Osborne Brothers - Banjo Medley

[giggleblaggle]

Bluegrass Concerto

[Donegaldan]

This guy can pick!

[MrJbaker7]

Sonny,

You're one of the best ever and there is no one like you...Jack Baker NYC

[ahliistar]

Haha nice xD

[abalmoe]

awsome!!!

[maxhuty]

theres people who own banjos, then there is people who can play them,then theres sonny!!

[TheBanjo2010]

Yep Yep A master AT WORK

[BrianMowery]

Very nice! Can't get enough of it.

[phatthand]

Mike Z,

Banjo Medley? Yes,

Cripple Creek, Lonesome Road Blues, Cumberland Gap, Sally Anne.

[MilesZurawell]

Banjo medley? Ya mean cripple creek?

[meiji54]

Fantastic,  Fantastic.........

[LucretiaMerces5]

Viva la banjo!

[banjoboy77a]

Notice the prototype Stelling Sonflower? I personally met Sonny several times over the last 30 years, always a gracious, friendly fellow!

[csh0558]

@banjoboy77a

[DrMonkey23]

I almost cried when I heard that Sonny had a stroke and that he can never play a banjo again :(

[727bradg]

Talent,genius,influence,incred­ible,masterpiece...the list goes on!

[DrMonkey23]

Damn, there goes that man, playing the banjo like it's nobody's business.

[supersnakegtr]

ol  sonny sure can whoop them strings cant he,,

[pegcage]

5 people hate the banjo!

[AWESOMEBAjS]

fan,jag skulle varit där!..

[B4njofan]

Cripple Creek! Awesome!! Thaks from Finland!

[Bascomblodge]

Maybe the finest banjo playing I have ever heard. This never ceases to uplift me. That banjo should be in the Hall of Fame for taking part in that. We are so lucky to have that recorded.

[Telelikeitis]

Think he's had a snort.

[thebanjodude2]

MET THIS OSBORNE DUDE AT A FESTIVAL--VERY RUDE & ARROGANT! TOOK A HAMMER TO HIS CD'S IN MY COLLECTION!

[Telelikeitis]

@thebanjodude2 The same happened to me at an Earl Sruggs concert. I ask him for his autograph and he just walked away like I wasn't even there.

[tactteam00]

win

[Henerymoon]

This is the best banjo player ever.... A true God given talent !!!!!!!

[maxhuty]

best g banjo iv ever seen and heard, played at proper speed not this mudeled up crap people try to play 2 impress u

[pegcage]

If I could meet Sonny, I would say, "You are my second favorite banjer player." Earl first, then you close behind. He would not be insulted.

[pegcage]

Whoopee!

[RoninVargaz]

I'm from sweden but this tune sends chills down my back, love it :D thx from sweden :)

[md65000]

The songs are

1. Cripple Creek

2. Lonesome Road Blues

3. Foggy Mountain Special

4. Cumberland Gap

5. Sally Ann

[zamton]

OK, so what's best, steel strings or regular strings? Please answer quick since my banjo has steel strings and I just got it?!? Please Answer.

[JackTheAce1]

This is a mix of banjo tunes, but I hear pieces of Cripple Creek, Foggy Mountain Breakdown, and Cumberland Gap.

All in all it was just downright impressive.

[prescomp]

@JackTheAce1  sally ann too....

[CDPG86]

Viva los Osborne Brothers!

[jose2345ification]

I'm Argentinian and the truth that in me sings bluegrass, I call this music!!!

[SonOfLabrador]

@jose2345ification I'm from Croatia and i SO MUCH AGREE!!

[brokenseatbelt]

this song is called going up cripple creek

[BanjoPars]

@brokenseatbelt

The very start is Cripple Creek, but this is a medley of many different banjo favourites.

[reddukesnoop]

One of the GREATEST musical performances I have ever seen!  What a crowd pleaser! He played his heart out!

The people who 'dislike' this video probably have no business posting a rating.

[HumphreyUnderwood]

Whats this great song called?

[BanjoPars]

@HumphreyUnderwood

This is amedley of banjo toons which starts with Cripple creek.

[oldtl345]

What can you but the Master of the Banjo is the House:) WOW!!!!!!!!

[ctexastornado]

I been to Sunset Park I was there when i was way little girl lol and Watermelon Park in VA

[fabiobit]

YeeeeeeeeeeeHhaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[purplerocks72]

People came from miles around and said man your music is really hot!

