1 the same year that John first moved to town. “I Hope You Dance” spent five weeks at No. In a sly way, Womack represents the ideal the Osbornes have in mind for their own careers. “So we wanted to have a really country song.” “We grew up listening to country and playing country and revering country,” says T.J. “It Ain’t My Fault” has a syncopated breathing scheme that’s part Van Halen’s “You Really Got Me,” part Zombies’ “Time of the Season.” And “Loving You Back” takes a classic country turn with help from Lee Ann Womack, whose participation was its own kind of payoff. “21 Summer” plays with a breezy, California-beachy nostalgia. “Pawn Shop” has a dangerous, New Orleans voodoo vibe. “They defined the record very well and are a window into how Brothers Osborne is evolving as a band.” The new recordings “come from a place that’s a bit tougher and more masculine,” says John. Pawn Shop’s title cut, plus “Dirt Rich” and “It Ain’t My Fault,” underscore the grimy, working-class attitude that’s at work in that performance. The song’s top five status demonstrates that they have made a connection in the marketplace. The Brothers Osborne Tackle Complicated Relationships in ‘Stay a Little Longer’: Video Premiere They recut “Stay a Little Longer,” allowing John to stretch out with the kind of muscular guitar solo that has become a staple of their live shows. But they really found their niche when they teamed with producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town), who helped them find the grit under their sonic fingernails. 27 on Country Airplay in 2014 and was accompanied by an EP that showed their abilities. The Osbornes made it through the Capitol/UMG transition and got several attempts to find their place in the market. I mean, the last thing you want to be is a band that the head of the label doesn’t really get.” “We didn’t know what was going to happen or how it was going to play out, and honestly it all kind of came together really beautifully. “People were saying, ‘I like that you guys are a duo.’ And we weren’t even trying to be a duo.”īut they clicked creatively in a way that mirrors The Allman Brothers, another act originally built around a lead singer with a lonesome drawl and a bro that plays a mean slide guitar. The Osbornes signed with Capitol Nashville before president/CEO Mike Dungan left the label for Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2012, rolling the dice that a rumored merger between the two companies would take place and that they would be reunited with Dungan and survive the cuts when the rosters were purged. “It wasn’t really something that was a master plan,” notes John. ![]() Once KingBilly fell apart, the brothers played a few gigs together, and the siblings unintentionally got linked in the eyes of a few followers. moved to Tennessee a couple years after his brother with an eye on becoming a solo singer/songwriter. ![]() John arrived in Music City in 2000 on his own, spending four years at Belmont University and touring during the late 2000s as a member of KingBilly, a Nashville buzz band that graduated several fierce musicians, including Warner Bros. And the payoff didn’t come quite the way they had expected it when they left Maryland for Nashville - separately. In part because it took so long to get there. ![]() “One of our friends said, ‘Man, do you realize that every time for the rest of your life that you play a show, you will be introduced as a Grammy-nominated artist?’ ” adds T.J. Grammy Nominations 2016: See the Full List of Nominees The nomination “was the last thing in the world we expected, including the apocalypse,” notes John. Will Jack Antonoff 'Threepeat' as Producer of the Year at the Grammys?
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