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Date	Event
January 1st
January 2nd
January 3rd	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Charlie's 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM 1970 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM (Sonny missed show) 1971 - Tampa, FL 1973 - West Palm Beach, FL 1975 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 11:30 PM 2003 - Jekyll Island, GA \| Jekyll Island Convention Center \| 27th Annual New Year's Bluegrass Festival 2004 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 8:30 PM \| 10:00 PM 2014 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM
January 4th	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Charlie's 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 10:30 PM 1973 - Miami Beach, FL \| Miami Beach Auditorium 1974 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM 1975 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM \| 9:30 PM 2002 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:00 PM 2003 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 8:30 PM \| 11:00 PM 2013 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 8:15 PM 2014 - Celebration Tour Begins 2014 - The Villages, FL
January 5th
January 6th	1962 - Cleveland, OH \| Denison Square Theater 1965 - Gordon Cash joins the Osborne Brothers band 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Bobby Lord TV Taping 1967 - Nashville, TN \| Bobby Lord TV Taping 1967 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 1968 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM \| 10:00 PM 1973 - Mobile, AL \| Municipal Auditorium 1978 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM 1979 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM \| 10:15 PM 1996 - Woodstock, IL \| Woodstock Opera House 2006 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 9:30 PM 2007 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 7:30 PM 2012 - Nashville, TN \| BojMahal Studios \| Recording session for New Bluegrass & Old Heartaches 2017 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 2018 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM
January 7th
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February 5th	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| "Lonesome Day" 1966 - Akron, OH 1967 - Elizabethtown, OH 1967 - Cincinnati, OH \| The Ken-Mill Tavern 1970 - Chincoteague, VA 1971 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM \| 8:00 PM 1972 - Toronto, ON CA \| Massey Hall 1977 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM \| 10:30 PM 2004 - Gallatin, TN \| Gallatin Civic Center \| Keith McReynolds Benefit Show 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM
February 6th	1960 - Wheeling, WV \| Wheeling Jamboree 1965 - Dyer, IN 1969 - Madison, NC 1970 - Chrisfield, MD 1971 - Morrisville, VA 1972 - Ft. Wayne, IN \| Scotish Rite Auditorium 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM "Footprints in the Snow" 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Station Inn \| Bobby is guest of the Grascals 2016 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM 2017 - Nashville, TN \| Compass Sound Studio \| Recording session for Original


February 9th	1962 - Dayton, OH \| Triangle Bar 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Ralph Emery Morning Show \| "Faded Love", "Ruby", "Bugle Call Rag", "Malaguena" 1968 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 1969 - Rocky Mount, VA 1973 - Toledo, OH \| Country Place 1974 - Denver, CO 1979 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 1996 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 2001 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 2002 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:30 PM \| 9:30 PM 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Hilltop Studios \| Recording session for Try A Little Kindness 2007 - Nashville, TN \| The Ryman Auditorium \| Opry at the Ryman \| 8:30 PM 2013 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM 2018 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM


February 12th	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1971 - Charlotte, NC \| Nashville Sound 1972 - Lavonia, GA \| Shoal Creek Park 1975 - Gretna, VA 1976 - Fredericktown, MO 1977 - Roanoke, VA 2003 - Nashville, TN \| Opryland Hotel \| Eddie Stubbs Show 2005 - Palatka, FL \| Rodeheaver Boys' Ranch \| 1st Annual Palatka Bluegrass Festival 2012 - Appomatix, VA
February 13th	1964 - Nashville, TN \| Wilburn Brothers TV Show 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| "This Heart of Mine", "Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord" 1968 - Nashville, TN \| Wilburn Brothers TV Show 1970 - Varnville, SC 1971 - Lancaster, PA \| Shindig in the Barn 1975 - Fishersville, VA 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM 2002 - Nashville, TN \| The Grand Ole Opry House \| Taping for Country's Family Reunion 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM





