Robert Ford Ogdin was born on September, 1945 and is a Nashville-based recording session pianist.
26 Facts About Bobby Ogdin
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Bobby Ogdin is best known as a member of Elvis Presley's TCB band.
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Bobby Ogdin performed on 20 of Presley's recordings and accompanied him on 45 live shows until Presleys' death in 1977.
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Bobby Ogdin's piano playing was synchronized with archival footage of Presley's vocal performance on "Unchained Melody" in the 2022 motion picture, Elvis directed by Baz Luhrman.
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Over a career spanning four decades as a session musician, Bobby Ogdin recorded with country artists including Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, George Jones, The Judds, Kenny Chesney, Ray Charles, and Ronnie Milsap.
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Bobby Ogdin recorded and performed concerts with the alternative rock band Ween.
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Bobby Ogdin's father was an executive at Robertshaw Controls Company; his sister, Sue Ogdin Lynch, is a visual artist.
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Bobby Ogdin graduated from the University of Tennessee and attended law school briefly, but realized it was not his calling.
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Tom Collins, a Nashville record producer whom Bobby Ogdin had known as a Sigma Chi Fraternity brother in college, urged him to come to Nashville to explore music opportunities.
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Bobby Ogdin worked his way up to become an in-demand studio musician for scores of major artists including Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Kenny Rogers, The Judds, Travis Tritt, George Jones, Kenny Chesney, Ray Charles, Barbara Mandrell, Dan Hill, Amy Grant and Ronnie Milsap.
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In 2018, Bobby Ogdin was interviewed by Billy Stallings in a four-part video series chronicling Bobby Ogdin's experiences on tour with Presley.
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Bobby Ogdin was chosen as his replacement primarily by Briggs and by Elvis' record producer Felton Jarvis, seconded by Bob Beckham.
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When Bobby Ogdin accepted, Jarvis told him there were no charts and no rehearsals.
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Bobby Ogdin was given a cassette tape of the show to memorize.
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Bobby Ogdin had written himself cue cards to refer to on stage.
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Bobby Ogdin said, "I was the most excited one in the place".
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Bobby Ogdin saw Presley for the first time only then, and Ogdin was seated at the front of the stage fairly close to him.
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Elvis walked over to Bobby Ogdin and shook his hand during the initial crowd reaction, acknowledging Elvis' awareness and collegiality toward the new member.
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Bobby Ogdin was amused when people asked for his autograph and brought food and gifts for the band.
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Bobby Ogdin recalled how they added a new song, "Moody Blue" to the show.
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Bobby Ogdin's playing defined a clear framework for the rest of the parts to be added, using two tracks for a stereo effect.
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Bobby Ogdin said that Jarvis had just been on the phone with Colonel Tom Parker and "act of God" was a phrase from the musicians' contracts that dealt with financial obligations if some disastrous event occurred.
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Bobby Ogdin didn't think it sounded like a phrase Jarvis would use.
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Bobby Ogdin played in the group for five years and recorded the album Still Holdin' On which yielded two country chart singles, "Hangin' Out in Smokey Places" and "Once You Get The Feel of It".
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Bobby Ogdin reunited with Ween for two concerts at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium in October, 2018.
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Bobby Ogdin is known musically for his skill in playing to bring out or enhance the vocalist or soloist without overplaying.