Growing up in the water town of Deale, Maryland, John and T.J. Osborne (Brothers Osborne) and their friends knew how to “get away” from the blue collar grind without spending a lot of money. They’d just create their own little paradise…just like the lyrics say in their single, “Rum.”
“Lucky folks go to the ocean/The lake’s for the landlocked ones/We got a tarp in a truck bed/A kiddie pool/A slip and sled/Let that garden hose run” are familiar vestiges of their childhood. So, the brothers included them – and spotlighted their hometown – in the video for “Rum.”
“We went back to our hometown of Deale, Maryland, just to kind of give people a little bird’s eye view of what it’s like where we come from,” says T.J. “We also wanted people to realize what really the perspective of ‘Rum’ was, which wasn’t sitting on the beach. It was about really from the perspective of being in our hometown which is very blue collar, a lot of people who don’t have money to go to the beach, so they kind of make their own little moments and their own paradise.”
The clip for “Rum” should hit video outlets in the coming weeks.
The brothers, who are making their way up the country charts, recently made Rolling Stone Country’s 10 New Artists You Need to Know: Summer 2014!
Audio / Bros O (Rum video)
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“We went back to our hometown of Deale, Maryland, just to kind of give people a little bird’s eye view of what it’s like where we come from. A lot of people are confused that we got into country music being from Maryland, and they don’t realize how country it is up there. So, we wanted people to kind of see that, and we also wanted people to realize what really the perspective of ‘Rum’ was, which wasn’t sitting on the beach. It was about really from the perspective of being in our hometown which is very blue collar, a lot of people who don’t have money to go to the beach, so they kind of make their own little moments and their own paradise. And so, we just really wanted to emulate that. We’re actually waiting to get the video back, so hopefully, it looks good.”
