Hargus Pig Robbins

Legendary country artists, pop and rock superstars and longtime friends paid tribute to the three newest inductees to the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday evening (Oct. 21). Garth Brooks, Connie Smith and Hargus "Pig" Robbins were officially welcomed into the ranks of country music's select few who are enshrined and commemorated with bronze plaques bestowed upon them by the Country M

Kix Brooks calls Hargus 'Pig' Robbins the Elvis of session players in Nashville. "Elvis had entered the building when Pig came in," Kix recalls, talking to The Boot about the recent Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. "When Pig walked in the room, all the musicians stopped and waited to see how he was gonna take the song...

Garth Brooks was announced, along with Connie Smith and piano legend Hargus 'Pig' Robbins, as the newest addition of the Country Music Hall of Fame yesterday (March 6), and the country superstar and pop-culture phenomenon knows exactly what his late mother would have said upon hearing that he's been given the coveted honor...

The latest additions to the illustrious Country Music Hall of Fame were announced at a news conference on Tuesday morning (March 6) and they cover a wide range of entertainment and country music history. Global entertainment icon Garth Brooks has sold more than 128 million albums since the start of his career and toured the world taking his unique brand of country music to meteoric heights... Read