's - The gig was cancelled so we just headed north a little earlier than expected.  We later received an apology for the mix up, so if Ed says it's okay, we may try to play there again someday.

July 28th - We arrived in the Northern Neck early AM.  It's great to be back in my home state.  We lost the new cruise control on the way out of Darien, still not a bad ride.  We're just going to relax today and maybe have dinner and a few beers with Randy.

July 29th, NorthStar @ Coles Point Tavern - We opened for The Honkie Tonk Heroes.  Met Andrey, Dean and Keith Horne (he played with my hero Waylan Jennings) and Faron and his dad Gary.  They sounded great!  We did a good show too, I thought.  It was good to play to a crowd that doesn't know what to expect.  Ed and I hung around for a bit and then went and picked up POA (Plant of the Abts) from Richmond Airport.  By the way, Frankie joined us for the show and kicked ass. Thanks Frankie.

July 30th, The Mini Palooza at Coles Point - This was a special day!  Randy did a fantastic job putting this show together.  It was a blast!  Met so many players that day that I can't remember them all, but what a great bunch of artists Randy brought together.  Dean, Keith and Andrey had a 3 piece band that sounded great.  My cousin Jason had his new group "River Rock", they kicked it.  The Gypys Sons, great band, nice bunch of guys.  And Jimbo Manion sounded great and what a great guy!  Jeff an old friend was playing with him.  We had so many people come out to see us.  I thank each and everyone of you.  Donna Britton and her husband Bill from Shadow Mountain Music in Nashville(my pubishers)  Also Tommy from Sony Pictures in Nashville, who's been trying to get some of our music out there.  Thanks to Matt Abts who sat in with us for a few songs and really kicked some ass!  You are a real pro brother!  Finally, Plant of the Abts, Matt, Jorgen and T-Bone, tore it up.  These guys are a treat to watch and listen to.  Thanks POA for a great show.  It was a pleasure to meet T-Bone. I had met Jorgen before with "The Mule".  And thanks you guys for listening to a few cuts from my new CD, "Hopeless Romantic".  The whole day was a blast!

July 31st, NorthStar at The Thorton River Grille - Just when we thought it was over, we did a show with Steve Hageborn (Laughing Man).  What an interesting character and a great player and performer.  We had a blast Andy.  thanks for putting this together.

This is the kind of week you dream of.  Playing music with your friends.  Meeting people of like minds.  This is how I knew it should be.  I'm glad I let this happen!  Looking forward to next week.  I learned that the Levi Lowery show we were going to play has been cancelled.  I hope the folks that were in the accident will be okay.  We don't have anymore info as of now.  Thanks everybody!  Keepin' It Real - David

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