Luyện nghe bài hát Sgt. Pepper In the Gumbo Pot (narration)

Now I remember when I wrote song. I was imagining being in London
I'd never been
I don't if there is a street named Rickety Lane in London
but it sounded to me at the time
In those days of my songwriting
I was certainly feeling the of the british invasion
was the background music to the mid-60's rise in
counter culture that had the
Atlantic and worked it's way to
the mouth of the Mississippi

The repetoire of the upstairs alliance was with songs by the
Clark Five. The Kicks,
The Stones, Hermits Hermits, The and
of The Beatles,
We all wanted to look, and act British
But the closest we ever
get to being an international group
was having a member

Bennett was my roommate in college,
the bass player in my band and a life-long
He is now Chair of the Toronto film and has
in the film and commercial world,
ever since leaving the band and
He also directed Who's the blonde stranger video
Which we in Key West
We've stayed in over the years and
I visit RB when we play Toronto as we did this summer

When we had putting together the tracks in storage
for this
I sent it to Ricky to fact as this stuff happened a long time
ago and enough he came up with a few
bits of that I had forgotten about
and that's when I thought it would be cool to have him read this
he lived a major part of it and since then
he's made a good living
as an actor, director, producer and specialist
relying on that husky voice of his
So, without adieu here's Mr. Rick Bennett reading
Sgt. in the gumbo pot
Take it Ricky

Hi I'm Rick Bennett, colleague roommate and
the bass in our first band, The Upstairs Alliance
Buffett, The Beatles and Bourbon Street
what a combination and in the of 1967,
that was the combination, the stars lining up
In the of 1967, Jimmy, myself and Benny
formed a little band The Upstairs Alliance

And on Jimmy's insistence, we for and got the
gig at a folk called The Bayou Room on Bourbon Street
in New
And I'm thinking, it get any better than that?
We our folk and pop tunes
adding a few new Beatles ballads as they along
and usually to pretty good crowds, then in June of '67
the music landscape

The released the album
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
That album blew us away, we had to be of that
It was to go electric
JB traded in his Martin D for the electric version
I the stand-up Bass for a Fender Jazz Master
And Benny, well she kept her old
as fate would have it, the bar next to the Bayou
was the Gunga Den, the Rock 'n Roll bar on Bourbon Street
The owner liked our electric sound
and figured our next progression be with his bar

So he offered us a gig, and for money as well
It was a no-brainer, we thought we might him
by opening with Pepper
Now these boys didn't always take well
on the College campus we made
an after hours visit to the theatre costume
and 'borrowed' some outrageous Sgt, Pepper costumes

Now let it be that it was always our intent to return
those gifts
We a drummer and a lead guitar player to add to our
eclectic circus band
We stayed up nights the lyrics and chords to Sgt, Pepper
Jimmy carried the load, Bennie and I did the harmonies
We were getting ready to rock the Gunga Den a new
the new electric version of the Upstairs Alliance

On Sunday we played our last folk set at the Bayou
and a change of wardrobe we walked into the Gunga Den
with lights flailing, electric energy prevailing,
and Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts ready to go
Top the Beatles, it was wonderful to be there
it was a thrill

The was a hit
the bar made money and we were some pretty good press
The upstairs alliance the first Sergeant Peppers
band in New Orleans
There was no going
Surely we would be discovered here and the to success
would start down Bourbon

But this is the music business, fickle at
and there are a lot of vultures out
Like Jimmy, New Orleans was one of the great of my life
We didn't make it, but way back then we
was going to make it

Because he never entertained a plan b and as fate would it
is the wino who had something to say