Osborne Brothers

The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne (October 29, 1937 – October 24, 2021) and Bobby Osborne (December 7, 1931 - June 27, 2023), were an influential and popular bluegrass act during the 1960s and 1970s. They are probably best known for their No. 33 1967 country hit song, "Rocky Top", written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and named after a Tennessee location. 
The Osbornes were born in Roark, Kentucky, on Jack's Creek, but they moved to Hyden, after their house burned down. They then moved near Dayton, Ohio, where they grew up and performed as entertainers in southwestern Ohio. In 1952, during the Korean War, Bobby was drafted and served in the United States Marine Corps. Sonny went to work with the "Father of Bluegrass Music" Bill Monroe. Following Bobby's discharge, the Osbornes teamed up with Jimmy Martin, performing at radio stations WROL in Knoxville, Tennessee and WJR in Detroit, Michigan. At their only session together, on November 16, 1954, the Osbornes and Martin recorded six songs for RCA Victor. 
In late 1955, the Osbornes left Martin and moved to Wheeling, West Virginia, where they performed on WWVA Jamboree until Christmas, together with Charlie Bailey. They returned to Dayton in early 1956 playing the local clubs with guitarist Enos Johnson. When Johnson left, the Osbornes added guitarist Red Allen and fiddler Art Stamper to form a new group.
==Links to Peel==
Peel seemed to have played the group's I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home, track in collaboration with Mac Wiseman, from the The Original Stars Of Bluegrass Music album in 2001. There is no evidence from this site that he played any further material.
==Shows Played==
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*16 October 2001: I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home (3xCD – The Original Stars Of Bluegrass Music)
*25 October 2001 (Radio Eins): I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home (3xCD – The Original Stars Of Bluegrass Music)
*October 2001 (FSK): I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home (3xCD – The Original Stars Of Bluegrass Music)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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