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Brothers Osborne Recall ‘The Redneck Zombie’ Halloween Costume

The Brothers Osborne just love Halloween and whatever their age dress up each year. As TJ told us, the Zombie is a popular choice for the guys, “Literally, you can…

Brothers Osborne And 'The Redneck Zombie'
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The Brothers Osborne just love Halloween and whatever their age dress up each year.

As TJ told us, the Zombie is a popular choice for the guys, “Literally, you can dress up like a zombie and drag your foot behind you all day and make weird noises, and everyone finds that completely acceptable.”

John adds, “One year I dressed up as a ‘90s redneck zombie with a mullet wig and an Alan Jackson denim coat. I never once broke character. That’s part of the thing — you can actually not break character and get away with it. And everywhere I went, even when I ordered a drink, I ordered it like a zombie that was falling apart. [laughs] It was so fun!”

The guys also have fun Halloween Pumpkin carving memories with their father. John explains, “With our dad every year, we would go looking for pumpkins, and we would all get our own pumpkin to carve, and he would buy the biggest pumpkin that they had. It was huge. I mean, it was way too big for any one person, but he would love carving. He’s kind of an artsy guy. He was a great drawer and stuff, and he would carve the most terrifying, vicious looking, scary pumpkin you’d ever seen in your life, and it would be massive. It would be like on a 50-pound pumpkin or something.”

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