Bashful Brother Oswald - Dobro's Best

. Bashful Brother Oswald December 26 1911 - October 17 2002 Bashful Brother Oswald, born Beecher Ray Kirby in Sevier County, Tennessee, was a foundational figure in early Country Music and one of the most recognizable faces of the Grand Ole Opry’s first decades. He learned music at a young age and became best known for his dobro playing, an instrument he helped popularize in Country Music. Oswald joined Roy Acuff’s band, the Smoky Mountain Boys, in the 1930s and became an essential part of Acuff