Donald (Don) Helms

Donald Hugh Helms (February 28, 1927 – August 11, 2008) was a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984).

Birth and Death Data: Born February 28, 1927 (New Brockton), Died August 11, 2008 (Nashville)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1949 - 1965

Roles Represented in DAHR: steel guitar

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 77 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	E0VB-5814	10-in.	10/20/1950	'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone	Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	E0VB-5815	10-in.	10/20/1950	Good morning to you	Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	E0VB-5816	10-in.	10/20/1950	I'm gonna sing, sing, sing	Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Victor	E0VB-5817	10-in.	10/20/1950	Gold star mother	Kentucky Pardners (Charlie Monroe) ; Charlie Monroe	Male vocal solo, with string band	instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	76046		3/28/1950	My tightwad Daddy	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	76047		3/28/1950	Model T love	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	76048		3/28/1950	Help me understand-1	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	76049		3/28/1950	How can you refuse him now	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2041		11/8/1949	Tennessee border No.2	Red Foley ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2042		11/9/1949	Letters have no arms	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2043		11/9/1949	I'll take a back seat for you	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2044		11/9/1949	Throw your love my way	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2067		12/29/1949	I love you because	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2068		12/29/1949	Give me a little old fashioned love	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2069		12/29/1949	Unfaithful one	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2089		4/1/1950	What put the pep in Grandma	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2090		4/1/1950	I like that kind of livin'	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 2091		4/1/1950	Honky-tonkin'	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3106		8/7/1953	One way ticket to nowhere	Jimmie Logsdon		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3107		8/7/1953	Let's have a happy time	Jimmie Logsdon		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3108		8/7/1953	Where the old Red River flows	Jimmie Logsdon		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3109		8/7/1953	You ain't nothing but the blues	Jimmie Logsdon		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3113		8/11/1953	Ramblin' gal	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3114		8/11/1953	I forgot more than you'll ever know	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar
Decca	NA 3115		8/11/1953	To my pal Bosephus	Audrey Williams		instrumentalist, steel guitar

(Results 1-25 of 77 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed April 18, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 18, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 18 April 2024.