Learning to play piano at age 7, Hargus “Pig” Robbins would go on to become an influential session keyboardist in Nashville. Making his accomplishments all the more impressive, Robbins—born on this day (Jan. 18) in 1938—did this all without his eyesight.
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Born in Spring City, Tennessee, Hargus “Pig” Robbins lost vision in one eye after accidentally poking himself with a knife at age 3. The injured eye eventually needed removing, and he soon lost sight in his other eye as well…