| "Curly is a great entertainer, and connects well with an audience. We learned a lot from him, and I always looked up to him." |
- Jesse McReynolds
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| "I loved Curly's voice with Lester’s. I thought it was second to none. Curly was the most awesome rhythm player that I ever heard. He really made himself a part of that rhythm machine that they had." |
| - Doyle Lawson |
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| "Curly and [Lester] Flatt were just a sound that you recognized anywhere. I mean, if you’re building a brick house, Curly was the mortar, the glue that held it together." |
| - Mac Wiseman |
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| "Curly helped develop [the Foggy Mountain Boys'] sound - the singing, the tone of the vocals - and he played great rhythm on mandolin." |
| - J.D. Crowe |
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