[5] Linkous' brother told a Richmond, Virginia news outlet in 2010 that he felt it had been an accident brought on by insomnia and other health problems the songwriter was experiencing at the time.

[4] In the midst of his convalescence, Linkous became concerned that brain damage from his near-death experience would affect his ability to write songs again.

[3] His friend David Lowery from the band Cracker brought him a guitar, but according to Linkous, "it took me a long time to be able to make chords again".

[6] Eventually, writing began on the songs that would become Good Morning Spider, which, Rolling Stone noted, explored themes of "frustration, resignation, wonder and gratitude" – feelings that swirled in Linkous' mind during his recovery.

[3] The album's title came from a sound that Sparklehorse singer-songwriter Mark Linkous once heard from an old pump organ that reminded him of a spider building a web.

[7] Good Morning Spider was recorded in Linkous' 16-track home studio[6] set up in an old farmhouse outside Richmond, Virginia that he owned.

In a 1999 interview, Linkous listed some of his favorite gear: I have a lot of cheap, little keyboards and this octagon [sic – optigan] thing and this synth module that has a zillion different sounds in it.

Eventually, Linkous was convinced by Eric Drew Feldman to re-record a radio-friendly version of "Happy Man" without the static[8] at Easley McCain Recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.