We ended up recording "TG" in the kitchen. It was a complete set-up in the kitchen, which we hadn't done before, and it was a bit of a pain for those trying to work in there.

It started as Johnny's guitar idea and it's close to the way it's played on the record. The main difference is Johnny had a relatively heavy version, not so acoustic but very similar. So the band jumped on it and we all liked it. Gord seemed to come up with the lyrics pretty quickly. My guess is he was inspired directly by the music.

Our early takes came out with a lot of energy, but we felt that it was treading the same ground of a couple of other songs were. Of all the songs, TG would suit a touch more of an intimate treatment. Gord Downie, I think, suggested that we try a more stripped down version. Robby had an acoustic, I had one and Gord Sinclair played an acoustic bass, and Johnny had a strange but very cool drum set-up. So we just tried it a couple of times. We didn't make any real arrangement change but the change of venue (kitchen) and equipment got us a version we're quite pleased with. Paul Langlois