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This Day in Music History

11 Aug 2008

todayAugust 11, 2022

Background

Don Helms a steel guitarist best known as the steel guitar player of Hank Williams’ Drifting Cowboys died aged 81. Helms was a featured musician on over 100 Hank Williams recordings and went on to play on many classic country hits, including Patsy Cline’s ‘Walking After Midnight,’ Stonewall Jackson’s ‘Waterloo,’ the Louvin Brothers’ ‘Cash on the Barrelhead,’ Lefty Frizzell’s ‘Long Black Veil’ and Loretta Lynn’s ‘Blue Kentucky Girl.’

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