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

Now I remember when I wrote song. I was imagining being in London
I'd never been
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 feeling the of the british invasion
Which was the background music to the mid-60's in
counter that had crossed the
and even worked it's way to
the of the Mississippi River

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

Rick 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 film and world,
ever since the band and school
He also directed the: Who's the blonde stranger
Which we filmed in Key
stayed in touch over the years and
I visit RB when we play Toronto as we did this summer

When we had finished putting together the in storage
for collection
I sent it to Ricky to fact check as this stuff happened a time
ago and sure enough he up with a few
bits of treasure that I had about
and that's when I it would be cool to have him read this start
Hell he a major part of it and since then
he's made a pretty good
as an actor, director, producer and specialist
on that husky Canadian voice of his
So, without adieu here's Mr. Rick Bennett reading
Sgt. Pepper in the 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 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 folk called The Bayou Room on Bourbon Street
in New
And I'm thinking, does it get any better than
We played our folk and pop
adding a few new Beatles ballads as they came
and usually played to pretty good crowds, then in of '67
the music landscape

The Beatles the album
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
That album us away, we had to be part of that
It was time to go
JB traded in his Martin D for the electric version
I the stand-up Bass for a Fender Jazz Master
And Benny, she kept her old tambourine
as fate would have it, the bar next to the Room
was the Gunga Den, the hottest 'n Roll bar on Bourbon Street
The owner kinda our electric sound
and our next progression should be with his bar

So he offered us a gig, and for money as well
It was a no-brainer, we thought we might him
by opening with Sergeant
Now these boys always take surprises well
Back on the College campus we
an after hours visit to the theatre department
and some outrageous Sgt, Pepper style costumes

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

On we played our last folk set at the Bayou Room
and with a of wardrobe we walked into the Gunga Den
strobe 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 and we were getting some pretty good press
The alliance became the first Sergeant Peppers
cover in New Orleans
There was no going
Surely we be discovered here and the road to success
start down 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 great of my life
We make it, but way back then we knew
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