Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Hargus "Pig" Robbins

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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Hargus Melvin Robbins
Born = birth date and age|1938|01|18
Origin = Spring City, Tennessee, USA
Instrument = Piano
Keyboards
Organ
Genre = Country
Occupation = Session musician
Years_active = 1957-present
Label = Time
Chart
Elektra
Associated_acts = George Jones
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Hargus "Pig" Robbins (born Hargus Melvin Robbins, January 18, 1938 in Spring City, Tennesseecite web |url=http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:g9frxq8gld6e~T1 |title=Hargus "Pig" Robbins biography |accessdate=2008-05-21 |last=Huey |first=Steve |work=Allmusic] ) 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, [cite web |url= http://www.abc.net.au/snc/stories/s208665.htm |title= Profile |accessdate=2008-03-02 |work = Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Backyard Saturday Night Country] 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.

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".cite web |url=http://www.cybergrass.com/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=3187 |title=Hargus "Pig" Robbins Highlights Country Music Hall of Fame Programs |accessdate=2008-05-21 |date=2007-04-19 |work=Cybergrass] 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.

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References

ee also

*The Nashville A-Team