[stringdrum66]

Sonny doesn't get the credit he deserves. He is one of the best banjo players around. He's a nice guy too. Showed me some nice liks back at Sunset Park in 1964. Always a nice clean sound out of Sonny's banjo. Love his pickin'!

[MsJollycholly]

@stringdrum66 I am curious as to why you feel he (Sonny) doesn't get the credit he deserves. Can you be more specific? Certainly his virtuosity on the banjo is evident here.

[Benj888]

Yeeeeeeeeeeeee' HawWwWwW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dalechief1]

the banjo is a "Sonflower"

[601talderman]

@dalechief1 good one !!

[johnnyjackpot]

That was tremendous!

Thanks!

[basrballguy314]

very likely the most talented man to ever pick up a banjo

[bigmrclean]

Cripples Creek, Lonesome Road Blues, Cumberland Gap, Sally Anne....What better songs could one have picked! Excellent picking Mr. Sonny!

[blaughter3]

Sonny Osborne. It don't get any better than this!

[smack870d]

I'm pretty sure this song is cripple creek by flatts and Scruggs

[jjoocckkee]

@smack870d Only the first licks!

[NooGods]

TOTALLY awesome... wonderful licks, super quick and clean: that's 'bout as good as standard bluegrass gets!

[AustinRogers1]

Say what you will, but Sonny is smoother and cleaner picking than Earl Scruggs. And Earls is mighty good!

[smack870d]

I think it's a huber goldtone

[alextw13jf]

@smack870d it's a Stelling; not sure if a Bellflower, Staghorn or else; whatever model, Stelling banjos are simply awsome. Cheerz

[MrBillfitz]

i like beet oven too

[RFDragonlord]

wie geill....OSBORNE Brothers,,,,ich wusste es doch das es gut is das zeuch in sich reinzukippen,,, bis jetzt kannt ich nur die brüder Jacky und Jim aber das is geil..gg Fusel mit Musik.....

[johan12564]

......damnest thing. Never heard the banjo better!

[ssgcox1]

Sonny is no doubt one of the best. And a fellow kentuckian

[NYCWest777]

I play banjo, and this inspires me to practice and get better. It gives me something to strive for.

[luneda2]

When you leaern how to play the banjo and then listen to this you tend to throw your banjo into the corner for sheer frustration It sounds sooo nice but its so hard to learn.

[ColdFusionGames]

This is like Beethoven on the banjo!

[reddukesnoop]

@ColdFusionGames You are SO right!!! My thinking exactly!

[westernsharpie]

good beard

[LuneMortRaiser]

how you can play 3 minutes of that without die? :D is really awsome!

[uncahay]

There's some Uncle Penn in there too.

[supersnakegtr]

WHAT MORE TO SAY BUT, MASTER OF THE OL 5 STRING',,

[Master100Mind]

@supersnakegtr Him and earl scruggs!

[supersnakegtr]

@Master100Mind Dont forget Raymond Fairchild..  he can smoke them strings to

!!

[ConyersOpa]

Where can I get an audio recording of this to put on my iPod? As a novice banjo player this real inspires me. 

[Smokess4]

this song is originally called "bluegrass concerto", i´m not sure, but i think it was used as an intro for a tv or radio show. you can find it on one of their albums.

greetings from germany!!!

[TruegrassBoy]

The bluegrass of today has lost its attractive sound. It has evolved into the progressive genre of blase' in the style of nothing. It wasn't just that these guys were great musicians and entertainers, it was the bouncy uplifting whole-note trtaditional sound they played and sang, with some blues and gospel thrown in for spice.

[kjsh987]

this program won an emmy? because it was so cool.

[par576]

I just thought that was great. 

[Robin16171718]

/Orgasmface

[alextw13jf]

Fantastic. Essential medley. Awsome player with a stunning Stelling banjo, probably Bellflower model.

[meanlezbo]

this is so good that my cement niggers even dance to it, you know the black lawn jockeys

[OSCAR82AA]

Man I miss Those festivals when all the great were there,

Osborne Brothers , Bill Monroe,Jim and Jesse , Ralph Stanley . They would all be there and we would pick all night long , Still picking all night long , but miss them old days .Sonny is one of the greatest !

