Who is SAVOR?
SAVOR was started by Cuban born Victor Alavarez in 1997. He was already a seasoned musician long before moving to New Mexico having paid his musical dues while living in Houston, Texas. From his days as a guitar soloist, blue grass combo mando-man, Hawaiian music minstrel and Latin big band leader back in Houston, Victor had always wanted to express his Cuban roots by playing the songs that he had grown up hearing in his native Havana. After getting burnt out with the big band scene in the big city he moved out to New Mexico. It was not long before Victor realized that his heart yearned to express his Cuban roots through his talent as a mandolin player of thirty years and that the “land of enchantment” was the place to do it. The group started off as a quartet playing mostly music native to Mexico, New Mexico and Latin America. Over the next few years, members came and went, but Victor has kept the group together. Through this time, though the group did play some Cuban songs, Victor wa
SAVOR was started by Cuban born Victor Alavarez in 1997. He was already a seasoned musician long before moving to New Mexico having paid his musical dues while living in Houston, Texas. From his days as a guitar soloist, blue grass combo mando-man, Hawaiian music minstrel and Latin big band leader back in Houston, Victor had always wanted to express his Cuban roots by playing the songs that he had grown up hearing in his native Havana. After getting burnt out with the big band scene in the big city he moved out to New Mexico. It was not long before Victor realized that his heart yearned to express his Cuban roots through his talent as a mandolin player of thirty years and that the “land of enchantment” was the place to do it. The group started off as a quartet playing mostly music native to Mexico, New Mexico and Latin America. Over the next few years, members came and went, but Victor has kept the group together. Through this time, though the group did play some Cuban songs, Victor wa