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: electric steel guitar, songwriter

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 93 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 2042	11/9/1949	Letters have no arms	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2043	11/9/1949	I'll take a back seat for you	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2044	11/9/1949	Throw your love my way	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2067	12/29/1949	I love you because	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2068	12/29/1949	Give me a little old fashioned love	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2069	12/29/1949	Unfaithful one	The Texas Troubadours ; Ernest Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2089	4/1/1950	What put the pep in Grandma	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2090	4/1/1950	I like that kind of livin'	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 2091	4/1/1950	Honky-tonkin'	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3106	8/7/1953	One way ticket to nowhere	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3107	8/7/1953	Let's have a happy time	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3108	8/7/1953	Where the old Red River flows	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3109	8/7/1953	You ain't nothing but the blues	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3113	8/11/1953	Ramblin' gal	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3114	8/11/1953	I forgot more than you'll ever know	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3115	8/11/1953	To my pal Bosephus	Audrey Williams	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3149	10/2/1953	Pa-paya Mama-1	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3150	10/2/1953	In the garden of st. Augustine-2	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3187	12/1/1953	Somebody ughed on you	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3188	12/1/1953	Something called the blues	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3256	2/24/1954	Good deal Lucille	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3257	2/24/1954	My sweet French baby	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3258	2/24/1954	Midnight boogie	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3259	2/24/1954	These lonesome blues	Jimmie Logsdon	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3283	4/27/1954	I'm lookin' for a date tonight	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar

(Results 26-50 of 93 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.