Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
Opinion / Humor
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Can you spot the pop lyric in a bluegrass song?
I’m taking a few weeks off in celebration of column #400, so the following is “an encore presentation.” Note that this was one that was written shortly after the death of Pete Goble. Just a reminder: we’re still soliciting names
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Ask Sonny Anything… What was it about Earl?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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The big 4-0-0: A major bluegrass milestone
It’s hard for me to believe, but this is my 400th column for Bluegrass Today. I had assumed I’d be out of ideas by about number 12 or so, and perhaps I was, but I guess this is a testament
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Ask Sonny Anything… Were you scared of Bill Monroe?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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Q&A – attending a Virtual Wold of Bluegrass
Well, if you’ve checked your email, yesterday’s Bluegrass Today stories, or just talked to one of your perpetually in-the-know friends (that third one is usually the least reliable of these sources), you’ve already heard that the IBMA World of Bluegrass
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Ask Sonny Anything… How did you get to be called Sonny?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar
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Jack Tottle channels Bob Dylan with Everybody Must Get Masked
I came across comments about COVID protective mask-wearing from two of my greatest musical heroes, Dolly Parton and Sonny Osborne. BE SAFE, BE RESPECTFUL, WEAR YOUR MASK, LEAD WITH LOVE Dolly Parton - From her recent video, When Life Is Good Again YOU ALL STAY SAFE,
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The least interesting bluegrass stories of 2020
Every year I do my best to compile what I believe to be the year’s most uninteresting developments in the bluegrass music world. Sometimes this requires a little digging, as there are some surprisingly captivating stories in our music over
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Ask Sonny Anything… did you know Jerry Lee Lewis or Stringbean?
Ask Sonny Anything is a recurring feature where our readers pose questions to the great Sonny Osborne, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers who redefined bluegrass music in the 1960s, and noted banjo maven and collector of fine prewar