Bobby Osborne - Rocky Top

[vcp430]

Bobby is a living legend, and he deserves so much more respect, (although his loyal fans, myself included, love him dearly) and it's nice to know that he is still with us. I can't believe though, that Sonny started working for Bill Monroe when he was 14!

~Craig

[Zepster77]

What no one has said, is that this guy can flat out SING and that's a thing to be appreciated and cherished. They don't make 'em like that anymore.

[vcp430]

@Zepster77 Bobby is a living legend. He is an amazing artist, and he started a revolution in bluegrass, with Sonny, and as well by himself. If it weren't for the Osborne's, we would have "Big Spike Hammer, "Rocky Top" "Hard Times", "Tennessee Hound Dog", and many, many others. He deserves so much more.

~Craig

[1136levi]

hey this was about 20mins from my house

[Peacefulminds911]

Thanks

[sherrywine1941]

This was great !!

2 thumbs up !

Thanks to orytina for the share.

Sherry

[clinch64]

Have always thought Bobby's hats were sharp. I was wondering if anyone knows where one could be bought? Do they have a special name or do they have to be custom made?

[gretahottunareed]

red allen's son greg allen plays better than that guy on the banjo.

[Banjerman07]

Where have u been the past Century. Dana Cupp id one of the greats, hes just like Sonny in every aspect.

[Master100Mind]

awesome who is on the banjo

[djgraciemuldoon]

i love bobby osborne - he's the man!

[westernsharpie]

u like tennessesee and the southern states eh, what do like more, the fact that they are the fattest in the nation, the stupidest?hmmm i wonder

[Ikebaga]

Your a fagget

[puroherbalife]

yo tube el placer de visitar su casa,y el placer de ser bien atendido por el Sr Bobby y su esposa.

[chirality2]

Got the pleasure to see him at the Ryman this past Friday when I was in Nashville! Great!!!

[confederatemuscle]

Yeah I was at the Ryman to see Bobby and the Rocky top X-Press.  Were yout here on the friday night or saturday night?

[redwing0676]

I love tennessee and the southern states I love them hills

[bofts]

AMEN redwing

[mwober531]

most of my family is from Kentucky, I totally agree, the south is very beautiful!

[danielever99]

That could get a fella hurt,singin' that in Kentucky...

[redwing0676]

not in alabama

[confederatemuscle]

NAh, we in kentucky aint anti-Tennessee only when it comes to basketball! Osbourne Brothers are from KY!

[SlimWhitman2803]

is there somebody out there who has a video of the boys singing "Ruby"?

[BluegrassLoverLou]

I love this song! My Grandpa is originally from Owensboro. I'm thinkin' of going to see his old town some day.

[meinmarines4]

bobby and sonny rocked

[PaulinaRena]

I love this video of Bobby and his band. The guys look and sound terrific. It's hard to beat this old song "Rocky Top" for getting you up out of your chair and seeing if you can keep up with it. These musicians are talented - I am always careful to not compare every musician with either J.D. Crowe or Earl Scruggs. J.D. and Earl have had eons to hone their crafts. I have always loved to see Bobby and brother Sonny together and wish they were together here. Thanks for this fun video.- Paula

[Americangrl07]

Bobby u r the absolute best!!

[gladamer]

I really love the Osborne Brothers, Bobby's got the best voice for this song along with Crystal Gayle. Why all the negative commits?

[HillbillyJ]

I went to see them once. Apparently the banjo player (who I met) has a thing about playing insanly fast. He came into Foggy Mountain Breakdown so fast he just couldn't handle it, he was screwing up all over. And its not like he didn't know the arrangment he was gonna play because I recognized it as being almost exactly like Earl's first version for Mercury records.

But hes a great player though, he just needs to slow down.

[hawaiiandobroblues]

I seen what you mean about banjo player. He seems to let it down a lot.

[monkyboy74]

this is kind of a half assed version....the mandolin player isnt hitting the high notes....and this is supposed to be a happy lively song...no one is smiling!

[jamesappleridge]

i kind of agree, the musicianship fantastic, but it has energy, like they want to rush through and get it done, but in fairness very clean very professional. jimmy

[godakatsuki123]

i usually fucking hate bluegrass but that was weirdly good

[spenserrrr]

die fo sho. go vols!

[spenserrrr]

both of my comments were towards that b itch truthbtold4u

[spenserrrr]

die

[pud219]

uh that aint how it is sung trust i used to live in knoxville

[Namurt14]

umm thats the guy who wrote it

[pud219]

ok i didnt know at first

[stringplayer07]

yeah boy!!!!!

[ImmylivingIdol]

I will go to their game against south carolina gamecocks

vols rule

[joeyhotguy92]

vols just won.

