The Legend Of Pistol-Wolf

Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

The Legend Of Pistol-Wolf by Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS | Stream Song

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A story-song based on a Native American Legend, with similarities to a certain European Night Beast. PRODUCED By Lawrence Wise.

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Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS

An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.

Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion).

Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is.

I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it.

And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.

"The Legend Of Pistol-Wolf" by Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS is a Psychedelic Rock production available on SoundClick. The song establishes its own world and invites the listener to settle in. A male singer provides a powerful vocal layer to the mix.

With its reflective tone and a steady groove rhythm, the track covers a lot of emotional ground. "The Legend Of Pistol-Wolf" has performed across multiple SoundClick charts, reaching #1 in Rock and #1 in Psychedelic Rock. Discover "The Legend Of Pistol-Wolf" and the rest of the Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra OSMOS discography on SoundClick.

Song Info

Genre

Rock • Psychedelic Rock

Charts

Peak #1

Peak in subgenre #1

Author

Lawrence Wise

Rights

2012

Uploaded

October 25, 2012

Track Files

MP3

MP3 6.9 MB • 160 kbps • 6:01 minutes

Meta Data

Vocals

Male

Character

Energy

relaxed, cool

high-energy

Danceable

coffee-place

dancefloor

Positivity

dark, sad, angry

happy

Appeal

unique

radio-friendly

Story behind the song

'Legend Of Pistol-Wolf' is a psychedelic story-song about the "SKINWALKER", a beast in Native American lore.  A supposedly mythical shape-shifter, normally resembling a wolf, bear or coyote.  The star of this Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra entry is a former hippie Navajo biker named after his father, Black Gunn ("Pistol"), and the "beast" that used to terrorize his Tribe on their Nevada Reservation when his father was younger (the....."Wolf"[?!?]).    
In 1962, a young Pistol-Wolf (now, a Motorcycle-Riding, Rifle-Toting Outlaw/Guardian of his Tribe) finally meets his.......mother--an "Outsider" who was believed to have been killed by the "beast" after Pistol-Wolf was born. 
And, on this same night, the "beast" makes a return---after an entire generation.

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DOOMTRAINmusic

Jan 19, 2024

Hi Carlo
Great creativity once again, plus a bit of Clint Eastwood eh, love it amigo