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	Brad's Page of Steel
		Don's steel defines the rock-solid country sound in hundreds of legendary recordings with the likes of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Loretta Lynn, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Johnny Cash and Webb Pierce in addition to countless other top names in country music from the 1940's through the 1990's.
		Don was not ready to leave Alabama for Louisiana, but once Hank tore the roof off the Grand Ole Opry with "Lovesick Blues" in 1949, Hank convinced Don to join him in Nashville and the two helped make country music history.
		Don's short term goal is to play into the year 2000, where he can pride himself of having recorded in 7 decades, 2 centuries and 2 millennia.
	www.well.com /user/wellvis/donhelms.html (736 words)

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		Don Helms was born and raised a few miles south of New Brockton Near Goodman, and Bethany Community.
		Don Helms was inducted into the International Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1984 and won the R.O.P.E. Musician of the Year award in the early 90's.
		Don Helms is imitated, lionized, adored and respected by every musician who presumes to play the steel guitar.
	www.jettwilliams.com /_old_site/helms/default.htm (633 words)

	Don Helms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Don Helms (born February 28, 1927 is a steel guitarist best know as a member of Hank Williams Drifting Cowboys group.
		Born in New Brockton, Alabama, Helms has performed with many Country Music artists throughout the years including playing steel guitar on Lefty Frizzell's recording of "Long Black Veil." During the mid-1960s Helms played in the Wilburn Brothers backup band, The Nashville Tennesseans.
		Helms is currently the leader of the touring version of the Drifting Cowboys which is the backing band for Jett Williams.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Don_Helms (124 words)

	The Troy Messenger
		Helms had put together “a little band” in the mid 1940s at about the same time Hank Williams was coming on the scene.
		Helms is the only surviving member of The Drifting Cowboys and he has played with some of the greats in country music - Ray Price, Ferlon Huskey, Loretta Lynn, The Wilburn Brothers, Earnest Tubb and Hank Williams Jr.
		Helms and Sheppard approach the music of Hank Williams from different places and different times but the messages remain the same and reach back to the older generations and forward to young ones.
	www.troymessenger.com /articles/2006/09/24/features/life75.txt (933 words)

	Alabama Talk Line Message Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Among those performers were Don Helms, the legendary steel guitar player from New Brockton, and the Sheppard Family from Banks.
		Helms had put together “a little band” in the mid 1940s at about the same time Hank Williams was coming on the scene.
		Helms is the only surviving member of The Drifting Cowboys and he has played with some of the greats in country music - Ray Price, Ferlon Huskey, Loretta Lynn, The Wilburn Brothers, Earnest Tubb and Hank Williams Jr.
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	rcmforums.org :: Forums
		Helms also accompanied Williams in the late ’40s for his stint on the Hadacol Caravan, a traveling musical variety show across Louisiana and the southeastern United States that touted the virtues of Dudley J. LeBlanc’s Hadacol, a health tonic loaded with 12 percent alcohol.
		Helms went on to record and perform with 45 members of the Country Music Hall of Fame throughout his career.
		Don preferred the tone of the Gibson, trading his Fender to another player for the one he played as a Drifting Cowboy.
	realcountrymusic.org /cgi/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=128631 (1308 words)

	NASHVILLE CAT DON HELMS TO VISIT THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME^® AND MUSEUM IN NOVEMBER \| Country Music ...
		Helms was also captivated by Leon McAuliffe’s amplified style with Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, and he bought his first electric steel guitar at age 15, a Silvertone from Sears.
		Helms had replaced steel guitarist Clyde “Boots” Harris (who left to rejoin Curley Williams and the Georgia Peach Pickers in California) in the Harris Brothers band.
		Helms was inducted into the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame in 1984 and has played behind Williams’ daughter, Jett Williams, since 1989.
	www.countrymusichalloffame.com /site/news_detail.aspx?cid=1788 (836 words)

