Bobby Osborne
Bobby Osborne
Top Songs
| 1 | After The Fire Is Gone | ||
| 2 | Cora Is Gone | ||
| 3 | Too Old to Die Young | ||
| 4 | White Line Fever | ||
| 5 | We'll Head Back to Harlan |
Albums
Oct 2023 • 1 song
Nov 2021 • 1 song
Mar 2021 • 1 song
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Staunton's Classic Country
About
Biography
Known as a great mandolinist in his own right, as well as a member of the revolutionary Osborne Brothers band, Bobby Osborne has often been associated with the cutting edge of bluegrass. (Would that be a lawn mower blade?) But the story of his musically rich life leads back to a story that is as sentimental as one of Osborne's soaring mandolin solos is technically pristine. It is the story of a young man, not quite the legal age of 18 and under massive pressure from his father, singing the song "Ruby" over radio station WPFB in Middletown, Ohio.
It was the young Osborne's fi...