IEBA 2014 Conference - Day 4
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Today's focus is on a pair of brothers from Deale, MD, a small fishing town of less than 5,000, an hour south of Baltimore. A pair that released their first album back in 1999, went through a couple of name changes for their band, ended up in Nashville writing for many artists while performing around Music City, and finally hit it big in 2014.

Second generation musicians T.J. and John Osborne grew up in the small fishing town of Deale, MD, about an hour to the south of Baltimore, along the Atlantic sea coast. A definite blue-collar town, the local town's people made their living on the water during the week, many of them heading over to the Osborne house on the weekend for jam sessions. The brothers grew up listening to the sounds of Bob Seeger, Hank Williams, Tom Petty and Johnny Cash. The pair learned their first chords during the sometimes all-night sessions, with TJ quickly becoming the brother with the voice, while older brother John became the guitar shredder, dominating the frets on everything from blue grass to hard rock to country and everything in between.

50th annual CMA Awards at the Bridgestone Arena on November 2, 2016 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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John and T.J. began playing in bands while still in high school, The Brothers Osborne started out with the name Jax 'N Jive, playing around the mid-Maryland area along with a few friends from high school. The group won a local battle of the bands in 1999, and went on to record an album, Welcome to Planet Jive later in the year. The group continued to play around Maryland, before changing their name to Deuce and a Quarter. That incarnation of the band played mostly cover songs, and after a couple years, T.J. and John felt it was time to expand their horizon, left the group and moved to Nashville, signing a publishing deal with Warner Chappell Music upon their arrival in 2006.

After tooling around Nashville, playing local haunts and clubs, the brothers signed with EMI Records Nashville in 2013. They released their first single "Let's Go There" later that year, the single peaking at #36 on the Billboard Country Air Play chart. The single would also serve as the lead for the duo's debut, self-titled EP, which was released in September of 2014. The EP would also feature the Osborne's second single, "Rum" would become their first top 30, and a version of "Stay A Little Longer", which features a 3-minute guitar solo by John.

Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival - Day 1
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For their third single, the brothers headed back into the studio with producer Jay Joyce to re-record "Stay A Little Longer", which would serve as the lead for their debut album Pawn Shop, and also become their first top-10 hit, peaking at #2. The second single from the album, "21 Summer" peaked at #24. In the meantime, the brothers won CMA Vocal Duo of the Year; "21 Summer" has been nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 2017 Grammys.

The third single from Pawn Shop is in our spotlight today. The Brothers Osborne and "It Ain't My Fault" is today's Catch of the Day, new music you haven't heard, but you're gonna want to hear it again.

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