February 19th	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1966 - Lenoir, NC 1967 - Lexington, KY 1971 - Hamilton, OH \| Golden Keys 1972 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:45 PM \| 9:30 PM 1977 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM \| 10:45 PM 2005 - Muscle Shoals, AL \| Mall \| Bobby Guest appearance with Jake Landers and Band 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:30 PM \| 9:30 PM 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 2011 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM 2016 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM
February 20th	1965 - Quincy, IL 1971 - Louisville, KY \| Convention Center 1972 - Nashville, TN \| Ernest Tubb's Midnite Jamboree 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2004 - Kinston, NC \| Lenoir Community College 2010 - Palatka, FL \| Rodeheaver Boys' Ranch \| 6th Annual Palatka Bluegrass Festival 2014 - Nashville, TN \| Ernest Tubb Record Shop \| Ashes of Love Benefit for Steve Thomas

February 22nd	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Ruby's White Sands 1965 - Hannibal, MO 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM \| 10:30 PM 1974 - Cincinnati, OH \| Taft Theater 1975 - Corpus Christy, TX 2002 - St. Louis, MO \| 2003 - Tacoma, WA \| Wintergrass Music Festival
February 23rd	1962 - Miamisburg, OH \| Dew Drop Inn 1963 - Wheeling, WV \| Wheeling Jamboree 1965 - Single released Hey, Hey, Bartender / Me And My Old Banjo by the Osborne Brothers on Decca Records 1968 - Lancaster, OH 1973 - Springfield, MO \| Shrine Mosque 1974 - Campton, KY \| Wolf County High School Auditorium 1979 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 1996 - Eufala, OK 2001 - St. Louis, MO 2002 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 11:00 PM 2013 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM 2018 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM 2019 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM


February 26th	1961 - Toronto, ON CA 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1966 - Milwaukee, WI 1971 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 1972 - Columbia, SC \| Carolina Coliseum 1977 - Raleigh, NC 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 11:00 PM
February 27th	1965 - Hickory, NC 1966 - Milwaukee, WI 1968 - Nashville, TN \| Bobby Lord TV Show 1970 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:00 PM 1971 - Tulsa, OK 1972 - Raleigh, NC \| Dorton Arena 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM
February 28th	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Ruby's White Sands 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM 1970 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 11:00 PM 1971 - Oklahoma City, OK 1975 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 10:30 PM 2002 - Lexington, KY \| The Osborne Brothers inducted into the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame 2003 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 2006 - Album released Try A Little Kindness by Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press on Rounder Records 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM 2015 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:45 PM
February 29th


March 3rd	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Bill Claiborne Show \| WSM 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Marty Robbins The Drifter taping \| Episode 10 "Mountaineers" 1967 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Bill Anderson TV Show taping 1971 - Norfolk, VA \| O'Hara's Lounge 1972 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM 1973 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:45 PM \| 9:30 PM 1978 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1979 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:45 PM (National TV) 2001 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 2006 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2012 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:45 PM 2017 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:15 PM
March 4th	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Bob Jennings Show \| WLAC 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Wilburn Brothers Show taping 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1967 - Monroe, LA 1972 - Tulsa, OK \| Assembly Center 1975 - Hillsboro, MO \| Field House Jefferson College 1977 - Hendersonville, NC \| East Hendersonville High School 1978 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1979 - McMinnville, TN \| ACE Show 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 2016 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM
March 5th	1960 - Yellow Springs, OH 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1971 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:00 PM 1972 - St. Louis, MO \| Kiel Auditorium 1975 - Cape Girardo, MO 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM 1977 - Maryville, TN \| Capitol Theater 1978 - Jimmy D. Brock joins the Osborne Brothers band 1978 - Pontiac, MI \| Silver Dome 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM 2005 - Bristol, VA 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 2011 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM 2022 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
March 6th	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Ruby's White Sands 1965 - Shelby, NC 1970 - Spartansburg, SC 1971 - Marianna, AR 1975 - Farmington, MO \| Armory Building 1976 - Knoxville, TN 1996 - Nashville, TN \| TNN 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:30 PM 2010 - St. Louis, MO 2015 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM





March 12th	1960 - Wheeling, WV \| Wheeling Jamboree 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM "Hey, Hey, Bartender" 1966 - Columbus, OH 1971 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 1972 - Ashville, NC \| Municipal Auditorium 1975 - Lenore, WV \| Lenore High School Gym 1976 - Bassett, VA \| Community Center 1977 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:00 PM \| 11:00 PM 1978 - Greenville, NC 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:00 PM \| 11:30 PM 2011 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM 2016 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM
March 13th	1964 - Danby, VT 1965 - Charlotte, NC 1966 - Cincinnati, OH 1968 - Kitchner, ON, CA 1970 - Lynchburg, VA 1971 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 1975 - Gilbert, WV \| Gilbert High School 1976 - Madison, NC \| New Moons 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM



