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6/3/07  Your copy of Vexar Entertainment's Wednesday Nights in Memphis is waiting for you at Spin Street Records in Memphis.  Stop by and pick up a copy to benefit the good work at Target House.  Lately David has an unplugged performance at the store at 3pm on June 16th to help promote the record, we'd love for you to stop by and celebrate with this awesome recording with us.

4/5/07  So, the D's been underground for a while.  Danny and his wife had another kid.  Tommy got another wife.  Matt probably got something, but I'll be damned if I know what.  It would be cool to know, though because I could have completed the little game I had going there.  Here's the dope.  Lately David has regrouped, reworked, and we're reinvigorated.  We are thrilled to be part of "Wednesday Nights in Memphis", a compilation album of Memphis area artists that have performed at Target House in Memphis.  Our song "Lovely There in Spring will be featured on the release, due out later this month. 

7/8/06  Inspired by Jason Bell's bootleg video, you can now find a few classic LD live performance videos on our audio page alongside our new recordings.  These videos will change as we find more old nuggets and film upcoming shows.

7/7/06  A message from Scott.  Lately David is dead, long live Lately David.

2/13/06  Two more recordings have been added to the audio page.  Listen to the new music and post your opinions, ideas, and feelings in the message board.  Thanks for playing along.

2/10/06  Slow going, but recording work is being done at WH Studios.  Three new songs are completed and will be posted on this site on the audio page.  You'll find the newest recording already there, Lovely There in Spring is over there and I invite you to take a listen to what LD is up to these days.

9/4/05  "Pop Music Played Loudly":  the band uses that phrase in our press materials, and you'll even see it above on the right at the top of this webpage.  But honestly, we didn't really believe the motto was anything more than a boastful chest thump of a slogan that may or may not have much basis in the real world.  Until now.  Last Saturday night, our Dingofest appearance on Beale Street, Memphis was abruptly cut short because folks in the club next door couldn't hear the band playing because we were drowning them out.  I'll say this again, The Rum Boogie Cafe had us shut us down for playing too loud NEXT DOOR to them.  Turn your band up, James Govan, it's fucking Beale Street!  So, I guess I shouldn't approach the Rum Boogie about booking us.  God knows we'd be too loud if we were actually in the room with them.  Lately David: pop music played loudly.  and damn proud of it.

8/11/05  Lately David has been confirmed for the annual Dingofest music festival that fills Beale Street with original Memphis music every Labor Day weekend.  Come out and enjoy the party all weekend long.  Lately David will play Handy Hall on Beale Street around midnight Saturday night.

8/10/05  Jason Bell is much better at providing updated LD news in his blog, and fortunately, he links those LD related posts to our message board, complete with full color action photos.  So, there has been news during the past two months, it just been neglected here.  In a nutshell, it goes Jubilee Jam, recording, rehearsal, more recording.  There ya go.  All caught up. 

6/10/05  Jackson, Mississippi's Jubilee Jam schedule seems to be finalized now, and Lately David is scheduled to play the WC Don's stage at 8pm on Saturday, June 18th.  Take a look at the entire event's schedule here.

6/9/05  LD's All the New Information is mentioned in Jackson Mississippi's Planet Weekly in an article about "some of the best local CDs".  Read the article that also mentions our guitar hero Misha Hercules.  Thanks for listening, Planet Weekly!

6/8/05  Don't let the lack of updates fool you, Lately David has been busy over the past two months.  Recording continues on songs that will surely be included on a new release some time in the future.  Lately David will appear at Jackson, Mississippi's Jubilee Jam music festival.  The festival gets underway on Friday, June 17th and continues all day Saturday.  It is our first time to play the festival, but I understand it will be a "new look" for the festival, to be held this year in the Hal & Mal's/WC Don's Commerce St. area.  LD will perform on the WC Don's stage on Saturday evening, check back for exact time, or just get there early and enjoy the day of music.

4/11/05  The band convened in WH Studios yesterday to rehearse some newer songs and to continue the recording process.  Find photos in Jason's photo blog.

