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

Now I remember when I that 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 good to me at the time
In early days of my songwriting
I was certainly the effects of the british invasion
Which was the music to the mid-60's rise in
counter that had crossed the
Atlantic and worked it's way to
the mouth of the Mississippi

The repetoire of the upstairs alliance was filled with 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 really
could get to an international group
was having a Canadian

Bennett was my roommate in college,
the player in my band and a life-long friend
He is now Chair of the Toronto school and has
worked in the film and 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 we play Toronto as we did this summer

When we had finished putting together the in storage
for collection
I it to Ricky to fact check as this stuff happened a long time
ago and sure he came up with a few
bits of treasure that I had forgotten
and that's when I it would be cool to have him read this start
Hell he lived a major part of it and since
he's made a good living
as an actor, director, producer and voice-over
on that husky Canadian voice of his
So, without further adieu here's Mr. Rick reading
Sgt. in the gumbo pot
Take it 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 and in the summer of 1967,
that was the combination, the stars were 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 club called The Bayou Room on Bourbon Street
in New
And I'm thinking, does it get any better that?
We our folk and pop tunes
adding a few new Beatles ballads as they along
and usually played to good crowds, then in June of '67
the music changed

The Beatles released the
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Club Band
That blew us away, we had to be part of that
It was time to go
JB traded in his Martin D acoustic for the electric
I traded the stand-up Bass for a Jazz Master
And Benny, well she her old tambourine
as fate would have it, the bar next to the Bayou
was the Gunga Den, the hottest Rock 'n bar on Bourbon Street
The kinda liked our electric sound
and figured our next progression be with his bar

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

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

On Sunday we our last folk set at the Bayou Room
and with a change of wardrobe we walked into the Den
strobe lights flailing, electric energy prevailing,
and Sergeant Peppers 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 getting some pretty good press
The alliance became the first Sergeant Peppers
cover 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, at best
and are a lot of vultures out there
Like Jimmy, New was one of the great experiences of my life
We make it, but way back then we knew
was going to make it

Because he entertained a plan b and as fate would have it
Here is the wino who had to say