“Dom Flemons made his name playing old-time folk music as both a solo artist and a co-founder of the popular, contemporary black string band, the Carolina Chocolate Drops. But lately he’s been thinking a lot about cowboys. A recent tune Flemons wrote concerns Bass Reeves, one of the first black Deputy U.S. Marshals west of the Mississippi River. Working as a federal peace officer in Indian Territory, Reeves is said to have arrested over 3,000 felons and shot and killed fourteen outlaws in self-defense. Reeves is also believed to be the inspiration for the classic TV western, “The Lone Ranger.”” Read more here.