4/2/05  Danny spent some time at WH Studios today to work on some recording and writing.  Hope you had a fun April Fool's Day. 

3/28/05  On Saturday the 26th Tommy and Danny met up for an overnight session at Wayne Henry Studios, and as the sun broke the horizon on Easter morning, Lately David's music arose from the dead and said, "Peace to you good men.  Go forth and rock ass."  So it was said, so shall it be done.  Selah.

3/15/05  A recording session yesterday at Wayne Henry yielded drum parts for a new song called Peter Pan and the Problem with Girls.  It'll probably end up on a new record sometime.

1/9/05  Earlier this week Scott and Danny met up in Wayne Henry Sound Studios, the band's rehearsal/recording studio in Hernando, and tracked some drum parts for a couple of new songs that were recently debuted at our last WC Don's show down in Jackson.  Just yesterday, Danny followed up on this session by adding guitar parts to one of Scott's recorded drum parts. 

12/21/04  Merry Christmas.  Jackson, Mississippi, come out to WC Don's Thursday the 23rd.  It'll be a fun show.  Dr. Spell is opening.  And ring in the new year with us, we'll be back at Don's on the 31st.  We're playing with a really talented singer songwriter named Misha Hercules.  He's good stuff.  Visit his website and buy his record, then come out and say Happy New Year.

11/24/04  We are writing and demo-ing new songs for future performances and maybe a new record sometime.  Next show on the books is back at WC Don's on December 23rd.  Maybe we'll learn up some Jingle Bell Rock.  Happy Thanksgiving.  Go buy the new U2 record.

10/23/04  October has been a busy month.  Thanks to The Hype for funtimes back on the 9th at W.C. Don's.  Scott and his little lady welcomed their second child into the world on the 15th.  If Alexis Faith is as pretty as her name, then the boys better watch out.  Finally, on the 21st, we played at the second annual "Fall on the Square" in Hernando.  It was a special night as Cowboy Eddie Long sat in on pedal steel and helped us strip our songs to bare bones for a sparse acoustic set under the stars.  Scott's got his hands full with the new baby, so the next show isn't scheduled until November 20th.  We'll be back in Jackson at W.C. Don's, opening for our friends The Hype.   

9/10/04  Check out the new message board.  It's over there in the Feedback section.  Hopefully we'll get some conversations going in there.

8/26/04  Shows coming up:  We're back in Jackson, MS on Saturday, September  4th.  We'll play Fenian's about 9pm.  The next day, we'll play in Memphis at Club 152 on Beale St. as a part of Dingofest.  It's an early show, so bring the kids, we play at 5:30pm.  We love the Dingos.  And, for you future planners, we'll be back at W.C. Don's in Jackson on Saturday, October 9th.  Yay for calendars.

8/12/04  Jackson, MS-come out to rock with us.  LD will play an acoustic set at BeBop Record Shop on Saturday, August 21.  Then check us out later that very night all plugged in at W.C. Don's.  Rock on.

7/22/04  Our performance time at Metalfest has been changed to 5:15pm.  Date and venue remain the same.  We must have made the big time, friends, Lately David is a trivia question!  The fine folks at bekkerrock.com have created some kind of local music trivia game to give away passes to Metalfest.  Click on the link to bekker's site to get the list of questions.  I hope you win.

7/14/04  Lately David plays the Jackson, TN event Metalfest on Saturday, July 31 at 6pm.  We're playing at the VFW, how cool is that.  Maybe we'll stroll up to the bar and tell those Vietnam vet pussies how hard we had it in WW2.  Lately David stormed the beach at Normandy and played a show in Paris the next night.  Now that's WAR, dammit.  The VFW, for god sake.  That's worth the drive right there.  Ok, not much of that is true, none of it except for the stuff about the show.  Stay tuned to this page, this event will be webcast live and we'll have links up right here so you can tune in and watch us tear the roof off the dump from your very own living room.  You can even download some porn while you watch us rock if your modem is fast enough...God, I just fell in love with me. 

