Osborne Brothers Are You Mad At Your Man: Complete As & Bs 1956-62 CD

One of the most beloved of all of Bluegrass and country music's many 'brother acts', Sonny and Bobby Osborne reigned supreme in their chosen field of music for over 50 years. Apprenticing with Bluegrass founding father Bill Monroe and fellow foundation artist Jimmy Martin respectively, the brothers forged their own act and own sound with third vocalist Red Allen in 1953. For the next couple of decades they were seldom far from the charts. Jasmine's new compilation "Are You Mad At Your Man" focuses on the brothers' first six years of success and brings together the A and B sides of every single they released (the first seven of them with Allen) between 1956 and 1962. It documents their transition from a hardcore bluegrass act to a slightly more mainstream harmony duo - a transition that was made with no damage to their popularity or credibility. Although very few of these singles were actual hits - those would come between 1966 and 1980, when the Brothers racked up 17 of their 18 country chart hits - they include in their number several songs that have gone on to become bluegrass standards, in the original versions that have been copied by younger bluegrass bands for decades. Happily both still alive, Bobby and Sonny Osborne retired in 2005 but their musical legacy and unimpeachable reputation will live on forever in bluegrass circles. These are the recordings with which that reputation was forged, presented in chronological order of release and remastered from the finest possible sources.

1. Ruby Are You Mad? - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 2. My Aching Heart - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 3. Who Done It? - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 4. Teardrops in My Eyes - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 5. Ho, Honey, Ho - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 6. Down in the Willow Garden - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 7. Della Mae - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 8. Wild Mountain Honey - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 9. Once More - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 10. She's No Angel - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 11. (Is This) My Destiny - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 12. If You Don't Somebody Else Will - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 13. Love Pains - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 14. It Hurts to Know - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 15. Give This Message to Your Heart - the Osborne Brothers 16. I Love You Only - the Osborne Brothers 17. Lost Highway - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 18. You'll Never Know - the Osborne Brothers 19. Sweethearts Again - the Osborne Brothers 20. There's a Woman Behind Every Man - the Osborne Brothers 21. Lonely Lonely Me - the Osborne Brothers 22. Blame Me - the Osborne Brothers 23. Fair and Tender Ladies - the Osborne Brothers 24. At the First Fall of Snow - the Osborne Brothers 25. The Black Sheep Returned to the Fold - the Osborne Brothers 26. Each Season Changes You - the Osborne Brothers 27. Five Days of Heaven - the Osborne Brothers 28. It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - the Osborne Brothers 29. Poor Old Cora - the Osborne Brothers 30. The Banjo Boys - the Osborne Brothers 31. Two Lonely Hearts - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen 32. It's Just the Idea - the Osborne Brothers and Red Allen