Hyden, released by Pinecastle Records in 1998, is the first volume of an Osborne Brothers anthology series named after the brothers' Hyden, Kentucky birthplace — a project intended to combine new recordings of older material with archival selections tracing the band's musical history. The program features new readings of Ruby (with patriarch Robert Osborne playing a clawhammer banjo lick), Picture on the Wall, and the Roy Acuff staple Great Speckled Bird, alongside newer compositions like A Child Again and Old Friend of Mine. The album catches Bobby's tenor and Sonny's banjo at a settled late-career peak, framed by the Pinecastle-era lineup.
Tracklist
- 1 Ruby Are You Mad alt version 3:01
- 2 Hero of the Creek 2:35
- 3 I'll Just Pretend 2:24
- 4 Leaning on the Everlasting Arms alt version 2:41
- 5 A Child Again 4:03
- 6 Picture on the Wall 3:47
- 7 The Older He Got, the Better He Was 2:21
- 8 Grandpaw's Radio 2:48
- 9 Great Speckled Bird alt version 2:56
- 10 Savior, Save Me from Myself 2:25
- 11 Little Cabin on the Hill 3:04
- 12 There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere 2:24
- 13 Old Friend of Mine 2:59