"...Getting on the good foot in first class
Up all night, so he fell asleep so fast
Star time through the jet lane, now his shoes are off
Head is bobbing on his chest..."

Craig and Rob did a song by song recap over at their website, and basically did this job for me. So throughout the explanation of the Stripper's Union references, I'll heavily rely on that crutch. Like so: Rob wrote that "Musically this began in my basement as did almost all of these songs. It was a straightforward funk number that I worked up with the Hip guys during the "Music @Work" sessions. When it came time to cut the track both Pat and Doug asked 'why would you want to change what Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay have done?' Good point. Paul Langlois also plays the lead guitar line as I was holding down "the Jimmy Nolen thin sound"

Craig adds: "I once sat kitty corner to Edgar Winter on a flight. The man cuts some serious space with that aura. He fell asleep and did the head bob like any of us do. Here was a titan of the funk rock asleep and revealing the same childlike vulnerability we all possess. Robbie had this amazing James Brown-ish track to work with and we just switched the identity of the sleeper and imagined ourselves onto a new flight."

"...Shake it off, with the Jimmy Nolan thin sound"

A funk, R&B and blues guitarist of cult fame and immense talent, Jimmy Nolan is probably best known for his work with James Brown. Nolan was a member of one of Brown's first bands, playing guitar on "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," and continued to play regularly until his death in 2004.   

"...And the band will play ya for Captain Bligh"

Captain William Bligh was a successful seaman with a spotted record when it came to being a "people person." Bligh's mastery of the high sea's, and England's colonial catch, was twice interrupted by rebellion. In 1787, a majority of Bligh's crew staged a mutiny aboard the HMVA Bounty and cast him adrift off Tahiti. He managed to find port and survive to sail another day. Captain Bligh eventually commanded nine more ships before being appointed Governor of New South Wales in Australia. Bligh outlawed the trade of spirits for commodities which led to the Rum Rebellion and the armed takeover of his government. Bligh was held for over a year before eventually being shipped back to England... his return trip was mutiny free.