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music
files courtesy of David E. Jenkins
Johnny Mercer's Home: Savannah,Ga.
& the "Moon River"
Johnny Mercer's home on
"Burnside Island", fronted the "Back River", now known as
"Moon River"
.....photos courtesy of Austin
Hill.....
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Name: Austin Hill
Email:elrioluna@aol.com or ehill@stetson.edu
Location: Savannah, GA USA
Date: Monday, July 6, 1998 at 19:28:45
Comments:
Steve, I just wanted to let you know what a wonderful job you have done with the
site.
It's quite something now, something for we Savannahians to be proud of. Oh, and
if
anyone wants to move to Moon River, an old house is for sale that still belongs
to
some of Johnny's Savannah friends, it's an old forties river house on some
beautiful
land. It's two doors down from his Savannah house pictured above. You can also
learn
some about Johnny from a book I recently acquired, "Sights and Sounds of
Savannah
Jazz", by Julius "Boo" Hornstein.
Austin Hill ehill@stetson.edu
Location: Savannah, GA USA
Date: Monday, October 6, 1997 at 15:22:49
Comments:
I grew up in Johnny's house on Moon River. I grew up to the lyrics of Moon
River and many of his other songs. Each and every one of them sends chills
down my spine when I hear them. He was truly a blessing to us all. He is
Savannah's true native son.
Name: Austin Hill
Location: Savannah, GADate: Saturday, March 28, 1998 at 10:54:45
Comments:
I currently live next door to Johnny's house in the pictures shown above. In
tribute to him, our family has named our boat "El Rio Luna", Spanish
for "The Moon River". Our home is named "Summer Winds". Our
neighbor's house "around the bend" is named "Rainbow's End".
The true Moon River in Savannah is alive with the influence of Johnny Mercer.
RA
excerpt of "Moon River" (
from "Unreleased
Capitol Sides" )( 32 seconds )(courtesy of http://www.bobbydarin.net
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