TUTTLE, ALVIN CLYDE "CURLY" (1930-2011)

Curly Tuttle was a mandolin player in the Hamilton-Cincinnati area who was active from the 1950s at least through the 1980s. He was a member of the Renfro Valley Barn Dance in the 1960s, played with Dave Woolum and the Laurel County Partners, worked some with Jimmie Skinner, recorded on Hamilton’s Melody Records with a group called the Good News Trio, recorded on Adco with Gene Sweet, and played and recorded with Joe “Cannonball” Lewis.