They were defined by the Ottawa Evening Journal "the finest pair of Italian street musicians playing in the Vaudeville ranks.

[2][3][4] The News Journal described their performance, saying they were "the best vocalists and instrumentalists of the street variety on the stage, proved intensely interesting, while their droll comedy kept the audience laughing much of the time.

He was described by the Los Angeles Herald as "a premier harpist, playing most every kind of music, including ragtime, on his instrument.

[12][13] He starred in a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short movie, George Lyons, The Singing Harpist in 1929, performing four songs.

[16] The Los Angeles Herald called his cello and mandolin playing "of high order", but was less impressed with his singing.

[22] The earliest record was made by banjoist Vess L. Ossman (1 July 1912), and probably the most known version was performed by Robert Maxwell (1950), arranged for harp, tenor banjo and tuba.