Hummingbird

Liz Piccone Bryde

Cedarburg, WI

It’s vivd. I was standing near the seawall on Long Island Sound with my sister Mary. We were in summer dresses and the song is Hummingbird by Seals and Croft.

We were probably 16 or 17 and headed to a beach party.

My music history is wrapped up in family as I had older siblings. We were a Burt Bacharach family, really raised on him. Some of his songs still bring me to tears, including A House is not a Home.

Another memory is the group America and the song Horse with no Name. We were living in the Manor house. On my birthday, my brother Steve was playing it on the guitar…he knew I loved the song and he also knew that I was going to receive the 45 as one of my presents from my parents.

I was a big Carol King fan especially Tapestry. I sang that song a lot to my children when they were growing up as well as now for my three grandchildren. My son, TJ surprised me when he chose Tapestry for our mother-son dance at his wedding.

This 70s songbook project is special as my sister Catherine also turns 70 on November 29th.

My older 2 sisters were 70s girls and introduced me to Crosby Stills Nash and Young. The Harvest album was golden.

Hummingbird