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IN THE late 1950s, the Vietnam war presented a moral dilemma to many left-wing folk singers in the US. Should they stay and campaign for peace only to eventually be drafted or take avoiding action and dodge the draft as political exiles in Europe?
One such was Allan Thomas Paley, who died at the end of last month in Brighton at the age of 89.
Tom Paley, as he was known, was a singer and musician with a lifelong love of country music and old-time instrumental styles.
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