Diane’s Country Music Newsletter — 16 April 2025
Wednesday, April 16th, 2025IN THE SPOTLIGHT – DAVID ROBBINS (SON OF PIG ROBBINS)
By the mid-1960s, Hargus “Pig” Robbins was a well-known session pianist, part of Nashville’s A-Team. He’d joined the musicians’ union in 1957, at age nineteen. For the first two years he sat by the phone, occasionally getting a call to work a session. Then came “White Lightning” with George Jones in 1959, and the calls increased significantly. The following year Floyd Cramer vacated his slot as number one session pianist when he went on the road to support his solo career. That opened the floodgates for Pig as the A-Team pianist.
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