Tuesday, June 3, 2014

May 26th, Super Hackers at Hurricane Patty's - We had a great night! Chris had to leave early for a gig with The Dewey Via Band. George Reeves and Tony Scozzaro  came in and played. Both of these great guitar players will be joining us with The Big Lonesome later this summer! I am very excited!

May 27th, DAVE at The World Famous Oasis - Turned out to be a great night in the land of the 44 TVs!

May 28th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - What a great night! The place was packed!

May 29th, DAVE at Corner Bar - Had a blast! Kruz did a nice set!

May 30th, DAVE at Brogen's North - The weather held out and I had a blast! Thanks to Jason and staff.  You guys are the best!

May 31st, DAVE at Sea Jay's - Another great gig!  It's great coming back to Jekyll Island!

 I had a great road trip.  If they were all like this I would stay on the road! Talked to Barry and we start back on Tuesday at Cave Canem Studios working on "Mr. Song To Evil People". Barry had done some work before he took off on the road to "What Dreams Are made Of".  I can't wait to hear what he has done. Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' It Real! -David

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

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May 20th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studio's - Sang vocal track on "It Won't Be Long". After cutting the new track, Theresa and I went out to dinner with Barry and Lydia at Kingfish Grille.

May 21st, DAVE at Cave Canem Studio's - Barry sang background vocals on "It Won't Be Long".

May 21st, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Had a nice night!

May 22nd, DAVE at The Corner Bar - A little slow but still had fun! Kruz did a nice set!

May 23rd, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - A beautiful night! The place was packed!

May 24th, DAVE at Hurricane Patty's - It was a duo this afternoon.  George Reeves with me! What a treat it is to play with this great player! Ron Norris sat in for a few, did a great job!

May 25th, DAVE at Creekside - George Reeves and Frankie Urzetta were with me tonight! I love sharing the stage with both these great players!

Barry is on the road this week so there will be no studio work. It looks like a busy schedule from here on out. Looking forward to my Georgia trip this weekend. Got a couple of new tunes going! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' It Real! -David

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

Friday, May 23, 2014

May 12th, NorthStar at Creekside - What a great night! We were sorry to leave Zahaias (Angelika and staff) that's where this Monday night gig started, but I think this is a great move for the band. Thanks to Barry Dunaway and Ron Norris for sitting in! See you on June 9th back at Creekside!

May 13th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studios - Worked with Barry mixing "Evil People"!

May 13th, NorthStar at Oasis - Had a blast in the land of the 44 TVs! Had a chance to talk a little about getting our next CD going. That was real good news!

May 14th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studios - Worked some more on "Evil People".

May 14th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Nice breeze, nice folks, great place, great gig!

May 15th, Cave Canem Studios - Worked more on "Evil People" and started to mix "What Dreams Are Made Of". As we were ready to make a mix for listening, the power went off. A bad storm followed. That ended our day.

May 15th, DAVE at The Corner Bar - Had a great night! Had some old friends from "The Seiners" days show up! Kruz couldn't make it but said he would be back next week!

May 16th, NorthStar at Mellow Mushroom - What a pleasure it was playing with Ed, Brady and Frankie! We were visited by John Winters and Ron Norris, two great musicians in town! Thanks everyone for hangin' out and supporting NorthStar!

May 16th, DAVE at Zaharias - Had a great night except for the buzzing! It was good to hang out with Angelika and friends!

May 17th, DAVE at Harry's - What a night! The place was packed! Had a blast!

May 18th, Dave and Theresa at Carl and Marsha's - Had a wonderful dinner and a wonderful time! Beautiful place! Beautiful people!

Looking forward to being in the studio. It was a busy week but had a blast! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' it Real! -David

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

Thursday, May 15, 2014

May 6th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studios - Worked on "Get Back In The Race" with Barry.

May 6th, DAVE at Hurricane Patty's - Had fun tonight! I was a little jealous when I was told Jeff was in Nashville writing with Craig Hand. I'd like to do some writing with you guys if you are reading this!

May 7th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studios - Sang some background vocals on "Get Back In The Race" with Barry.  I'm really getting excited about this new CD "Mr. Song To Evil People".

May 7th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Had a nice night!  There haven't been that many weather wise on this Wednesday gig! Maybe I"m in for a change. I hope so!

May 8th, DAVE at The Corner Bar - A pretty good crowd! Kruz did a nice set! It's going to take awhile to get used to not having George and Laurence around!

May 9th, DAVE at Aunt Kate's - Private Party!

May 10th, NorthStar at Captain Stan's Smokehouse - Great to play with brother Ed! We had a blast behind the magic fence!

