Hummingbird - BB King -Indianola Mississippi Seeds
A great blues song that rises to an incredible finale. The ending is just perfect, with a wonderful chorus singing the poetic (in a distinctly bluesy fashion) "don't fly away" a phrase that draws me back to senior year reading "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison and the two seem to go together perfectly as both deal with images of flight. The rousing strings at the end is not overblown, but just add a great smooth texture to the piano, drums, and fantastic blues guitar of BB King. The song really does seem to fly and rise on it's own just as this plea of "Don't fly away" becomes most prominent. What a striking and incredible song.
