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 been
I don't know if there is a street named Rickety in London
but it sounded to me at the time
In those days of my songwriting
I was feeling the effects of the british invasion
Which was the music to the mid-60's rise in
counter culture had crossed the
Atlantic and worked it's way to
the mouth of the Mississippi

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 to look, sound and act British
But the closest we really
could get to being an international
was a Canadian member

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

we had finished putting together the tracks in storage
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 that I had about
and that's when I thought it would be cool to have him this start
Hell he lived a major part of it and since
he's made a pretty living
as an actor, director, producer and voice-over
relying on that husky voice of his
So, further adieu here's Mr. Rick Bennett reading
Sgt. in the gumbo pot
Take it Ricky

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

And on Jimmy's insistence, we for and got the
gig at a folk club called The Bayou Room on Bourbon
in New
And I'm thinking, does it get any than 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 music changed

The Beatles the album
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Band
That blew us away, we had to be part 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 Jazz
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 Roll bar on Street
The owner kinda liked our sound
and our next 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 Pepper
Now these didn't always take surprises well
Back on the College campus we
an after hours visit to the theatre costume
and 'borrowed' some outrageous Sgt, Pepper costumes

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

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

The was a hit
the bar made money and we were getting pretty good press
The upstairs alliance became the first Sergeant
cover in New Orleans
There was no back
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 vultures out
Jimmy, New Orleans was one of the great experiences of my life
We didn't make it, but way back we knew
Jimmy was to make it

Because he never entertained a plan b and as fate have it
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