Yeah, but French wasn't always in the band, he would make separate tapes of piano banging and give them to band members also. The song on this album "Evening Bell" took Gary Lucas about 2 months to transcribe, he said he did about two seconds a day or something ridiculous.
Also, I have to change my mind about my original writeup: Strictly Personal is one of my favorite Beefheart albums now. shame about the production!
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