[78-L] What is a Savannah Band?

[David Lennick]

As I say, I think it was just an appealing sounding name for any dance band 
that wanted to have a "southern" connotation.

dl


On 11/29/2017 1:58 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> 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
>>>>> it stand for? Kristjan --- This email has been checked for viruses
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