Charlie Manson and the Beach Boys

Alex Schillman starts writing his own songs pretty early on in the box tops. A big point of contention according to chilton is that Dan Penn does not care about his songs or take them seriously. He didn't say hey, I'm along for the ride. He said Let's see what other skills I can hone while I have an access to actually record my songs Leveraging the position he's in is an Alex chilton specialty and we will learn about that the more we go on.