13 Facts About Anders Osborne

Anders Osborne was influenced by the vocal styles of Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Lowell George, Robert Johnson and recordings of African drumming.

Anders Osborne considered blues music to be the connection between other musical genres.

Anders Osborne began playing in Open D tuning, which he discovered after listening to Joni Mitchell's Blue.

Anders Osborne released Which Way to Here, an album that dealt with spirituality and tolerance.

Besides writing for his own album, Anders Osborne has had a number of his songs recorded by other artists.

Anders Osborne's song, "Watch the Wind Blow By," was recorded by the country musician Tim McGraw, hitting No 1 on the country charts for two weeks and selling over three million albums.

Anders Osborne has since co-written with Tab Benoit, Mike Zito and Johnny Sansone, for whom he has served as producer.

In 2009, Anders Osborne recorded a new, full band album co-produced by Anders Osborne, Galactic's Stanton Moore and Pepper Keenan.

The album was picked up by Chicago-based Alligator Records, who signed Anders Osborne and released the new recording in 2010 under the title American Patchwork.

Anders Osborne appeared on Galactic's song "Dark Water" from their Ya Ka Ma album, and in 2011 produced and played on critically acclaimed albums by Tab Benoit, Johnny Sansone and Mike Zito.

In late 2012, Anders Osborne recorded a six-song EP entitled Three Free Amigos, which was released by Alligator early in 2013.

Players included Anders Osborne's touring band of bassist Carl Dufresne and drummer Eric Bolivar, plus guitarist Billy Iuso and multi-instrumentalist Johnny Sansone, Anders Osborne himself played guitar, bass, keyboards and drums on various tracks.

Anders Osborne continues to tour almost constantly, both with his own band and in combination with other artists.