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

Now I when I wrote that song. I was imagining being in London
though I'd been
I don't know if there is a street named Lane in London
but it sounded good to me at the
In those days of my songwriting
I was certainly feeling the of the british invasion
Which was the music to the mid-60's rise in
counter culture that had the
and even worked it's way to
the mouth of the Mississippi

The repetoire of the upstairs was filled with songs by the
Clark Five. The Kicks,
The Stones, Hermits, The Animals and
of The Beatles,
We all wanted to look, sound and act
But the we really ever
could get to an international group
was having a member

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

When we had finished putting the tracks in storage
for this
I sent it to Ricky to check as this stuff happened a long time
ago and sure enough he up with a few
bits of treasure that I had forgotten
and that's when I thought it would be cool to have him read start
Hell he lived a major of it and since then
he's made a pretty living
as an actor, director, producer and voice-over
relying on that Canadian voice of his
So, without further adieu Mr. Rick Bennett reading
Sgt. in the gumbo pot
Take it Ricky

Hi I'm Bennett, Jimmy's colleague roommate and
the bass player in our first band, The 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
a little band called The Upstairs Alliance

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

The released the album
Sergeant Pepper's Hearts Club Band
That blew us away, we had to be part of that
It was to go electric
JB traded in his D acoustic for the electric version
I the stand-up Bass for a Fender Jazz Master
And Benny, she kept her old tambourine
as fate would have it, the bar next to the Room
was the Gunga Den, the hottest Rock 'n Roll bar on Street
The kinda 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 surprise him
by opening with Sergeant
Now boys didn't always take surprises well
on the College campus we made
an after hours to the theatre costume department
and 'borrowed' some outrageous Sgt, style costumes

Now let it be noted that it was always our intent to
generous gifts
We recruited a drummer and a guitar player to add to our
electric circus band
We stayed up nights the lyrics and chords to Sgt, Pepper
Jimmy carried the load, while Bennie and I did the
We were getting ready to rock the Den a new audience
With the new version of the Upstairs Alliance

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

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 back
Surely we be discovered here and the road to success
start down Bourbon Street

But this is the music business, fickle at
and there are a lot of out there
Like Jimmy, New Orleans was one of the great of my life
We make it, but way back then we knew
Jimmy was to make it

Because he never entertained a plan b and as fate would it
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