[78-L] What is a Savannah Band?

[Kristjan Saag]

Well, I knew about the city in Georgia, but what musical significance 
did the city have? Birthplace of Johnny Mercer was probably not the 
reason why a British dance orchestra in the 1920 used Savannah for the 
band's name...
And as for banjos, do they come from Savannah, Georgia?
Still wondering
Kristjan


On 2017-11-29 17:12, David Lennick wrote:
> Yup, and birthplace of Johnny Mercer. But it probably meant "there's a 
> banjo included". dl On 11/29/2017 11:06 AM, Darrell Lehman wrote:
>> City in Georgia near the South Carolina border David Lennick wrote:
>>> Presumably "the South". dl On 11/29/2017 9:25 AM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>>>> Billy Cotton had his London Savannah Band in the 1920's and there 
>>>> was Dr Buzzard's Original Savannah Band in New York in the 1970's. 
>>>> Other bands also have "Savannah Band" in their name. But what does 
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