7/9/04  Jackson, TN...LOOK OUT! The D is coming for ya.  We were recently added to the Metalfest lineup and we'll play Saturday 7/31.  More specific details will soon follow.  Rumor has it this festival will be webcast live.  I tell ya, we're living in the modern age.  I'm a little scared of this thing...Metalfest, for goodness sake.  Our buddies from The Hype will be there, at least, so if we get stuck in a dark alley with a big bully death metal band, maybe they'll get our back.

6/17/04  We play a show Saturday the 19th with The Hype at The Highland Cue in Memphis.  As the name suggests, it's on Highland, near Newby's.  You know, it's also near the Fox 13 TV studios.  If Leon Griffin shows up, I'll...well, I can't think of anything funny...but, it'd be really cool and damn funny.  C'mon Leon, show us some love!  Take a look at that link to the Highland Cue and tell me you're gonna miss out on that!  We'll crank up about 10:30pm.

5/29/04  Next show is down in Oxford Town on June 5th, a Saturday night.  Our first time in Oxford in a long time.  It's a joint called The Blue Marlin.   Ole Miss, come out for some fun.

1/18/04  Our next show will happen this Friday night, January 23 about 10 pm at The Complex on Madison in Memphis, TN.  We had a blast last time we played there, and we certainly look forward to it now.  Come on out and enjoy some good music from LD and The Hype, another band that will be there.  We'll have copies of the record there for sale for a modest price, and hope you'll feel like picking up a copy for yourself.  Be well.

12/30/03  The album is out and available.  Be-Bop stores in Jackson, MS will have them in no time at all.  They'll be available in stores in Memphis, TN very soon.  You'll be able to link to CDBaby.com and buy the record directly from this site just as soon as I ship a supply of copies to them, CDBaby.com is a safe and secure online record store full of good stuff.  Until then, just flag any of the band members down on the street and we'll be happy to set you up.  We are working on some shows near you, so stay tuned here and come on out, see us play, and pick up the new record, all the new information. 

11/29/03  Now that the record is done, we're working on art work and pictures to line the album sleeve.  Mixed in with all that, and slowing it down, admittedly, is a new baby in my household, born 10/24/03.  Here's Zadie.  Artist Jason Bell is hard at work trying to please all of us with a album cover and art work.  He is patient and kind.  Some new pics on the Visual pages, from a couple of shows we've played over the last month or so.

10/16/03  A mastering session today at Brad Blackwood's Euphonic Masters has finally capped off more than a year of all the recording, mixing, bleeding, crying and swearing associated with making our new record.  Mastering is just a way of finalizing the whole record to make things sound pretty.  We'll be working on album cover art and all that jazz in the coming weeks and before you know it, we'll be trying to sell you a record.

9/4/03  Horn section session today.  Jim Spake and Scott Thompson made the drive down to my place and inside of two hours, the song KXOK has horn parts, and I got to chat with Jim about his days playing with Alex Chilton, so ain't that just the coolest.  With this session complete, the never-ending record we're making is actually drawing to something of a close.  Well, I've surely jinxed it now...

9/2/03  We had a great time at Dingofest.  The folks at Dingo Inc. are the coolest.  At last year's festival, we played at The Hard Rock Cafe, and that was all shiny, bright, and cool, but this year at Handy Hall, we really got the feeling of playing a real Beale St. dive.  The crowd was great and super friendly (translate that to they smiled and applauded at the appropriate times).  Sounds weird, but it happens less than you think.  A big recording session is scheduled for Thursday the 4th.  I've booked Jim Spake and Scott Thompson to play sax and trumpet on my song KXOK.  These guys are real pros, and I'm a little intimidated that they'll be coming to record their parts in my living room.

8/12/03  It's back to school time!  whatever.  As you noticed on the front page, we're playing Dingofest again this year.  We had a good time at last year's festival when we played the Hard Rock.  Great crowd, awesome vibe.  This year, we're playing WC Handy Hall at 3:20 on Sunday, 8/31.  A Sunday matinee from LD, you ask?  Sure, why the hell not.  Go get some religion, then venture out to Beale and really get saved...by rock and roll!  I miss Sam already.

