'The more I listen to Irish traditional music, the less and less strange Potts sounds.'

Not quite sure what you considered 'strange' in Potts' playing but to my ear he was traveling a road distinctly his own. But by now many of his stylistic devices have entered the 'mainstream' if you like. But whenever they occur, it's Potts' influence you're hearing.

And that's from Paddy Canny's playing from the late fifties (the Gael Linn 78rpm of Garrett Barry's jig) right up to Liam O'Connor's music today (and many others as well).