March 17th	1963 - Melvindale, MI \| Mel Hall 1964 - Cambridge, MA \| Club 47 1967 - Columbus, OH \| The Outpost 1968 - Rochester, NY 1972 - Cocoa, FL \| Brevard Community College 1973 - Washington, D.C. \| The White House \| The Osborne Brothers Performance at the White House 1979 - Deland, FL 1996 - Covington, KY 2000 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 2001 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 2006 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM 2018 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM


March 20th	1964 - Newport News, VA 1965 - Hampton, VA 1966 - Cincinnati, OH \| The Ken Mill Tavern 1966 - Cincinnati, OH \| Cincinnati Gardens 1968 - Portland, ME 1970 - Chatanooga, TN 1971 - Fairborn, OH \| Crystal Pistol 1973 - Abilene, TX 1976 - Lexington, KY \| Henry Clay High School Auditorium 2004 - Maggie Valley, NC \| Eagles Nest 2010 - Stuart, FL \| Lyric Theater \| American Bluegrass Masters performance 2015 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM





March 26th	1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry 1969 - Nashville, TN \| Wilburn Brothers TV Show 1971 - Cincinnati, OH \| The Black Stallion 1976 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM (Kenny Ingram played banjo) 1977 - Northridge, CA \| California State University 2004 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:00 PM 2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:00 PM 2005 - Derek Deakins leaves the Rocky Top X-Press 2011 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2016 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 10:30 PM 2021 - Single released “White Line Fever” by Bobby Osborne with Alison Brown, Stuart Duncan, Trey Hensley, Sierra Hull, Tim O'Brien, and Todd Phillips on Compass Records (Video) 2022 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
March 27th	1964 - Dayton, OH \| Ruby's White Sands 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:30 PM \| 11:00 PM 1970 - Graysville, AL 1971 - Pekin, IN 1976 - Canton, GA \| Old Canton Elementary School Auditorium 2004 - Renfro Valley, KY \| Renfro Valley Entertainment Center 2010 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 9:30 PM 2015 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 7:30 PM





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April 22nd	Template:April 22nd
May 19th	2023 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 8:15 PM "Rocky Top" (Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press's final appearance)
June 3rd	2023 - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers Inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame (Bobby Osborne's final appearance)
June 27th	2023 - Bobby Osborne passes
August 8th	Template:August 8th
September 5th	1966 - Franklin, OH \| Chataqua Lake Park 1966 - Dale Sledd leaves the Osborne Brothers band (1st stint)
September 9th	1966 - Benny Birchfield joins the Osborne Brothers band (2nd stint) 1966 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
September 19th	1965 - Tampa, FL 1965 - Gordon Cash leaves the Osborne Brothers band
September 26th	1965 - Dale Sledd joins the Osborne Brothers band (1st stint) 1965 - Nashville, TN \| Opry Almanac 2013 - Berryville, NC \| Watermelon Park \| Masters of Bluegrass performance
September 28th	Template:September 28th
October 24th	2021 - Sonny Osborne Passes
October 29th	1937 - Sonny Osborne born in Thousandsticks, KY
November 13th	1965 - York, PA
November 14th	2000 - Album released The Selfishness in Man by Bobby Osborne on OMS Records 2003 - Hamilton, OH
November 20th	2004 - Hanover, PA \| Eichelberger Performing Arts Center 2004 - First Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-Press performance 2009 - Dana Cupp, Jr. leaves the Rocky Top X-Press 2022 - Brad Benge joins the Rocky Top X-Press 2022 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
November 26th	2005 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry \| 6:30 PM "Mansions For Me" and "Rocky Top" \| 10:00 PM "Nobody's Darlin' But Mine" and "Rocky Top" (Sonny Osborne's final Grand Ole Opry appearance) 2005 - The Osborne Brothers break up
December 5th	2003 - Bobby Osborne II joins the Osborne Brothers band 2003 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
December 6th	2003 - Nashville, TN \| Grand Ole Opry
December 7th	1931 - Bobby Osborne born in Hyden, KY 1964 - Benny Birchfield leaves the Osborne Brothers band (1st stint) 1964 - Show in California

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