[Bascomblodge]

Was Sonny great or was he great. Wouldn't you love to know what he was hearing and thinking when their was a change in facial expressions or eyes. I really miss seeing him at the festivals.

[emarber11]

1 person got mad because he couldnt play this as well as they do!

[EvilLurker121]

I know the first is Cripple Creek

[TheRantingBrit]

This is huge, and it's just a banjo and a bass. Things are going a bit wrong with music.

[Master100Mind]

What are the songs in order??? anyone know

[wildjimbo]

@Master100Mind

Cripple Creek

Lonesome Road Blues

Cumberland Gap

Sally Ann

[Robin18us]

Sonny at his best. Awesome!

[5picking]

Great pickin'.... great Stelling sound !

[letwinke]

now THAT's pickin'!!

[jdmgcts]

@letwinke aaaaaaaamen!!!

[FlyingTiger64]

A word to all the banjo pickers out there - learn this. Do this. Internalize this. If you can do the things he's doing here, you're well on your way to being a GREAT bluegrass banjo picker.

[AAAAGUSSSS]

love it!

[bigmrclean]

cripple creek, lonesome road blues, cumberland gap, sally anne. Flawless...amazing.

[ColdFusionGames]

Epic banjo. :D

[57Banjoman]

Always loved Sonny's playing - but he looks tired in this video- happy retirement Sonny! and thanks for the music!

[pjstyles86]

watching this makes me want to shoot guns

[jdmgcts]

@pjstyles86 fire away

[dogsee1]

@pjstyles86  makes me wanna shot my wife...

[meanlezbo]

@pjstyles86 makes me wanna shoot my girlfriend

[prox1mately]

@meanlezbo

But I'm your girlfriend! D:

[jdmgcts]

Does anyone out there in Tube land know where I can get a download of just the pickin on this video .. I'd love to have it on my iPhone

[minimike150]

@jdmgcts video 2 mp3 website.. download it as an mp3, then add in as a song.

[ealfredson]

ABSOLUTELY the BEST

[1516levi1]

cripple creek,lonesome road blues, cumberland gap, sally ann, great........

[1516levi1]

That was great, loved the way he played Sally Ann.

[frowe327]

Could you imagine trying that number without pics?!

[EXPL721]

Excellent! Absolutely love it.

[Master100Mind]

Is that cripple creek???

[BlueGrassGym]

Yes, it is the first one on the medley.

[ohmyboho]

at the start

[westernsharpie]

what a fucken warrior!!!!

[jdmgcts]

you don't actually eat with that mouth - do you?

[Smokess4]

i guess the tracks are:

cripple creek, lonesome road blues, cumberland gap and sally ann

banjo-greetings from germany, check out my video

[Gvosb]

this is FIRE!

[Master100Mind]

is this cripple creek by the dillards

[migasaguiar]

@Master100Mind cripple creek is tradicional

[cacjy6b]

The third song is Cumberland Gap.

[MrJeffnow]

What can I add to these posts/ Nothing except my personal appreciation to him his brother and the band for all the best music they have done over the years! Thanks!

[ak9istr0don]

sally ann

[rb4mike]

Lonesome Road Blues is the second tune.

[banjovi1953]

His roll is so smooth. Lots of concentration there. I love the expressions he makes. Go Sonny!

[kdaly87]

sonny is the best banjo player every

[2ndfret]

Lonesome road Blues

[cadjunk]

Wow, I can only dream of playing that well.

Gwen

[hawaiiandobroblues]

Cripple Creek

Cumberland Gap

Sally Goodin up the neck lick...

what else? :S

Think there was at least one other.

[jdmgcts]

I believe there is a little of "Cotton Eyed Joe" in there as well

[sclawman]

If you like banjo solos, check out Newton Grove and Five Speed by the Johnson Mountain Boys.

[DeanHoff]

I saw Sonny first week of October and his handshake is pretty grippy !

[pipernick]

Great musician. I met him once and he really did not want to be bothered with me. Kinda rude. Oh well. lol

[andyg256]

You should have punched him in the face

[dogsee1]

well, i really wouldn't want to be bothered with you either..damnit they don't owe you all their attention..dorks...

[mrs3533]

Does anybody know how Sonny is doing?

