Maryland natives Brothers Osborne are finding success with their latest release “Stay a Little Longer”. The song appears on an older EP, however the brothers recently went back in the studio to record an updated version with producer Jay Joyce (Eric Church, Little Big Town).
“It’s been a while and we’ve grown as a band since then” Says John. “We went back and rerecorded it in the way that we sound now. It’s quite the same but there’s definitely a few more flavors involved.”
Touring with the likes of Eric Church and Darius Rucker, the song has built a cult following: “it’s been one of the best songs that we play live” Says TJ.
Brothers Osborne themselves have built a bit of cult following. One listen to the song and you can tell it is not the usual tune that country radio seems to be playing on repeat.
Brothers Osborne bring a bit of twang-and-crunch that blends equal parts country and rock into one of the freshest, most identifiable sounds to come out of Nashville in recent years.
“A lot of the coolest music comes when you don’t have anything else to do and you have random objects lying around,” says John, at 31 the older of the two.
“You pick them up and just bang on them to make a noise that makes sense. Writing a song is similar. You’re plucking something out of thin air. All music is literally making something out of nothing.”
Driven by T.J.’s low-down baritone and John’s slow-hand guitar work, Brothers Osborne fills a void for singer/guitarist duos with a presence.
Influenced heavily by Hank and Merle—“If someone doesn’t like Hank Williams and Merle Haggard, I think there must be something wrong with them,” says T.J., who sports a “Hank” tattoo on his wrist—Brothers Osborne also credit Dwight Yoakam, Tom Petty and, especially, Bob Seger with shaping their sound.
The singer/songwriter siblings were recently nominated for 2015 ACM Vocal Duo of the Year and have been featured on several “One’s to Watch” lists including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Paste, Country Weekly, Nashville Lifestyles and Spotify. From a working class family, their blue-collar rural Maryland upbringing still informs the unique style of music they make.
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