Brothers Osborne won their first Grammy Award last night. The country duo from Maryland played an emotional hometown gig in late 2021 after a big year.
At one point in the show, TJ asked,“SoCo,” or “South County,” is a term for the southern part of Anne Arundel County that feeds into Southern High School, the brothers’ high school alma mater. The opening verse of their second single, “Rum,” describes their adoration of the place they were raised.
When TJ sang “Blame my lack of knowing better on public education” onstage at the Anthem, he jokingly pointed to the Southern Athletics t-shirt he was wearing, and there was something personal about the crowd’s cheers. It’s an“I’ve never felt it was just me and my brother that succeeded,” John said. “It was us, our family, our friends, people that helped us along the way, our hometown, where we come from—we succeeded together.
Yet the concert’s most moving moment had nothing to do with their local-hero status. At one point, TJ stopped between songs to talk about his experiences this year, mentioning that he’d shared his personal life with the world for the first time. This elicited the evening’s biggest response: almost 90 seconds of audience approval. TJ was referring to his decision in February to, making him the first openly gay country artist signed to a major label.
segued into the duo’s latest track, “Younger Me,” which TJ wrote this summer. A lot had happened since: interviews, openness on social media—he even brought a significant other to an awards show for the first time. But it seemed as if that night at the Anthem, his first hometown performance since coming out, was one more step.
The brothers have long embraced inclusion, as well as some potentially controversial positions. Their
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