Brothers Osborne

Brothers Osborne's members, John and Thomas John "T.J." Osborne,[3] were both born and raised in Deale, Maryland.[2] The brothers' full names are John Thomas and Thomas John. Their father, who is also named John Thomas Osborne, explained the reason behind the simple name flipping was due to not having a name picked out and being distracted under pressure. When their mother, Tricia, went into labor with T.J., they were engulfed in a football game and she suggested "We gotta get this name. We'll just name him Thomas John, how about that?"[4]

The brothers took inspiration from their father's music collection, and as teenagers, they played in a local cover band called Deuce and a Quarter. The group represented their high school in the Anne Arundel County "Battle of the Bands" in 2000; they admitted to being nervous before the performance.[5] The two then moved to Nashville and signed a publishing contract with Warner Chappell, and later with the Nashville branch of EMI.[2]

John Osborne is the main instrumentalist of the group, playing primarily electric guitar, while TJ is the lead vocalist. Of their sound, Spin writer Andrew Unterberger said, "John's guitar slides a Hattori Hanzō sharpness, while TJ’s vocals are wisely kept from going too thick with warbling vibrato, allowing them an understated vulnerability badly lacking in Nashville these days."[21] Stephen Thomas Erlewine contrasted the duo with Sam Hunt and Chris Stapleton, saying that they have "the modern rhythmic snap of the former and the classicist structure of the latter."[22] Allmusic describes the duo as recording "earthy, passionate country-rock",[2] while Country Standard Time reviewer Jeffrey B. Remz noted influences of outlaw country and Southern rock in Pawn Shop, also comparing TJ's "sonorous, ultra-deep voice" favorably to Trace Adkins and noting the variety of guitar styles played by John as "sometimes steely, sometimes twangy, sometimes rocking".[23]

Current members

• T.J. Osborne (born November 18, 1984)[24] – lead vocals
• John Osborne (born April 27, 1982)[24] – lead guitar, backing vocals

Touring members[25]

• Adam Box – drums, percussion
• Jason Graumlich – guitar, mandolin, percussion, backing vocals
• Billy Justineau - keyboards
• Pete Sternberg – bass guitar

John Osborne is married to British singer-songwriter Lucie Silvas. The two met in 2007 during a songwriting session, and married in 2015.[26] That same year, John played guitar on and co-produced Silvas' studio album Letters to Ghosts.[27]

On February 3, 2021, TJ Osborne came out as gay, making him the first openly gay artist signed to a major country music label.[28][29] He received support from numerous artists as well as his record label UMG Nashville after his announcement.[30][31][32]

Studio albums

• Pawn Shop (2016)
• Port Saint Joe (2018)
• Skeletons (2020)