7/09/03  Okay, I have not been very good with the updates.  I'm still a good person, though.  Anybody in Cleveland, MS this summer?  Come hang with us at The Pickled Okra on Saturday the 12th.  Dave, Tom, and Danny all went to DSU back in the day, and we're pretty excited about getting back to Cleveland.  We'll play around 9pm, best I can figure.

4/21/03  Not enough folks dig this whole Earth thing we have going here, the Earth Day festival at Ole Miss has been cancelled.  Too bad, we were looking forward to playing out on the Grove again.  It's been nearly 3 years since our last performance there.  This crazy record of ours is still simmering on low heat, but we've only got a couple of songs left to do.  The light at the end of this long dark tunnel is brightening.  Yep.

4/03/03  So, come by and see us tomorrow night at The Complex, ok?  Due to a scheduling snafu, they've overbooked the joint.  The show will start early and we'll play at 8pm.  There's like, five bands playing, so come out and enjoy the rock and roll music.  If you're fond of the Earth, come celebrate Earth Day with us on the Grove at Ole Miss.  The SEA, (students for environmental awareness??) is hosting a festival with loads of live music on Friday, April 25th, and we are excited to be a part of it.  It's the day before Oxford's Double Decker Festival, so come down for us on Friday, stay for Los Lobos on Saturday.  Oh, and the Kudzu Kings will probably be there, too...are they still alive?

3/25/03  A fun evening of Rock and Roll goodness at the True Music Showcase last weekend, we had a blast.  Look up Leroy Star, are they playing near you?  Go.  We got a chance to meet this great band and cool group of people Saturday night.  Remember: our next show is Friday April 4th at the Complex, come one, come all, but mainly come all.

3/08/03  Our man Scott got married today.  Sorry ladies he's off the market, so Dave and Tommy are now the only eligible bachelors in the band.  They await your correspondence.  We will play the 93x True Music Showcase later this month.  Details are forthcoming, stay tuned.

2/10/03  "Talk About You" has debuted at #4 mp3's Mississippi Power Pop Chart.  What, you ask, Mississippi has enough power pop bands for a chart, well, it seems so.  If you haven't heard the song, due to appear on the new record, give it a spin here.

2/07/03  New music on our mp3.com site.  "Talk About You"  is a short little number that will appear on the new record that we are so gingerly birthing.  hop over there and give it a listen.  We hope you like it.  Our previous release to mp3.com topped the state rock charts, with your help we can top the pop charts with this one.  Listen+Love+Download.  Thanks.

1/23/03  Rehearsing, photo shoots, and more recording since the last entry.  Busy, busy, busy.  Rehearsals are going really well with our new guitarist, Dave.  It's almost like he's been here all along, well, sort of.  We're about to get busy booking shows in Memphis, TN and Oxford, MS.  Hope to play in Starkville and Jackson, MS as well, if you have a fave club, drop us a line.  Plan ahead for Friday April 4, we're booked to play a new Memphis club called The Complex on that evening.  I know, I know, it's a long way from now, but it's the best I could get.  But you all have early warning and I expect to see all of your bright and shining faces there. 

1/11/03  Scott called me up last night and we scheduled a last minute recording session for today to record some drum parts for the record.  I typically play along on guitar as Scott performs his drum part while recording songs, so I strapped on my Les Paul and proceeded to rip out the output jack as I run out of guitar cable slack by walking too far away from my amp.  We haven't even hit the Record button and I've broken my guitar.  I grab the old back up and we get back to work, recording a drum part for a song I wrote late last year called "BabyGirl".  Scott then recorded some way cool sound effects/percussion for a song called "Guinevere".  After the recording was done for the day, I hauled my sorry guitar breaking ass to the guitar shop and got my guitar fixed.  Good news is, I've found a new guitar guy, this job was done in 10 minutes and cost me 15 bucks.  oh yeah.

