Artist Info: Mel Robbins

Hargus Melvin "Pig" Robbins (born 18 January 1938 in Spring City, Tennessee, USA) is an American session keyboard and piano player. Having played on records for artists such as George Jones, Bob Dylan, Ween, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, and Conway Twitty, 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. [read more...]