Louis Collins from Paley & Son by Tom & Ben Paley

From the playing and singing of Mississippi John Hurt. Tom is not really sure whether Louis Collins was an outlaw or was killed fighting against outlaws, but it seems clear that the local people thought very highly of him.

Tom Paley is one of the legendary survivors of the American folk scene. He played and sang with America’s greatest folk hero Woody Guthrie and he made regular visits to Lead Belly's NY apartment. Later, he became a founding member of the massively influential New Lost City Ramblers in which he worked alongside Mike Seeger and John Cohen to revive old-time styles from before the Second World War.