I wrote this little cassette ditty in 1979 for my dear NYC friend Liz Piccione. I met Liz at the Lambs Club - a famous building on W. 44th St. purchased by the Church of the Nazarene that rented out rooms to Christian musicians and artists as part of their mission to Times Square. Before it was sold to the Nazarene church, it was an off Broadway theater and residence to many famous celebs - John Barrymore, Irving Berlin, Cecil B. DeMille,  Charlie Chaplin, John Wayne, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Fred Astair and many more. Liz was the first person to officially welcome me and introduce me to the Lambs community. My life was never to be the same after that - I felt like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, realizing I "wasn't in Kansas anymore".

I wound up temporarily living there, actually being assigned a room that was once actually rented to Fred Astaire and later on, Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers! (Believe it or not, I sometimes still received Phil Everly’s junk mail while still there!) Anyway, by the time I got there, time had taken its toll - the rooms were terribly run down and neglected. I took a picture of my room which you can see here.

I consider my “Lambs” days among the most formative, fun times of my life. Thank you again Liz for being so instrumental in those early days and your enduring friendship. You will always hold a special place in my heart.