Interview with Curly Seckler, October 28, 2004
Project: Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project
Interview Summary
In this interview Curly Seckler discusses his early band with his brothers, the Yodeling Rangers, and how he came to work with musicians like Charlie Monroe, Earl Flatt and Lester Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys, and forming his own band Nashville Grass. Throughout the interview he tells many anecdotes about the difficulty of touring in the early days, the recording process, and performing on radio shows. He also tells stories illustrating the personalities of various musicians he worked with.Interview Accession
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John Ray Sechler (Curly Seckler) Monroe, Charlie (Artist) Charlie Monroe (Artist) Yodeling Rangers (Artist) Charlie Monroe & the Kentucky Pardners (Artist) Charlie Monroe and the Kentucky Pardners (Artist) Flatt and Scruggs (Artist) Flatt, Lester (Artist) Lester Flatt (Artist) Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (Artist) Flatt and Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys (Artist) Scruggs, Earl (Artist) Earl Scruggs (Artist) Tennessee Barn Dance (Radio program) Old Dominion Barn Dance (Radio program) Willis Spears (Artist) Spears, Willis (Artist) Bluegrass festivalsInterview Rights
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Seckler, Curly Interview by Lance LeRoy. 28 Oct. 2004. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Seckler, C. (2004, October 28). Interview by L. LeRoy. Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Seckler, Curly, interview by Lance LeRoy. October 28, 2004, Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame and Museum Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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