The band name came about when the native St. Augustine musicians watched out of town musicians similar to them become part of the local music scene. The visiting musicians laughingly referred to them as the Carpetbaggers. There you have it….

The Carpetbaggers are:

David Watt Besley, Brady Green, Frankie Urzetta, George Reeves, Laurence Stevenson, Sue Seymour Westcott, and Tony Scozzaro.

Honorary members are John Winters, Bob Semancik, Woody Pernell and Bill Mullen

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