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 don't know if there is a street named Lane in London
but it sounded good to me at the
In those early 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 had crossed the
Atlantic and worked it's way to
the mouth of the River

The repetoire of the alliance was filled with songs by the
Clark Five. The Kicks,
The Stones, Hermits, The Animals and
of The Beatles,
We all wanted to look, and act British
But the closest we really
could get to being an group
was having a Canadian

Rick Bennett was my in college,
the bass player in my band and a life-long
He is now of the Toronto film school and has
worked in the film and world,
since leaving 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 when we play as we did this summer

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

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

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

The Beatles released the
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Club Band
That album blew us away, we had to be of that
It was to go electric
JB traded in his D acoustic for the electric version
I traded the stand-up Bass for a Fender Master
And Benny, well she kept her old
as fate would have it, the bar to the Bayou Room
was the Gunga Den, the hottest Rock 'n Roll bar on Street
The kinda liked our electric sound
and figured our next progression should be 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 visit to the costume department
and 'borrowed' outrageous Sgt, Pepper style costumes

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

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

The was a hit
the bar made money and we were getting some pretty press
The alliance became the first Sergeant Peppers
cover in New Orleans
There was no back
Surely we would be discovered here and the to success
would start Bourbon Street

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

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