1/5/03  Hey, it's the future.  New years always make me want flying robot cars or something cool that we see in the movies about future times, maybe a personal jet pack we could strap on.  Dave, the new guitar man, is settling in.  During the Christmas holidays we introduced him to all of our songs, and his creative guitar style is adding a new dimension to the music.  In record news - record, there's a record, what record? - I worked on drum samples today, cymbal samples, actually.  Basically that means I whacked a crash cymbal about 20 twenty times and tried to find the best sounding one.  Then I add screwy effects and totally alter the sound so it doesn't really sound like a crash cymbal anymore.  Pretty futuristic, ain't it?

12/24/02  Merry Christmas, good tidings and great fudge!  Lately David hopes you get lots of toys.  LD got a new guitar player for Christmas.  LD is rehearsing with a new singer/songwriter/guitarist named David Rice - hey, now there's actually a "David" in Lately David.  Check for David to be joining us for upcoming shows early in the new year.  Happy Holidays.  Rock on.

12/05/02  Our song "Old Miss America" has topped the charts at mp3.com!  Thanks for listening, streaming, or downloading the song.  Your listens have propelled it to the number one position on the Mississippi Rock Song chart.  Thanks!  Expect new LD music at mp3.com soon.  If you haven't had a chance to listen to "Old Miss America", a song from our upcoming album, go check it out at mp3.com.

11/25/02   Get a preview of the new record!  Alright, ok...it's just one new song, but visit our mp3.com site and stream or download "Old Miss America", a brand new song that will appear on the new record we are feverishly assembling as we speak.  As you were.

11/21/02  More recording.  Tommy recorded a bass guitar part for "Guinevere" and I had a ton of fun recording an electric piano part for Tommy's song "Forever".  I've also been working on mixes.  So there.

11/08/02  Tommy and I brushed off our vocal chords and got down to work on recording vocal parts on a couple of songs yesterday and today.  Point of reference: a bathroom makes a nice vocal booth.  You'll notice Tommy's "singing in the shower" vocal quality on his song "Face to Face".  Pass the soap, Tom.

10/31/02  Boo!  Happy Halloween.  It's the night I get to go to bed early and avoid all the kids banging on my door.  I'm just not a people person, I guess.  Take your kids somewhere else, dammit.  I recorded an organ part today for a song called Talk About You that will be on the new record.  It's kind of somewhere in between that classic Elvis Costello organ signature that barks and spits its way through a song and the smooth growl of Stevie Winwood's keyboard sound.  Now if only I were as good as Winwood...geez, I'd settle for being as good as Costello.

10/30/02  For someone who needs to be working on the record, I sure am spending a lot of time updating this website.  I put up some new pictures in the Visual section.  I guess I got tired of looking at those same old goofy shots.  So, now there are new goofy shots.  Hey kids, if you're within a stone's throw of Starkville, MS call up WMSV and request some LD.  They've played "Measure for Measure" during the Homegrown program before, let's see to it that they continue playing the song.  What else to share today...songs we're working on for the record: Measure for Measure, Queen of New York, KXOK, Forever, Guinevere, Face to Face, Talk About You, Old Miss America.  As I mentioned in yesterday's update, the progress of these range from completed and available to you on the Measure single to just underway as is the case with KXOK which now has drums, bass, and a little guitar done with a lot of work left.

10/29/02  In an effort to motivate myself to freshen up the old website more often, I've bravely titled this page "Updates".  So, in that spirit, here's all the news that's fit to print.  Last Saturday, LD played a showcase/talent search for RA Records.  Who knows what they thought of our audition, but we got to meet a band called "Dropping Trou".  Band name of the year, hands down.  Check out Six Ways From Sunday a good band and a handsome group of strapping young fellows.  We are deep into the recording process, hard at work on what will become our new record.  We have songs, song fragments, song ideas, yelps, belches, and squeals on tape, CD, and computer.  It's an exciting time.  Um, can you feel it?