It was the harmonies of the Beach Boys that initially sparked the musical interest of the three sisters from Magna who call themselves SheDaisy.
Country came later."Our parents listened to them," said Kristyn Osborne during a telephone interview from Nashville, Tenn. "When I started buying my own music, I found the Judds, Alabama and Restless Heart."
The trio of sisters -- Kristyn, Kelsi and Kassidy Osborne -- make up the hot, up-and-coming group, whose new single, "Little Good-Byes," is getting a good deal of national airplay.
The song is from the SheDaisy's new CD, "The Whole SheBang," released two weeks ago on Lyric Street Records. The first day it was on the shelves, the disc moved some 2,000 copies nationally.
"We've actually been working on this album for 10 years," said Kristyn, who wrote or co-wrote all of the album's 11 cuts.
"And it's finally out," interjected Kassidy.
SheDaisy began with younger sister Kelsi singing solo gigs around the neighborhood, according to Kassidy, the middle sister. "I joined her later, and we sang at rest homes, private parties. . . . "
"Anywhere our dad would book us," said Kelsi.
"It wasn't until Kristyn came on board that we decided to do this seriously as a career," said Kassidy.
In 1989, Kristyn and her father, David Osborne, took a trip to Nashville to see what was going on in the country-music business.
"That was at a time when there weren't a lot of young people singing," said Kristyn. "The pop world had New Kids on the Block, and there weren't a lot of young women singing country."
Asked their ages, the young women became coy. They'll only say their average age is 20.
That means when they first went to Nashville, their average age was 10. And the main challenge was getting people to hear it. "There were no open minds," said Kassidy.
"And there weren't very many people who took us seriously," said Kristyn.
Still, the trio worked hard and finally got a record deal . . . but it was short lived.
"We learned from that experience," said Kelsi. "We approached our career with the attitude of not following the same road twice."
This time, the group's new record deal is stronger. And the women are working for their future.
"We want to work hard to put a good live show together," said Kristyn.
"There's a lot of strategic planning that will take place in the next few months of what our next step will be," said Kassidy. "And we are going to focus on a live show."
"We also want to make our mark while we're here," said Kelsi. "Having the record out and hearing our fans telling us we have inspired them to sing, or be a better person, is what making music is all about."