	Hank Williams Tribute 2005
		Don Helms, the only surviving member of Hank Williams' Drifting Cowboys and a steel guitarist who played with many other legends of country music, returned, even though he is still recovering from a stroke he suffered a few days after taking part in the Old Tyme Country Show at the Liberty last January.
		Malpass drove Helms and his wife, Miss Hazel, from Nashville to the Liberty, where, after he belted out the first lines of "Hey Good Lookin'," the audience roared their approval, and Malpass, his hips swiveling, created the kind of excitement that crowds probably experienced the first time they saw Hank himself.
		Shown from left are Chris Malpass on guitar, Don Helms on steel guitar, Reggie Matte on accordion, Gina Forsyth on fiddle, Hugh Harris on guitar, Tony Huval on drums, Terry Huval, Pope Huval, Kenneth David on upright bass, and D.L. Menard on guitar.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/music/hank6.htm (748 words)

	New Don Helms Items!!
		DON HELMS and The Drifting Cowboys Band: Live from England, 1980.
		Don Helms passionately plays his famous licks on all their classics.
		In 1978, 25 years after the band broke up, Don Helms and Jerry Rivers decided it was time to put the group back together again.
	www.angelfire.com /ny3/thedriftingcowboys/catdon.html (523 words)

	Patriot Motorcycles Corp. Hires CART Broadcasting Legend as Director of Production
		Don's experience includes handling all aspects of the production process, from managing the broadcast department to being the primary liaison with domestic and international broadcast partners." Shannon further stated, "Don's extensive production and creative background will be instrumental in making "Steel Dreams" the premier player in the "celebrity driven power sports" entertainment.
		Helms previous experience includes a 5-year tenure as the Director of Broadcasting at Championship Auto Racing, which owns, operates, and markets 20 races in five countries on four continents.
		Helms experience includes producing broadcasts of the Kentucky Derby, College Football, and the St.
	www.theautochannel.com /news/2003/03/27/158225.html (426 words)

	FROM THE LEAD TO THE WRAPUP, CLOSING IS THE KEY DON HELMS, A HOME IMPROVEMENT SALESMAN AT CAMPBELL CONTRACTING, ...
		Helms doesn't mention that he stands out in her yard on a 95-degree day listening patiently for 2 1/2 hours.
		Trying to write up an order for what she wants as she tosses in stories about the time she tried to get the house painted but the painter was a boozer, or the other painter who promised two coats and only did one, or the termite people who ripped her off.
		And Helms doesn't tell Mughrabi that even after that, with his face red from the heat and whatever he puts on his dark, curly hair starting to melt, with the sun reducing his eyes to slits because he's keeping his shades off to look her in the eye, he goes for the sale again.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp961003/10030361.htm (990 words)

	Beloit Daily News
		Keeping the indoor temperature between 68 and 72 degrees is best, Helms said, because it takes so much longer to heat homes during periods of cold weather.
		Now is the time to install carbon monoxide detectors, too, Helms said, because a chimney could be plugged, and furnaces - old and new - could break.
		Thrifty wrote on December 05, 2006 10:49 AM:"I'm not sure what Quigley-Smart president Don Helms is referring to when he claims that lowering the thermostat not having an effect on heating bills.
	www.beloitdailynews.com /articles/2006/12/04/news/news03.txt (1066 words)

	Legendary Hank Williams steel guitarist gets in a few licks at Newton Grove studio
		Helms' work on the steel guitar defined the rock-country sound in hundreds of legendary recordings with the likes of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb, Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Loretta Lynn, Lefty Frizzell, Ray Price, Johnny Cash and Webb Pierce in addition to countless others in country music from the 1940's through today.
		Helms, accompanied by Hazel, his wife of 60 years, will make the most of their trip to eastern North Carolina before they return home to Tennessee.
		Helms will be back in the area to do a show with Malpass on Nov. 18.
	www.clintonnc.com /articles/2005/11/07/news/top_stories/topstory06.txt (1893 words)

