Legendary bluegrass banjoist Sonny Osborne died on Sunday October 24 at his home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, Bluegrass Today reports. He was 83 years old. Sonny was born in the coalfields of eastern ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Sonny Osborne, the banjo player and singer who, with his older brother, Bobby, led one of the most innovative and beloved bands in bluegrass music, died Sunday at his home in ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Bluegrass musician and singer Sonny Osborne, whose fast banjo licks turned “Rocky Top” into a hit with The Osborne Brothers, has died. He was 84. Alison Brown, a Grammy-winning ...

NASHVILLE — Legendary bluegrass musician Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers – whose blazing banjo was the irst to play “Rocky Top” on record – died Sunday at age 84. Osborne's death was confirmed ...