The Outlaw's Violin

Many a Western outlaw was destined for a violent life and an early grave. Kid Fraser was an exception, thanks to an odd pairing of La Violetta, a beguiling wire dancer, and a poet-prospector recently sprung (or escaped?) from a Utah insane asylum. But what really set the Kid on a better path was the strumming of string of his homemade violin. Decorated with doggerel and inked images, it mirrored his shift from would-be desperado to kindly frontier musician.