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 ...

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, Tenn. — Half of the duo who first recorded Tennessee's "Rocky Top" has passed away. Sonny Osborne, of the Osborne Brothers, has died, the Country Music Hall of Fame announced Monday. Born ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...