Search - Liam Warfield :: Little Savage

Liam's lo-fi, countrified hobo-rock takes a turn for the psychedlic on this one. A "mini rock-opera" loosely on the story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron. Victor was based on a child who, in the late 18th century, was captured in the woods of southern France, clotheless, filthy and generally living like an animal. A doctor from the Institute for Deaf-Mutes took him on as a patient and brought the boy to live with him at home. There he attempted, with less-than-spectacular success, to educate the savage and give him the gift of language. For a time, the boy was big news in France, and the doctors diligent note-taking assured Victors place in history, and made his case something of a touchstone for psychiatrists and those interested in abnormal realms of human experience.