Hargus "Pig" Robbins

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Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Background information
Birth name Hargus Melvin Robbins
Born January 18, 1938 (1938-01-18) (age 70)
Origin Spring City, Tennessee, USA
Genre(s) Country
Occupation(s) Session musician
Instrument(s) Piano
Keyboards
Organ
Years active 1957-present
Label(s) Time
Chart
Elektra
Associated acts George Jones

Hargus "Pig" Robbins (born Hargus Melvin Robbins, January 18, 1938 in Spring City, Tennessee[1]) is an American session keyboard and piano player. Having played on records for artists such as George Jones, Bob Dylan, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, and Conway Twitty,[2] Robbins is a prominent session instrumentalist in Nashville. He is also blind, having lost his sight at age four due to an accident involving his father's knife.[1]

Robbins learned to play piano at age seven, while attending the Nashville School for the Blind. He played his first session in 1957, with his first major recording being George Jones's "White Lightning".[3] Since then, he has gone on to play piano and keyboards for several country music artists.

Between 1963 and 1979, Robbins also recorded eight studio albums: one on Time Records, three on Chart Records, and four on Elektra Records, as well as an independent live album.[3]

[edit] Discography

  • A Bit of Country Piano (1963)
  • Play It Again, Hargus (1968)
  • Hargus Robbins (1969)
  • One More Time (1969)
  • Country Instrumentalist of the Year (1977)
  • A Pig in a Poke (1978)
  • Alive from Austin City Limits (1979)
  • Unbreakable Hearts (1979)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Huey, Steve. Hargus "Pig" Robbins biography. All Music Guide. Retrieved on 2008-05-21.
  2. ^ Profile. Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Backyard Saturday Night Country. Retrieved on 2008-03-02.
  3. ^ a b Hargus "Pig" Robbins Highlights Country Music Hall of Fame Programs. Cybergrass (2007-04-19). Retrieved on 2008-05-21.

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