	Dyersburg State Gazette: Story: Legendary steel guitar player to perform Saturday; Rollins House of Music slates free ...
		Helms, one of the original Drifting Cowboys who provided backup music for Hank Williams Sr., is scheduled to perform 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
		While Helms may be 78 years old, he has no intention of ever retiring, said Nelson Ray, Helms' booking agent in West Tennessee and a friend for 47 years.
		Helms was born on a small farm near New Brockton, Ala., and bought a Silvertone lap steel and amp at the age of 15.
	www.stategazette.com /story/1074695.html (514 words)

	The Enterprise Ledger \| New Brockton honors legendaryguitar playerwith monument
		Don Helms, legendary steel guitar player for Hank Williams, was honored Nov. 20 with a monument dedication in his name for a new walking trail in New Brockton.
		Helms began his career with Hank Williams playing in the Louisiana Hayride in the early 1950s.
		Williams and Helms, along with a group who formed The Drifting Cowboys, made country music history with the legendary songs of Hank Williams.
	www.eprisenow.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=ENT/MGArticle/ENT_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031779443928&path=!frontpage (201 words)

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		When Don was playing for Hank Williams he tuned the 7th string to C# (gauge 038W) and tuned the 8th to A (gauge 042W).
		Don has recently switched back to his Gibson Console and put up the pedal guitar.
		Don Helms says he tunes those strings to A and C#.
	steelguitarforum.com /Forum2/000868.cgi (637 words)

	Don Helms - AOL Music
		Don Helms (born February 28, 1927 is a steel guitarist best know as a member of...
		During the mid-1960s Helms played in the Wilburn Brothers backup band,...
		Download, listen and watch Don Helms music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/don-helms/24438/main (128 words)

	Amazon.com: "Don Helms": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		When steel guitarist Don Helms and a couple of his buddies joined the Drifting Cowboys in 1941, Hank's first move was to provide them with...
		Don Helms, the first of the permanent Drifting Cowboys, did not join the group until 1943.
		Steel guitarist Don Helms and electric guitarist Sammy Pruett, both of whom would later work with Hank in Nashville, first joined the Drifting Cowboys...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Don-Helms (487 words)

	Old Time Country at the Liberty
		But, the songs included in the Liberty show are a reminder that the great country recording artists from the 1940s and 1950s were also able to convey in their music an authentic feeling with roots in the folk music that is part of their musical heritage.
		The special guest musician for the evening was Don Helms, who played steel guitar on every Hank Williams record from 1950 until Hank's death in 1953 and who made many other hit records with other top country artists.
		Helms is the only surviving member of Hank Williams' band.
	www.lsue.edu /acadgate/music/country.htm (564 words)

	Alabama Talk Line Message Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		Don Helms will be among four inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame.
		Don and the others are very deserving of this honor and as always, he wants Miss Hazel by his side and she wouldn't miss it!
		This is going to be very exciting for Don and Hazel and I will absorb every word I hear from him that Saturday night during his interview.
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	Jesse Helms Busted With Pornography, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		Though the disc was recorded with a wide variety of musicians -- including the Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie, former Frank Zappa drummer Jimmy Carl Black, members of Camper Van Beethoven, and many others -- the recording manages to hold together thanks to Chadbourne's skills as a bandleader.
		Mostly, the common thread that seems to bind is the artist's undeniable manic energy as he baits Jesse Helms, the conservative senator from Chadbourne's home state of North Carolina.
		Helms makes a good arch enemy and gives the music a pranksterish force missing from most protest music written since the 1960s.
	www.emusic.com /album/10604/10604197.html (304 words)

