Brothers Osborne help honor the victims and their families of the Route 91 Harvest Festival tragedy during Sunday night’s show, along with their friends Eric Church and Maren Morris. TJ says instead of nervous about performing on the Grammy stage for the first time on Sunday (January 28th), he’ll be on the emotional end of the spectrum.
“I think there’s a lot of nerves around playing the Grammys because you’re in front of the upper echelon of all genres there in one room,” says TJ. “For me, I think in a way that it’s a tribute to those victims that it kind of takes it off of that to me…I think I’ll be far more emotional than I will be nervous. I think that’s my worry is just getting through the performance in that regard.”
John says he’s feeling a lot of gratitude to be able to perform on the Grammys to honor the victims and their families. “We feel very, very fortunate to be able to play on the Grammys, especially with Eric and Maren, who are two very good friends of ours. That will take a lot of the focus off of it, because there are nerves surrounding it,” says John. “But I think…the most important thing about that moment is honoring the victims and their families above all else. And I just hope that, at the end of the day, we can help heal something, at least a little bit.”
The duo are nominated for the Best Country Duo/Group Performance category for their Top 10 rowdy hit “It Ain’t My Fault.”
The 60th Annual Grammy Awards will air live from Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday beginning at 7:30p ET on CBS.
Audio / Brothers Osborne's TJ Osborne says he'll most likely be very emotional during the duo's performance during the Grammy Awards on Sunday.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (Grammy tribute) 1 OC: (TJ) …that occasion. :40
TJ: “There’s a lot of nerves around playing the Grammys because you’re in front of the upper echelon of all genres there in one room. For me, I think in a way that it’s a tribute to those victims that it kind of takes it off of that to me…I think I’ll be far more emotional than I will be nervous. I think that’s really my worry—is just getting through the performance in that regard. But it’s certainly an incredible honor to not only play the Grammys, but to do it for that occasion.”
Audio / Brothers Osborne's John Osborne talks about being honored to be asked to perform a tribute to the victims of the Route 91 Festival during Sunday night's Grammy Awards.
DownloadBrothers Osborne (Grammy tribute) 2 OC: (John) …a little bit. :27
JOHN: “We feel very, very fortunate to be able to play on the Grammys, especially with Eric and Maren, who are two very good friends of ours. That will take a lot of the focus off of it, because there are nerves surrounding it,” says John. “But I think, just to springboard off of what TJ was saying, the most important thing about that moment is honoring the victims and their families above all else. And I just hope that, at the end of the day, we can help heal something, at least a little bit.”