[canyondogh]

Outstanding video . . Only got to see these guys perform live once, up at Grass Valley, CA . . but it was a ' 6 Star ' set.  Definitely recall how impressed I was with their talent and professionalism. Everything one expected and more . .

[banjoman1437]

what's he playing on 3:00?

[nasty5oh]

Very Nice

[woodbutcherjohn]

I think I heard a little bit of Sally Goodin in there too.

[nsbluegrass]

It goes from Cripple Creek to Lonesome Road Blues to Cumberland Gap (in G then C, then G again) and ending with Sally Ann.

Awesome!

[bigmrclean]

Yup! You hit the nail on the head! That's EXACTLY how it went..except he's in A instead of G

[dogsee1]

awesome music to have an orgasm too...

[TruegrassBoy]

Sonny - y'all shor pick it nice!

[dogsee1]

makes me wanna yank my clothes off...

[sclawman]

That's one extremely lucky audience to get a 4 minute banjo solo by one of the very best.

[CNS2]

AWESOME! Thanks for sharin this "HEDGEHOGGAS"!

[catdaddybanjoman]

The last tune is Sally Ann. What a great performance!

[bigdjindustriez]

First tune is Cripple Creek, second one is Lonesome Road Blues, third is Cumberland Gap, not sure on the last one however. This is not quite the same as the "Bluegrass Concerto" track from the album of the same name, but it's close. Nor is it JUST cripple creek.

[1Lawman104]

lonesome road blues is mixed in, and bugle call rag perhaps a few others..i think i heard a few licks of sally ann...

[ColdFusionGames]

@1Lawman104: The intro is Cripple Creek, and he includes some FMB licks later as well.

[1954hiker]

@1Lawman104 I think you mean Cumberland Gap instead of Bugle Call Rag, and yes Sally Ann is what he finished up with.

[1Lawman104]

this was actually recorded and used to be the theme song on several radio stations that played grass..bob and sonny called it bluegrass concerto..

[liveforrock1]

he has a banjo from recording king called the osborne scout

[thirty6fordguy]

Its not only cripple creek its other songs as well all mixed togather, I hear cumberland gap in there too.

[osbournelover01]

THE BEST BANJO PLAYER EVER

[1Lawman104]

damn right!!

[xXxLovexOrxDiexXx]

also about stellings...they are great banjos but all banjos have a different sound,but if you notice the banjo he talks about the most is his pre war GIBSON, companys give banjos to sponser and that why he has played stellings, vegas and maybe others...

[kbj76]

Ol' Fidel Castro sure can play!!!

[kbicks]

lmao

[sclawman]

Yep, sounds like Cripple Creek to me.

[owsleyforkmusic]

it is

[PCPrabbit]

starts with cripple creek and teases it a few times near the end, but def a few other songs in there. it's always for me to identify certain bluegrass instrumentals.

[Brynnium]

Half of the licks are from Cripple Creek, joshua. It's not like it's anything new.

[owsleyforkmusic]

it is cripple creek

[xXxLovexOrxDiexXx]

i think thats because hes paying homage to the traditional scruggs style of playing...

[mheffinger1]

I agree with the wada guy...He doesn't look happy because he wasn't happy...He was one of the best ever, but he didn't know how to treat his fans...He was really crappy to almost everybody...I saw an 11 year old kid (Owen Piatt) ask for his autograph at the Cherokee NC Show and he just walked right past him like he didn't exist...Always acted like he was doin all of us a "favor" by playin for us...

HEF

[Banjerman07]

Sonny Osborne is one of the best guys you will ever meet. I met him at his hometown festival and i sat right downa nd talked with him and he let me pick his 34 Granada FlatHead. Artists have Bad days u know. But his brother Bobby is the Biggest Basterd that has ever lived. I can see why hes not happy here. Hes Playin a STELLING YUCK! Trust me sonnys a great guy. the 5 nicest banjo players. Sonny,Earl,JD CROWE!,Sammy Shelor and Big Kenny Ingram. But Sonny isnt crappy. hes AWSOME to talk to

[Flatbanjo92]

I don't play a Stelling banjo, but I don't think they r band banjos. I mean look who has played them....Chris warner, Alan munde, Bill Emerson, sonny osborne. I just think that Stellings are pretty good banjos.

[edschis]

Don't know about Sonny but I've met Sammy Shelor and he is the consummate gentleman. He'll sign anything you want and talk banjo's as long as he has time.