Dallas,TX

What: Savannah Reunion
When: Tonight around 8:30 p.m., Doors open at 7 p.m.
Where: Poor David’s Pub 1313 South Lamar St., Dallas
www.poordavids.com or 214-565-1295

Savannah was one of the cover bands that played around Dallas - specifically on Greenville Avenue. More specifically, Upper Greenville, between Park Lane and Lovers Lane. Lower Greenville was, and is, between Mockingbird and Ross. I do not remember the section of Greenville from Lovers to Mockingbird being called Middle Greenville - it was simply where the SMU hangouts were. That and a few strip clubs that no one really misses.
Dallas got liquor by the drink in the early 1970s and clubs were opening all over the place. Particularly in party areas such as Greenville Ave. Greenville has always been a hodge podge of restaurants, clubs, and shops. If you did not live here then, or were not old enough to go to clubs, the article yesterday in the Dallas Morning News by Matt Weitz - GuideLive.com -will give you a good starting clue. I’ll add my several cents worth. I think Matt and I crossed writing paths through the years - I wrote a music review column and articles in several papers and magazines around Texas for years, starting (amazingly enough) in the early 70s - but I would not swear to it.
I was playing guitar and writing songs - and articles - at the time. But cover bands were the hot gigs. I did not have a band until the latter part of the decade and the cover songs I played were seldom requested until the progressive country scene in the mid to late seventies. Then I could play my original tunes as well as the cover tunes I wanted to play.
But I digress. In the mid-seventies I was bartending at a new restaurant on Greenville at University called Desperado’s. It was, and is, a wonderful Mexican Restaurant. Look for a review in a future post. It is still one of my favorite restaurants. Back then though, when Jorge Levy was just getting the restaurant going, they had live entertainment in the lounge area. I’m almost sure Savannah played there, but I also saw them at other Greenville clubs and restaurants.
It should be a good show. The enthusiasm of a good cover band is contagious and there will be plenty of enthusiasm tonight. If I get all my writing done - in between shopping trips and running teenagers around (yes, dads do that too!) - and can find somewhere for the boys to go, I will try to make it down to Poor David’s Pub for the reunion. It is not just a reunion of the band, but a reunion for anyone involved in the Dallas music scene at the time. It should be great fun. If you do were not around at the time, you can get a sense of the fun we had partying back then and the music we enjoyed at the time.

Have a good day and Peace be with you.