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

Now I remember when I wrote song. I was imagining being in London
though I'd never
I know if there is a street named Rickety Lane in London
but it sounded good to me at the
In those early of my songwriting
I was certainly the effects of the british invasion
Which was the background to the mid-60's rise in
counter that had crossed the
Atlantic and worked it's way to
the of the Mississippi 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, sound and act
But the we really ever
could get to an international group
was a Canadian member

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

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

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

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 than that?
We played our and pop tunes
adding a few new Beatles ballads as they came
and usually to pretty good crowds, then in June of '67
the music changed

The Beatles the album
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Club Band
That album blew us away, we had to be of that
It was time to go
JB traded in his Martin D acoustic for the version
I traded the stand-up for a Fender Jazz Master
And Benny, well she 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 Bourbon
The owner liked our electric sound
and figured our progression should be with his bar

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

Now let it be that it was always our intent to return
those gifts
We recruited a and a lead guitar player to add to our
eclectic electric circus
We stayed up nights the lyrics 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
With the new electric of the Upstairs Alliance

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

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

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

Because he entertained a plan b and as fate would have it
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