Lately David

Matt Jones

Pop music played loudly: that phrase appears beneath the band Lately David’s stylized moniker in print as a logo. But the concept behind those words is played out both in live performance and on record in the band’s music.

Hernando, MS based Lately David, drummer Matt Berry; bassist Tommy Burton; and guitarist Danny McGreger, draws upon influence from the likes of REM, The Who, The Beach Boys, and Memphis, TN’s seminal Big Star to write and perform pop music with wit, attitude, and an edge.

Lately David live performances feature a loud, brash brand of pop music chock full of material from All the New Information, the band’s second self-released LP, a record that melds the attitude of 1970’s glam, the sounds of 1980’s post-punk, and the hooks of modern pop.

The band has performed their brand of rootsy power pop at venues ranging from the outdoor festival events “Hog Wild Barbeque Festival” in Jackson, MS and “Southern Nights” at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS, to clubs around Memphis, TN such as the High Point Pinch, The Highland Cue, and the Hard Rock Cafe.

Danny McGreger and Tommy Burton began Lately David in the winter of 1995 simply as a creative songwriting outlet while in music school at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS. It wasn’t until April of 2000 that drummer Scott Agner came aboard and the band hit the stage as a true working band, performing a catalog of songs written over the course of the previous 5 years. In the summer of 2006, drummer Matt Berry came aboard to complete the current lineup.