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 know if there is a named Rickety Lane in London
but it sounded good to me at the
In those early days of my
I was certainly feeling the effects of the british
Which was the background music to the mid-60's in
culture that had crossed the
Atlantic and even it's way to
the mouth of the River

The repetoire of the upstairs was filled with songs by the
Dave 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
could get to being an group
was having a member

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

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

Hi I'm Bennett, Jimmy's colleague roommate and
the bass in our first band, The Upstairs Alliance
JImmy Buffett, The Beatles and Street
what a combination and in the of 1967,
that was the combination, the were lining up
In the Spring of 1967, Jimmy, and Benny
formed a little called The Upstairs Alliance

And on insistence, we auditioned for and got the
gig at a folk club called The Bayou 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 Beatles as they came along
and usually played to good crowds, then in June of '67
the landscape changed

The Beatles the album
Sergeant Pepper's 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 acoustic for the version
I traded the stand-up Bass for a Fender Master
And Benny, she kept her old tambourine
as fate would have it, the bar to the Bayou Room
was the Den, the hottest Rock 'n Roll bar on Bourbon Street
The owner kinda liked our electric
and our next progression should 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 Pepper
Now these boys always take surprises well
on the College campus we made
an after hours visit to the theatre department
and 'borrowed' some outrageous Sgt, Pepper style

Now let it be noted that it was our intent to return
those generous
We recruited a drummer and a guitar player to add to our
eclectic electric circus
We stayed up nights learning the and chords to Sgt, Pepper
Jimmy carried the load, while and I did the harmonies
We were ready to rock the Gunga Den a new audience
the new electric version of the Upstairs Alliance

On we played our last folk set at the Bayou Room
and with a change of wardrobe we walked the Gunga Den
with strobe lights flailing, electric prevailing,
and Sergeant Lonely Hearts Band ready to go
Top quote the Beatles, it was 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 road to
would start down Bourbon

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

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