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Sonny Osborne

  • Sonny Osborne Stelling brings $23,500 for IBMA Trust Fund

    January 5, 2023 | by John Lawless

    Pat Morris, Anysley Porchak, and Lincoln Hensley present check Back at the beginning of December, we shared information about an auction being run on Facebook to sell Sonny Osborne's Stelling Sonflower prototype banjo, as a benefit for the IBMA Trust Fund. This

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  • Sonny Osborne’s Stelling Sonflower to be sold at auction to benefit IBMA Trust Fund

    December 1, 2022 | by John Lawless

    We have all been missing Sonny Osborne since he passed away in October of 2021. Sonny's wonderful music with brother Bobby, plus his outsized personality and wit, left a legacy that will never be forgotten in bluegrass music. Now comes word

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  • Lincoln Hensley – protege of Sonny Osborne

    November 8, 2022 | by Pamm Tucker

    Everyone who has followed bluegrass over the past 70 years should be familiar with the great Sonny Osborne. One half of the legendary Osborne Brothers who revolutionized bluegrass music in the 1950s and '60s, Sonny played a style of banjo

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  • Sonny Osborne, Alan Munde to American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame

    January 13, 2022 | by John Lawless

    The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City has announced the 2022 inductees into their Banjo Hall of Fame. The Museum has been honoring banjoists thusly since 1998, when they were strictly focused on four string (tenor and plectrum) banjo. Opening

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  • IBMA and IBMA Trust Fund pass resolution honoring Sonny Osborne

    December 15, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Sonny Osborne at the Darrington Bluegrass Festival in 1987 - photo by Barry Bower The Boards of Directors of both the International Bluegrass Music Association and the IBMA Trust Fund have adopted a joint resolution honoring the late Sonny Osborne. A

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  • Tell Sonny Anything… we miss you Chief!

    October 29, 2021 | by Guest Contributor

    This week, the first Friday without our beloved Sonny Osborne, we thought we would do something a bit different. Since Sonny is no longer able to answer everyone's questions, we instead asked several prominent people in bluegrass to share their

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  • Sonny Osborne passes – a giant in bluegrass music

    October 24, 2021 | by John Curtis Goad

    Sonny Osborne (left) at Darrington in 1987 - photo © Barry Brower/The Osborne Brothers Most musicians hope to leave a mark on the world through their art: a particularly well-written lyric, a ferocious banjo lick, perhaps even a style of playing

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  • Ask Sonny Anything… Tell us about the guitjo

    October 22, 2021 | by Sonny Osborne

    Sonny, Who came up with the Gitjo? The pickin that you did on that was great! Also, when you worked for Bill Monroe, I was wondering In those days if they had you to do any of the driving? Thanks, Mark K. Driving Mister

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  • Sonny Osborne suffers stroke – recovering at home

    October 20, 2021 | by John Lawless

    Sonny Osborne, giant of bluegrass banjo, one half of the iconic Osborne Brothers, and our faithful Friday correspondent, has announced the suspension of his Ask Sonny Anything column at Bluegrass Today for the time being, due to his declining health. Sonny suffered

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  • Ask Sonny Anything… can you speak about Kenny Ingram?

    October 15, 2021 | by Sonny Osborne

    Sonny is again unable to answer questions this week, so we are rerunning one of his classic columns. Let's hope he will be back with us next week. Sonny, If you don't mind, please a few words and thoughts about Kenny

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