Savalas was a short lived Denton/Dallas Texas band:

Philip Crabtree - bass, vocals
Matt Marum - guitar, vocals
Mike Raines - drums, alto sax
Josh Robins - guitar, vocals

15 The Last Song We Wrote Together (Denton)

14 Sidewalk Seminar (Denton)

13 No More Jokes About Mom (Denton)

12 Fulcrum (Denton)

11 Semi - Genial (Denton)

10 Syzygy Darklock (SLC)

Young Louie's Tune

2022 - 11 - 20 Peacock

2022 - 11 - 24 Viking Cat / Tigress Valkyrie

2022-11-25 Tigress

I Refuse To Write A Song About Writing A Song

Return Of The Pink Elephants

co-written by Charlie Duncan and I'm so glad it was. It would NOT have rocked so hard in the B section!

Sneaky Octopus 2017 - 12 - 23

Up At 4 AM when the dull blues glow
Ticking time bomb bladder stings me half-awake
To terrible aiming conditions
And everything itches

Up at 4 AM and it's hard enough
for pastry-dry lips to reach her cheeks and ears
and I need a few extra inches
not a buckshot of kisses

Now I'm up again, won't you help me down?
Too early to rise, too early to fall
help me bottom out

An unsightly tomorrow clutches at my window
And the wind on the shed won't stop bangin'
and the wine in my head won't stop singin' (sangin')

Up At 4 AM when the dull blues glow
Stumbling through each chamber and revolving back
to point blank aiming conditions
shooting my self-image





Recorded mostly in August, 2015 by Chico Jones at the old Ohm Recording Facility. Vocals were added here and there over the last three years by Chico at Micromega.


Josh Robins - vocals, guitar
Andy Nolte - vocals, guitar, organ, piano
Tony Brownlow - drums
Brendan Vlass - bass guitar

all lyrics by Josh with a little bit of help from Andy and Tony here and there.  Songs were written by Josh initially but the band (especially Andy) really added a lot to the instrumental compositions.

Up At 4AM

She greased the tiles with the butter dish the day that true love slippes
Forks were clinging to the ceiling. Gonna stab some sense.

Broken dishes, Broken Hearts
our love was smashed to shards

solo - Andy

Her eyes were red as custom countertops focused right on my flaws
She glazed the hallway with glass and vodka, gonna cut me off

It's not the end nobody needs to know
It's not the end let's sweep the glass and clean the floors
it's not the end but she won't ever let go 

of those broken dishes that broke her heart
our love was smashed to shards

Broken Dishes Broken Hearts

I've been leading The Invincible Czars for nearly 16 years.  This is where I share works in progress, non-Czars material, etc.

JJ Robins

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