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

Now I remember when I that 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 good to me at the time
In those days of my songwriting
I was certainly feeling the effects of the invasion
was the background music to the mid-60's rise in
counter that had crossed the
and even worked it's way to
the mouth of the River

The of the upstairs 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 ever
could get to being an group
was a Canadian member

Bennett was my roommate in college,
the bass player in my and a life-long friend
He is now of the Toronto film school and has
worked in the film and world,
ever since leaving the and school
He also the: Who's the blonde stranger video
Which we in Key West
We've in touch over the years and
I always visit RB when we Toronto as we did this summer

When we had finished together the tracks in storage
for collection
I sent it to Ricky to fact check as this stuff happened a long
ago and sure enough he came up 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 major part of it and since
he's made a pretty living
as an actor, director, producer and voice-over
relying on that husky Canadian of his
So, without further adieu here's Mr. Bennett reading
Sgt. Pepper in the pot
Take it Ricky

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

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 folk and pop
adding a few new ballads as they came along
and usually to pretty good crowds, then in June of '67
the landscape changed

The released the album
Sergeant Lonely Hearts Club Band
That blew 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, well she kept her old
as fate would have it, the bar next to the Bayou
was the Gunga Den, the hottest 'n Roll bar on Bourbon Street
The kinda liked our electric sound
and figured our next progression should be 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 boys didn't always surprises well
on the College campus we made
an after visit to the theatre costume department
and 'borrowed' some outrageous Sgt, Pepper style

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

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

The was a hit
the bar money and we were getting some pretty good press
The upstairs alliance became the first Peppers
cover band in New
There was no going
Surely we be discovered here and the road to success
would start Bourbon Street

But this is the music business, at best
and are a lot of vultures out there
Like Jimmy, New Orleans was one of the great 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
Here is the wino who had to say