RUNNING WITH THE WHITE WOLF

Imagine yourself locked away behind bars for 30 years in the bowels of hell. Imagine the music that might come from the daily frustrations, the desolation, and the rage that might come from such an experience and from living with the possibility that the only way you might leave the lower levels of hell might be in a pine box. The music you've just imagined is the exact opposite of what Bobby Beausoleil has conjured on this fascinating album. The music on “Running with the White Wolf” is made by a man who is absolutely, unquestionably free. It must confound the guards to no end that a prisoner, such as Mr. Beausoleil, could live in such soul-breaking conditions, and make music that is so breathtakingly full of power and joy. Certainly, he is not at leisure to make the sort of music which would question “the System” with words, and to make music that would be considered “angry,” but the fact is, Bobby Beausoleil is a few lifetimes ahead of  “the System”; that much is obvious - and yet, there is a mournful quality to this music, which proves that Bobby Beausoleil is quite aware of his surroundings. In the midst of the most repulsive circumstances, Bobby Beausoleil has done what music is so very capable of doing; he has transcended, transformed, and manipulated the horror of the human condition into something that is entirely delightful.  Kirin Anderson, Flipside Magazine #120 (July/August 1999)  

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