Can you recognize any of these songs that Sonny Osborne played?
Channel: Johnpaul Humphrey
Date: 30/10/2021

I was deeply saddened to hear of Sonny Osborne passed away last Sunday.
He is one of my all time banjo players. I decided to attempt to play a few songs that I associate with him. I first heard him on record. Now I was born after records had their hayday. I was even born after tapes, (though I listened to plenty of those) But I heard him online. Here is a link to some of his records. https://archive.org/details/78_1.-swanee-river-2.-silver-rainbow_sonny-osborne-and-his-sunny-mountain-boys_gbia0004165b/  Archive.org has a whole library of records, and they are really a gem.
It should go without saying that he was a MUCH better banjo player than I am.


Relisting to some of his playing. I was impressed by how little he played banjo in some of his work. He really knew how to back up a singer.
What did you like about his playing?