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

Now I remember when I wrote that song. I was imagining being in
I'd never been
I don't know if there is a street named Rickety Lane in
but it sounded good to me at the
In those early days of my
I was certainly the effects of the british invasion
Which was the music to the mid-60's rise in
culture that had crossed the
Atlantic and even it's way to
the of the Mississippi River

The repetoire of the upstairs alliance was filled with by the
Dave Five. The Kicks,
The Stones, Hermits, The Animals and
of The Beatles,
We all to look, sound and act British
But the closest we really
could get to an international group
was a Canadian member

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

When we had finished putting together the tracks in
for collection
I it to Ricky to fact check as this stuff happened a long time
ago and sure enough he came up a few
bits of treasure that I had about
and that's when I thought it would be to have him read this start
Hell he lived a major part of it and since
he's made a pretty 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
it away Ricky

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

And on insistence, we auditioned for and got the
gig at a club called The Bayou Room on Bourbon 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 came along
and usually played to pretty good crowds, in June of '67
the music landscape

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

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

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

On we played our last folk set at the Bayou Room
and a change of wardrobe we walked into the Gunga Den
with lights flailing, electric energy prevailing,
and Sergeant Lonely Hearts Band 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 getting some pretty good press
The upstairs alliance became the first Sergeant
cover band in New
was no going back
Surely we would be here and the road to success
would start Bourbon Street

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

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