This Saturday at Chayz Lounge on Meeting Street, Lexington County music fans will have not one, but two chances to see a Grammy-award-nominated R&B star in an intimate, sophisticated setting.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Anthony David, a Savannah, Ga. performer who debuted in the music world in 2004, plays afternoon and evening sets at Chayz this Saturday, one at 5:30 p.m. and one at 8:30 p.m. Each show requires separate admission, and dressy attire is required.

David’s biggest national moment came in 2006 when he scored a huge R&B hit single with “Words,” a duet with superstar neo-soul singer India.Arie. The single propelled its parent album, Acey Duecy, to the Top Ten on the Billboard charts and established David as a true presence on the modern soul music scene.

“Words” garnered David a Grammy-award nomination in 2009 for “Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,” and he nabbed two NAACP Image Award nominations as well, both of which served notice that David was a force to be reckoned with, and over the next decade, he fulfilled that promise, releasing five more albums (the most recent of which is 2023’s Heaven: The Best Of Anthony David) and landing more hit singles on the R&B charts, most notably 2011’s “4Evermore,” which hit #18.

Though he was born in Savannah, David moved to Atlanta as an adult to pursue a career in music. One of the first people he connected with was India.Arie, and the two formed a friendship based in part on their mutual love of 60s and 70s soul music. A break came when Arie released her highly acclaimed debut, Acoustic Soul, in 2002, which included a David composition, "Part of Your Life."

Initially, David thought of himself more as a songwriter than a singer, so it took several years before David was willing to showcase his voice publicly. But he began to perform and gather a following in Atlanta, using soul greats Bill Withers and Anita Baker as models. He developed his own vocal style, a rough, raspy Southern baritone that worked well with his poetic, story-centered compositions.

David initially signed with Atlanta-based Brash Records and in late 2004 released his debut album, Three Chords & the Truth. A masterful series of stories set to mostly acoustic backing, the album found David moving effortlessly along the spectrum that began with the contemporary blues sounds of Keb’ Mo’ and ended with the acoustic soul of artists like Arie and P.J. Morton.

Lyrically, the disc was mostly about early love relationships, although it occasionally moved into more complex territory, including urban social issues ("Krooked Kop"), personal spirituality ("The Water/The Fire") and a sad family tradition of marital infidelity ("Cheatin' Man"). Musically, the disc was even more impressive, with David's laid-back vocals covering a baker's dozen of solid, melodic blues, soul, folk and even reggae tracks.

That’s the satisfying template that David has followed for 20 years, and it hasn’t let him down yet.