We've all heard about Herb Berman over the many years Of Captain Beefheart's existence. We'd only ever heard of his credit on a couple or a few songs during Don's tenure as the creative genius he was. Mike Barnes, in his galant biography of the Captain, wonders which elements of Don's greatness may be remembered in the future. He boldly puts forth that it will be Don's "poetry", citing Safe as Milk as one of Don's best poems. They're all still gonna wish they'd gone wow.
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This man derserves his own documentary.

What a cracking wee interview. Can’t wait for part two.

Wow! What a great read! Part 2 is eagerly awaited!

Abba Zaba does really stand out as different to the rest of the songs on Safe as Milk. And Owed t' Alex is very different to the rest of the songs on Shiny Beast. And there's just no way that Don didn't write the words to Dirty Blue Gene - this is one of Don's best, Mike.
See yas later

dont worry too much about the lost "Safe As Milk" novel. The whole 'I wrote it, it was incredible but it was destroyed' is the writer's equivalent to 'my dog ate my homework'.
No offence to Mr. Bermann. It just always makes me chuckle when I hear these stories of lost novels.

Excellent interview. The last paragraph is simply touching.

How could have Herb been such a mystery when he was named on the LP cover of Neil Young's "after the goldrush"??