HAZARD, Ky. — Bobby Osborne, the mandolin-playing bluegrass music legend who, as one half of The Osborne Brothers, helped popularize the song “Rocky Top,” died Tuesday. He was 91. The Grand Ole Opry, ...

On this day (October 29) in 1937, Sonny Osborne was born in Thousandsticks, Kentucky. After learning to play the banjo as a child, he formed a group with his brother, Bobby Osborne. Together, the ...

Bobby Osborne — a bluegrass luminary who inspired generations as one-half of groundbreaking duo Osborne Brothers — has died at age 91. The Grand Ole Opry, where Osborne was a member since 1964, ...

Leslie County native Bobby Osborne, a mandolin player who with his brother Sonny Osborne formed the bluegrass music duo The Osborne Brothers, has died. He was 91. Bobby Osborne’s clear tenor voice has ...

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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 ...

Bobby Osborne, left, and his brother Sonny, who recorded their most popular tune, “Rocky Top,” in 1967, leave the stage after receiving their Kentucky Stars at The 2004 Kentucky Stars recognition ...