The bluegrass world has never recovered from the Osborne Brothers band that walked on-stage in 1956'; wrote one commentator. Sonny and Bobby Osborne changed the rules. They came out of a rich tradition and had played with many bluegrass giants, but when they struck out on their own they featured their new concepts of vocal harmony and fuller backings. Their first hit, Ruby Are You Mad, was followed by such classics as Once More, Rocky Top, and The Kind Of Woman I Got. This set includes all 60 recordings they made for MGM between 1956 and 1963, as well as their earliest recordings for Decca from 1963 to 1968. The oustanding backing musicians include Red Allen, Benny Birchfield, and Buddy Spicher.

Track Listing

• Who Done It'
• Ruby Are You Mad'
• My Aching Heart
• Teardrops In My Eyes
• Wild Mountain Honey
• Down In The Willow Garden
• Ho, Honey, Ho
• Della Mae
• She's No Angel
• (Is This) My Destiny
• Once More
• Two Lonely Hearts
• Lost Highway
• Love Pains
• It Hurts To Know
• If You Don't, Somebody Else Will
• Give This Message To Your Heart
• You'll Never Know (How Much It Hurts)
• I Love You Only
• It's Just The Idea
• Lonely, Lonely Me
• Sweethearts Again
• Blame Me
• There's A Woman Behind Every Man
• Fair And Tender Ladies
• Each Season Changes You
• The Black Sheep Returned To The Fold
• At First Fall Of Snow
• Old Hickory
• Old Joe Clark

• Big Ben
• Billy In The Lowground
• John Henry Blues
• Banjo Boy Chimes
• Walking Cane
• Red Wing
• Seeing Nellie Home
• Jesse James
• Cumberland Gap
• Lost Indian
• Poor Old Cora
• Five Days Of Heaven
• Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'
• The Banjo Boys
• Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On
• Worried Man Blues
• May You Never Be Alone
• New Partner Waltz
• How's The World Treating You
• Night Train To Memphis
• Mule Skinner Blues
• White Lightnin'
• Bluegrass Music's Really Gone To Town
• Lovey Told Me Goodbye
• Ballad Of Jed Clampett
• Memories Never Die
• Mule Train
• Sourwood Mountain
• Sweet Thing

• Take This Hammer
• Don't Even Look At Me
• The Cuckoo Bird
• Bluegrass Express
• Me And My Old Banjo
• Pathway Of Teardrops
• Gotta Travel On
• Salty Dog Blues
• Kentucky
• Bugle On The Banjo (Bugle Call Rag)
• Cotton Fields
• Faded Love
• This Heart Of Mine (Can Never Say Goodbye)
• Charlie Cotton
• I'll Be Alright Tomorrow
• Cut The Cornbread
• Hey, Hey Bartender
• Lonesome Day
• Big Spike Hammer
• Memories
• I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
• Up This Hill And Down
• In The Pines
• One Tear
• Making Plans
• Yesterday's Gone
• Footprints In The Snow
• Sure-Fire

• Lonesome Feelin'
• World Of Unwanted
• Hard Times
• I'm Leavin'
• The Kind Of Woman I Got
• One Kiss Away From Loneliness
• Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
• Someone Before Me
• Walking The Floor Over You
• Roll Muddy River
• My Favorite Memory
• Gal, You Got A Job To Do
• Rocky Top
• When You Wind Down
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• Foggy Mountain Breakdown (reprise)
• The Sisters (Billie Jean And Bonnie)
• A-Model
• Lonesome Road Blues
• Jessie James
• Maiden's Prayer
• John Hardy
• Little Willie
• Hand Me Down My Walkin' Cane

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Bluegrass

Run Time: 290 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127155986