[Affair on Touhy Ave.]

Originally posted by geodeticman:
Big Jim,
Welcome. I've only been a member for a few weeks, but this forum has some very special people. Never met a Gord fan I did not like, well, maybe one or two..
I don't know if this answer is valid, but when Gord redocrded his Soundstage PSB special, or Austin City Limits (?), Gord introduced the song before it came out on Dream Sreet Rose.
He explained it for the audience as a song he was commissioned to write for, I believe, National Geographic for a documentary about sailing vessels that rounded the Horn.
In this performance, there was footage full-screened from the documentary, and they cut to Gord apoloogizing for the attempt to sound like an old "Tin Whistle", and *He* did the whistling, while he played rhythm and sang.
True or not on the album, I am not sure, but he did a fine enough job on the live show. Hope that helps. Welcome again from another *newbie*.
- Steve

It had to have been SS because I remember seeing it when I was small. I don't recall him mentioning the NG special though I recall either seeing part of it or something about the topic years later and hearing the song and I mentioned this before it sounds older that 1979-1980, more like from the 60s. I don't know why it sounds like it tome it just does.