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My new friends at Savannah Underground have helped me significantly beef up my puny list of songs about Savannah. Below is the growing list. Add your favorite. I know there more out there. Savannah is too damn spooky to not have inspired a gazillion songs about death and love and everything in between.

1. “West Savannah,” Outkast
2. “Hard-hearted Hannah,” Ray Charles
3. “Georgia,” Ludacris, Field Mob (mostly about Georgia as a whole)
4. “Down by the River,” Camoflauge (I’d never heard of Camoflauge [r.i.p.] until I visited Savannah for the first time in July. I’m guessing most of his stuff is about the town.)
5. “Savannah (Part One),” Band of Horses
6. “Savannah,” Ted Weems
7. “Sunday in Savannah: Martin Luther King Suite, Part 1,” Nina Simone
8. “Stomp Down Rider,” Blind Willie McTell
9. “Good Little Thing,” Blind Willie McTell
10. “Got Three Women,” Blind Willie McTell
11. “Savannah Mama,” Blind Willie McTell
12. “Get Up Jake,” The Band
13. “Delia,” Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, et. al.
14. “So Long Savannah,” Eric Bachman
15. “Moon River,” Johnny Mercer