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 ...

Sonny Osborne, a banjoist and member of the Osborne Brothers, died on Sunday (Oct. 24) at around 1:30 PM, Bluegrass Today reports, at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn. He was five days shy of his 84th ...

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. (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 ...

When the news broke earlier this week informing us of Sonny Osborne’s passing, my mind raced back to when I first heard him and sibling Bobby – bluegrass music’s indomitable Osborne Brothers – on a ...

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

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — One of the musicians behind the song “Rocky Top” has passed away. Sonny Osborne died Sunday at the age of 84. “They premiered their act here in Knoxville on WROL radio in ...