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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg/220px-Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg/330px-Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg/440px-Bobby_Osborne_%26_The_Rocky_Top_X-Press.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1067" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Osborn (center) and The Rocky Top in 2007</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Bobby Van Osborne</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1931-12-07</span>)</span>December 7, 1931<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Thousandsticks,_Kentucky" title="Thousandsticks, Kentucky">Thousandsticks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leslie_County,_Kentucky" title="Leslie County, Kentucky">Leslie County, Kentucky</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 27, 2023<span style="display:none">(2023-06-27)</span> (aged 91)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Gallatin,_Tennessee" title="Gallatin, Tennessee">Gallatin, Tennessee</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Burial place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Gallatin,_Tennessee" title="Gallatin, Tennessee">Gallatin, Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">Bluegrass</a> Musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1953–2023</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Bobby Van Osborne</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (December 7, 1931 – June 27, 2023) was an American <a href="/wiki/Bluegrass_music" title="Bluegrass music">bluegrass</a> musician. He was the co-founder (with his brother <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Osborne" title="Sonny Osborne">Sonny</a>) of the <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" title="Osborne Brothers">Osborne Brothers</a>, a member of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame">International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Osborne was a member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>, received a <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a> for his service, and was honorably discharged in 1953.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborne was an instructor of bluegrass music at the Kentucky School of Bluegrass and Traditional Music<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/Hyden,_Kentucky" title="Hyden, Kentucky">Hyden, Kentucky</a>, and his primary instrument was the <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Osborne&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Osborne was born in <a href="/wiki/Thousandsticks,_Kentucky" title="Thousandsticks, Kentucky">Thousandsticks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Leslie_County,_Kentucky" title="Leslie County, Kentucky">Leslie County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While growing up, he helped his father and grandfather at the older man's general store. At the same time he was attracted to the music of the Grand Ole Opry and eventually dropped out of high school to form a band with his brother, Sonny. He helped develop the vocal trio concept in bluegrass music by putting the melody in the tenor voice, instead of putting it in one of the lower vocal registers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Osborne&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bobby Osborne released many recordings since the 1950s. <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" title="Osborne Brothers">The Osborne Brothers</a> recordings of "Rocky Top", and "Kentucky" were named official state songs of <a href="/wiki/Tennessee" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>, respectively. Osborne was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps in 1951 and served in the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. He was wounded in action and received the <a href="/wiki/Purple_Heart" title="Purple Heart">Purple Heart</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Bobby knew nothing about bluegrass music. He was listening to the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> one night on <a href="/wiki/WSM_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="WSM Radio">WSM radio</a>. He liked the sound of that banjo, and found out later on it was <a href="/wiki/Earl_Scruggs" title="Earl Scruggs">Earl Scruggs</a> playing a tune called <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Gap_(folk_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cumberland Gap (folk song)">'Cumberland Gap.'</a> From then on he became interested in that type of music." He appeared on many shows with <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a>, playing guitar and singing. <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Tubb" title="Ernest Tubb">Ernest Tubb</a> suggested that Bobby play the <a href="/wiki/Mandolin" title="Mandolin">mandolin</a> to complement his high <a href="/wiki/Tenor_voice" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenor voice">tenor voice</a>. He took the advice and it remained one of his main instruments for the rest of his career.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborne's 2017 solo album <i>ORIGINAL</i> was his first album since <i>Bluegrass & Beyond</i> in 2009<i>.</i> The album was the product of Osborne's collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Peter_Rowan" title="Peter Rowan">Peter Rowan</a>, which led him to another collaboration with <a href="/wiki/Alison_Brown" title="Alison Brown">Alison Brown</a>. The album features many bluegrass/Americana musicians and artists<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Vince_Gill" title="Vince Gill">Vince Gill</a>, Sam Bush, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Lauderdale" title="Jim Lauderdale">Jim Lauderdale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Hull" title="Sierra Hull">Sierra Hull</a>, Claire Lynch, <a href="/wiki/Del_McCoury" title="Del McCoury">Del McCoury</a>, Ronnie McCoury, Robbie McCoury, Stuart Duncan and Rob Ickes.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborne also wrote the song, "Windy City" in 1972, later recorded by <a href="/wiki/Alison_Krauss" title="Alison Krauss">Alison Krauss</a> on her LP "Windy City." Krauss recorded the song with Suzanne and Sidney Cox and performed the song on <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Osborne continued to perform with his band, the <a href="/wiki/Rocky_Top_X-Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocky Top X-Press">Rocky Top X-Press</a>, until his death in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Osborne&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Osborne died at a hospital in <a href="/wiki/Gallatin,_Tennessee" title="Gallatin, Tennessee">Gallatin, Tennessee</a>, on June 27, 2023, at the age of 91.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honors_and_awards">Honors and awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bobby_Osborne&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honors and awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Inducted to <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a> (1964, as member of the <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" title="Osborne Brothers">Osborne Brothers</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between the death of <a href="/wiki/Jesse_McReynolds" title="Jesse McReynolds">Jesse McReynolds</a> on June 23, 2023, and his own death on June 27, 2023, Osborne was the oldest standing Opry member. </p><p>Named Vocal Group of the Year by <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Association" title="Country Music Association">Country Music Association</a> (1971 as member of the <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" title="Osborne Brothers">Osborne Brothers</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inducted to <a href="/wiki/International_Bluegrass_Music_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame">International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame</a> (1994, as member of the <a href="/wiki/Osborne_Brothers" title="Osborne Brothers">Osborne Brothers</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Inducted to International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2009 as a member of The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers <sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Awarded the Bluegrass Star Award by the Bluegrass Heritage Foundation of Dallas, Texas on October 20, 2018. The award is bestowed upon bluegrass artists who do an exemplary job of advancing traditional bluegrass music while preserving its character and heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elected to Kentucky Music Hall of Fame (2002, as member of the Osborne Brothers)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Nominated for Best Bluegrass Album at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards (for solo album <i>Original)</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>International Bluegrass Music Award (IBMA) for Recorded Event of the Year (2017, for "<a href="/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Get_a_Message_to_You" title="I've Gotta Get a Message to You">I've Gotta Get a Message to You</a>")<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2023 Inductee to the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers <sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Recognized in the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Posthumously) with C.J. 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