[Lakerboy290]

they got beat by vandy.....sooo gay....vols will get to the final four though

[joeyhotguy92]

can't wait to see Tennessee beat Memphis today

[iluvvalerie]

Sweet old Tennessee the best! GO TENNESSEE

[YourxNeeded]

My best friends aunt and uncle's band sing this song

[dancingbug12]

TENNESEEEEEEEE

[thatarcherdude]

Go Tennessee!

[LadyVol15]

LOVE the song if anyone wants to see me sing it my vid is titled..... "rocky top" Hannah Meadows(13) singing

I LOVE TENNESSEE.......GO VOLS!!!!!!!!

[VOLUNTEERSown]

AMEN GO VOLS!

[eviljester28]

Go Vols!!!!!!!!!! Eat them gators!!!!shoot the dawgs and roast some gamecock and razorback!!! whoooo!!!!

[corbinsgal2]

o yah yay vols

[VOLUNTEERSown]

AMEN GO VOLS!!

[VOLUNTEERSown]

WE DID 3/4 OF THOSE. I WILL TAKE IT

[MWgoblue]

I hate the Vols, but it's such a catchy song.

[fatisbac]

I personally like Charlie Daniels version. I got to see him perform it in concert and it was nuts

[Factnotfictionpeople]

It always bugs me when people criticise an artist.....we all have our favourites.....I love Lloyd Green's playing but some prefer Buddy Emmons/Weldon Myrick, etc, etc. Unless the sound is out of tune or absolutely terrible, why can't folks just acceptthat its DIFFERENT! Got that off my chest. Peace to all. :-)

[TLTBoy]

i agree with you guys, some of you dont know the meaning of music or know what good music was even if it nailed you in the face. you guys have no clue what your viewing

[zaclover343]

DUMBEST SONG EVER!!!!

[86meplease]

You must not be very smart!

[pazzmanmusic]

Prolly should change your name to zacHATER343... also.. this song is awesome... and you are a moron. Thanks for posting!

[pollywogger31]

your an idiot, you don't know the MEANING of music

[aainds]

Love it

[harveylegs]

Audience clapping along is never good. One to grow on.™

[Pickinbuddy]

Bobby Osborne practically wrote the book on the new harmony structure on Bluegrass. He is a rare individual, in that he himself was a TREMENDOUS influence on every female Country and Bluegrass vocalist from Linda Ronstadt right up to Cherryholmes, today! Monroe may have 'baked the cake'--but Bobby put the icing on it!

[HillbillyJ]

The osbornes did use different vocal structure, if I understood correctly, with the typical style they would have to adjust everytime they got a new lead vocalist or something, but by making Bobby's higher voice in the lead, it never changed.

Personally, I'll just stick to the old structure.

[Pickinbuddy]

I LOVE the old structure too! I was just clarifying what the major influence of Bobby Osborne was to the bluegrass industry--since there are several readers below who obviously don't have a clue of what they're viewing!

Thanks!

[themusicman3232]

ain't nobody better than bill monroe at bluegrass but this guy is one of the greats

[HillbillyJ]

To me its Flatt and Scruggs, but then again, I'm a banjo player, so of course I'll say that, LOL.

[Kristinc131]

i love Bobby Osborne! i saw him live 4 times!

[HillbillyJ]

I was at a local concert with various arists a few weekends ago, Bobby was there, his banjo player Dana Cupp is an awesome banjo player and a nice guy, I got to met him and he just left me alone with his Osborne Cheif banjo, fine banjo! LOL.

Five Stars!

[morbels]

The singer fucks the song up! Was he drunk or what? Nice music though.

[vibrasonic99]

Bobby Osborne is 76 and morbels is a damned idiot.

[morbels]

Him being old doesn't make him sing any better, now does it?

[loggyness]

I know the Dobro Player...his name is Matt Despain.

[UTubeSean]

Great! Sweet as soda pop. --SF CC, Nevada

[DDbRowN67]

Thank you so much for loading this video. GREAT rendition!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

[TheUnknownComrade]

Retarded. Seriously, its the most retarded thing ive ever seen.

[giggleblaggle]

It's too bad you think that way. You must not have much respect for bluegrass music. I thought it was a pretty good performance, except that it was too fast and some of the players could hardly keep up.

[bluegrassrulz]

since forming the rocky top express I haven't liked the way he does this song now.....too damn fast it seems for the people playing it, they're having trouble keeping up and the vocal lines on the chorus have been shortened

[patguitarman]

the light reflecting on the guitars players head makes it look like he has a mohawk.

[dytoh06]

helluva song even though im not from therer