	SoundClick artist: David Church - Legendary country sound, from Alan Jackson to Hank Williams, including incredible, ...
		Don Helms is the legendary steel guitarist who played for Hank Williams Sr, and Bob Saxton, legendary thumb-style guitarist played for numerous country legends including Patsy Cline and Merle Travis.
		Included in the band, backing Church for this prestigious event was the legendary Don Holmes, who gave up a spot on the Opry to be at the memorial and performed with David.
		Among his band members were, Don Williams,(nephew of Chet Adkins) Bob Saxton, lead guitar player for Patsy Cline, as well as other famous musicians.
	www.soundclick.com /davidchurch (996 words)

	Don Helms Obit
		Don Helms, 52, 2818 S. Poplar, was found dead Wednesday, in Cheektowata, N.Y. Services will be 10 am Saturday at Owen Funeral Chapel.
		Helms was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and Vietnam Conflict and was retired from the U.S. Army.
		He also was the owner operator of Helms Trucking.
	www.rootsweb.com /~okcreek/obits/obit/helms.htm (215 words)

	rcmforums.org :: Forums
		Don Helms, one of the country's pre-eminent steel guitar players, will join a host of other musicians for a full day of pickin' and playin' Saturday in Gulfport.
		This time we're having Don Helms," said Stafford.
		Indeed, according to the "All Music Guide": "In the spring (of 1949), Hank assembled the most famous edition of the Drifting Cowboys, featuring guitarist Bob McNett, bassist Hillous Butrum, fiddler Jerry Rivers, and steel guitarist Don Helms.
	realcountrymusic.org /cgi/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=11856 (347 words)

	Steel Guitar Forum Products
		Don has tabbed out all of those hits and assembled them into one book.
		Don plays an 8 string E13th tuning, but this course can be played on just the top six strings (E6th): E G# B C# E G# (low to high).
		The accompaning CD has two versions of each song - one with Don Helms playing the steel part, and the other as a rhythm track, so that you can perform the steel part yourself.
	steelguitarmusic.com /instruction/nonpedal.html (1394 words)

	Helms for Hayes
		After Concord Mayor George Liles presented Helms with a key to the city, the state’s senior senator got right on the stump for Hayes, lauding the freshman congressman’s faith and his “remarkable” first-term record.
		Helms kept his remarks brief, but said that his hometown newspaper “pointed out that I don’t make many appearances like this, and I don’t.” Helms, who had to be helped to the podium, has been diagnosed with peripheral neuropathy, a nerve disease that numbs his feet and makes it difficult for him to walk.
		It is expected to pass the Senate — where Helms vows to vehemently oppose it anyway — and that has Hayes worried about jobs.
	www.salisburypost.com /2000june/060600e.htm (882 words)

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		Six of the cuts are instrumentals that Don,& The Drifting Cowboys,cut in 1953,shortly after Hank Sr.'s death.They,also,feature,on guitar,a "new kid" in town,by the name of Chet Atkins,& the late,Miss Del Wood on piano.
		He,now,plays STEEL for,of all people,Jimmie Buffett.) Anyway,we presented Don w/ the tape,& he included it on this new album.The other songs on the album are newer material.The name of the album is,"Don Helms.
		OK,just spoke w/ Don &,here's the info,for anybody wantin' to order one of these albums.
	steelguitarforum.com /Forum2/001628.cgi (351 words)

	Hillbilly-Music.com - Don Helms
		The steel guitar of Don Helms is one of the most important features in the music of Hank Williams Sr.
		After Hank's passing on January 1, 1953, Don continued to work with the Drifting Cowboys.
		Don is still active appearing at Steel Guitar Shows around the country, he is still playing his famous Gibson Console, the same guitar he used on all those unforgettable Hank Williams Records.
	www.hillbilly-music.com /artists/story/index.php?id=14102 (264 words)

	COMOMUSIC.COM - Album Reviews
		Don plays the same Gibson Console Grande he played on all the great Hank songs on this cd.
		Don sings "May you never be alone like me" and Hank would be proud.
		A special treat on the cd is a cut with an introduction by Hank Williams Sr.
	www.comomusic.com /displayalbumreviews.php?albumreviewid=171 (176 words)

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