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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 93 records)

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	NA 3284	4/27/1954	You're the prettiest thing	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3285	4/27/1954	Who will it be	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3286	4/27/1954	Sufferin' heart	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3291	4/29/1954	Looking back to see	Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3292	4/29/1954	I miss you so	Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3383	10/25/1954	Sure fire kisses	Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3384	10/25/1954	Fickle heart	Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3385	10/25/1954	Waterloo	Goldie Hill ; Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3410	12/18/1954	I gotta go get my baby	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3411	12/18/1954	Chuga-chuga, chica manga	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 3412	12/18/1954	I'm a darn good man	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9306	3/2/1956	Your nearly lose your mind	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9307	3/2/1956	Oh how I miss you	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9308	3/2/1956	Desert blues	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9309	3/2/1956	Miss the Mississippi and you	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9363	4/27/1956	I'm ragged but I'm right-1	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9364	4/27/1956	There's a padlock on your heart	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9365	4/27/1956	The yodelin' song	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9366	4/27/1956	On a little two acre farm-1	Montana Slim	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9489	8/6/1956	It takes a lot o' heart	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9490	8/6/1956	I'm just fool enough-1	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9629	1/8/1957	I'm a big boy now	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9630	1/8/1957	The life I have to live	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9840	6/5/1957	Bachelor man	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar
Decca	NA 9841	6/5/1957	The party is over (for me)	Justin Tubb	instrumentalist, electric steel guitar

(Results 51-75 of 93 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Helms, Donald (Don)," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

Helms, Donald (Don). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/320743.

"Helms, Donald (Don)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.