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Bobby Osborne and His Mandolin

The Osborne Brothers

Album · 1981 · CMH CMH 6256

Bobby Osborne and His Mandolin was released by CMH Records in 1981 (CMH 6256) under the name of the Osborne Brothers, although the instrumentalists are Bobby Osborne on mandolin, his sons Wynn on banjo and Robby on guitar, Kenny Baker on fiddle and Jimmy D. Brock on bass. All fourteen tracks are instrumentals, recorded in 1981 at Cumberland Sound Studio in Nashville.

The program combines Osborne’s own compositions, among them “Cherokee Lady,” “High Level Hornpipe,” “Rosebud,” “Old Sledge,” “Topeka,” “Springtime” and “Gatlinburg,” with traditional pieces such as “Sally Ann,” which opens the album. On “Old Sledge,” Osborne and Baker both use cross tuning. CMH has since reissued the album digitally.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Sally Ann alt version 3:01
  2. 2 Cherokee Lady 2:37
  3. 3 High Level Hornpipe 2:19
  4. 4 Rosebud 2:46
  5. 5 Old Sledge 2:23
  6. 6 Topeka 2:12
  7. 7 Rye Straw 2:35
  8. 8 Springtime 2:19
  9. 9 Dusty Miller alt version 3:19
  10. 10 Forked Deer alt version 2:56
  11. 11 Lime Rock 2:17
  12. 12 Miss Mcleod’s Reel Source Recording Traditional · key F · 117 bpm 2:18
  13. 13 Sandy Ridge 2:35
  14. 14 Gatlinburg 2:11

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