Hargus "Pig" Robbins

Hargus "Pig" Robbins
Birth nameHargus Melvin Robbins
Also known asMel Robbins
Born(1938-01-18)January 18, 1938
Spring City, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJanuary 30, 2022(2022-01-30) (aged 84)
GenresCountry
OccupationSession musician
InstrumentKeyboards
Years active1957–2022
LabelsTime, Chart, Elektra

Hargus Melvin Robbins (January 18, 1938 – January 30, 2022), known by his nickname "Pig", was an American session keyboard player, having played on records for many artists, including Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Connie Smith, Patti Page, Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers, Kenny Rogers, George Jones, Charlie Rich, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, J.J. Cale, John Hartford, John Stewart, Mark Knopfler, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Roger Miller, David Allan Coe, Moe Bandy, George Hamilton IV, Sturgill Simpson, Conway Twitty, Ween, and Al Hirt.[1]

Life and career

Robbins was born on January 18, 1938, in Spring City, Tennessee.[2] When he was three years old, he accidentally poked himself in the eye with a knife and had to have the eye removed. He later lost sight in his other eye as well, rendering him blind.[3]

He learned to play piano at age seven, while attending the Tennessee School for the Blind in Nashville. During his time there, Robbins was given the nickname "Pig" by a school supervisor due to his propensity to "sneak in through a fire escape and play when [he] wasn’t supposed to and … get dirty as a pig."[3]

He played his first session in 1957, with his first major recording being George Jones's "White Lightning".[4] Thereafter, he played keyboard for scores of country music artists.

Between 1963 and 1979, Robbins recorded eight studio albums: one on Time Records, three on Chart Records, and four on Elektra Records, as well as an independent live album.[4] He was awarded Musician of the Year by the Country Music Association in 1976 and 2000.[5]

His 1959 single "Save It", recorded under the name Mel Robbins, was covered by The Cramps on their 1983 album Off the Bone.

Robbins joined producers Alan Autry and Randall Franks on In the Heat of the Night's 1991 Christmas Time's A Comin' CD, appearing on several cuts and receiving feature credit on David Hart's recording of "Let it Snow".

Robbins was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2007 and on October 21, 2012, Robbins was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.[6]

In Robert Altman's classic, Nashville, a hippie piano player nicknamed "Frog" is fired by Henry Gibson's character (an egotistical country singer), who yells at the studio engineer: "When I ask for Pig, I want Pig!"

Robbins died on January 30, 2022, at the age of 84.[7]

Discography

Albums

Year Album US Country
1962 Hully Gully to The Hits as Mel "Pigue" Robbins —
1963 A Bit of Country Piano —
1968 Play It Again, Hargus —
1969 Hargus Robbins —
One More Time —
1977 Country Instrumentalist of the Year 46
1978 A Pig in a Poke —
1979 Alive from Austin City Limits —
Unbreakable Hearts —

Singles

Year Song US Country[5]
1979 "Chunky People" 83
"Unbreakable Hearts" 92

Collaborations

See also

References

  1. ^ "Profile". Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Backyard Saturday Night Country. Retrieved March 2, 2008.
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Hargus "Pig" Robbins biography". Allmusic. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
  3. ^ a b Bill Friskics-Warren (January 30, 2022). "Hargus Robbins, Pianist on Country Music Hits, Dies at 84". New York Times.
  4. ^ a b "Hargus "Pig" Robbins Highlights Country Music Hall of Fame Programs". Cybergrass. April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on January 16, 2011. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 354. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  6. ^ "Garth Brooks, Connie Smith, Hargus "Pig" Robbins join Country Music Hall of Fame", The Tennessean, March 6, 2012. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  7. ^ Willman, Chris (January 30, 2022). "Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, Country Hall of Famer Who Played Piano on Bob Dylan, Patsy Cline and George Jones Classics, Dies at 84". Variety. Retrieved January 30, 2022.

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