May 11th, DAVE at Creekside - I had my good friend and talented Frankie Urzetta with me this afternoon! Hung around and listened to a few from O.C.D. (Wes and friends) they sounded good!

I plan on being in the studio a few times this week. I am having a blast working with Barry on this project! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' It real! -David

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

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

April 28th, The Hackers at Hurricane Patty's - Had a great night! Everyone sounded good! Mike Maple sat in for Frankie and did a great job! Chris C4Man also sat in and sounded great! See you next month!

April 29th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studio - We worked on "The Ice Has Broken" and "It Won't Be Long".

April 30th, DAVE at Cave Canem Studio - More work on "The Ice Has Broken" and put together a CD to listen to on my way to Cashiers, NC.

April 30th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Cancelled due to weather!

May 1st - DAVE and Theresa, Travel Day - We started our trip about 2 AM Thursday morning. We are headed to Cashiers, North Carolina to hangwith George and Deborah Reeves. George and I had a few gigs booked there.  The trip went great.  Relaxed a little and then went out to JJ's.  We saw George's drummer Dave play with a guy named Zorki. They did a Traffic song "Low Spark of High Heeled Boys" that was dynamite!

May 2nd, DAVE and George JJ's - After slaving in the garden all day we headed down to JJ's. Had a real nice crowd! It was good to be playing with my friend George.


May 3rd, DAVE and George at Cork and Barrel - After digging up plants and watching George and Deborah work with the bee's and Theresa and I being stung by the bee's we headed to the Cork and Barrel. Had a great crowd! Met some great people!

May 4th, DAVE and Theresa On the road again - Had a nice trip back! Saw some sights! What a beautiful place and what beautiful people George and Deborah are!

Can't wait to get back in the studio! George and I started on a new song " Rude Awakening".  We hope to get Barry's help on it! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' It Real! -David

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

Monday, April 28, 2014

April 22nd, DAVE at The World Famous Oasis - Had a nice night in the land of the 44 TVs!

April 23rd, DAVE at Cave Canem Studio - Worked with Barry getting mixes to listen to over the weekend.

April 23rd, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Beautiful night! Can't beat this gig when the weather's nice!

April 24th, DAVE at The Corner Bar - Had a good night! I miss George and Laurence though. Kruz did a good set. See you in two weeks I will be in the Carolina's next week!

April 25th & 26th, NorthStar at The Big Deck Raw Bar - Had a great couple of days playing with brother Ed! First time NorthStar music has been in Cedar Key!

April 27th, DAVE at The Big Deck Raw Bar - Had a blast! A beautiful day! I will be back in Cedar Key, June 6th,7th and 8th. It's a great get away and not to far away!

Had a great week! Worked on my new CD, "Mr. Song To Evil People" with Barry at Cave Canem Studio's. Played some good music with my brother Ed (NorthStar) And spent a weekend in Cedar Key! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking. Keepin' It Real! -David

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

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

April 14th, DAVE at Barry's House - We took a look at all the tracks and alternate tracks to see where we were on this project " Mr. Song To Evil People". We are getting there! I am very lucky to have Barry Dunaway at the controls.  I am learning something every day!

April 14th, NorthStar at Zaharias - It was a great night until the rain came! We were excited to finish out our Monday's at Zaharias on a high note. I think we did, even with the rain! George Reeves and Frankie Urzetta joined Ed, Brady and I for the evening. Besides being our last night at Zaharias it was George's last gig with us for awhile. We will miss George.  I will see him in two weeks in Cashiers.  And we will miss Angelika and all the folks at Zaharias.  I will be there solo on May 17th. The good news is we will be moving NorthStar's Monday gigs to The Creekside Dinery.  Next gig on May 12th 6 to 10 pm.  Come check it out!!!!!!

April 15th, DAVE at Barry's House - We had Laurence Stevenson in to play on "Life Goes On", Laurence did a great job!

April 16th, DAVE at Hurricane Grill and Wings - Terrible weather but we decided I would set up under cover and give it a try. Great idea it turned out to be a fun night!

April 17th, DAVE at The Corner Bar - This was Laurence Stevenson's last gig for awhile! I will miss Laurence and Barbara.  They are special people. Looking forward to doing a little playing in Canada! Kruz did a nice set!  Thanks for supporting the music at The Corner Bar!

April 18th/19th, DAVE at Sea Jay's - Another great weekend on Jekyll! Had a chance to hang out and talk with Ed!

I hope to be in the studio with Barry this week! Also got some ideas for some new tunes! Life is good! Thanks for letting me live my dream! Stop texting, start talking! Keepin' it real! -Daivd

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