For Tennessee Zeta Phi John Osborne and his brother TJ, getting into music was unavoidable. Growing up in the water town of Deale, Maryland, their close-nit-family of seven spent most nights not in front of the television, but writing and playing songs. The brothers\u2019 father had a shed behind their home that he used for small performances for friends and family. John and TJ could be caught listening in on their father\u2019s playing or fetching beers for pocket change. Later their father would convert that shed into a home studio where their parents would write and record songs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the brothers aged, they formed a band with their ever eclectic father named \u201cDeuce & a Quarter.\u201d The band played cover songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Dwight Yoakem to Merle Haggard to Bob Seger. They performed at local venues in the town, but it was here that the Brothers got the taste for performing live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
John (guitar) moved to Nashville first to play in other bands. Two years later, TJ (vocals\/guitar) moved to Nashville. It was then they formed Brothers Osborne<\/a> and began playing as many writer rounds as they could. In April 2011, Warner Chappell\/King Pen Music offered them a publishing deal. A year later, Capitol Records offered them a record deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n