![At 81, Don Helms is the last surviving member of the Drifting Cowboys, the band that backed Hank Williams. Helms still plays the steel guitar, and gave an impromptu performance recently in At 81, Don Helms is the last surviving member of the Drifting Cowboys, the band that backed Hank Williams. Helms still plays the steel guitar, and gave an impromptu performance recently in](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2F144A4/at-81-don-helms-is-the-last-surviving-member-of-the-drifting-cowboys-the-band-that-backed-hank-williams-helms-still-plays-the-steel-guitar-and-gave-an-impromptu-performance-recently-in-his-nashville-home-with-hazel-his-wife-of-63-years-among-the-admirers-photo-by-tom-uhlenbrockst-louis-post-dispatchmctsipa-usa-2F144A4.jpg)
At 81, Don Helms is the last surviving member of the Drifting Cowboys, the band that backed Hank Williams. Helms still plays the steel guitar, and gave an impromptu performance recently in
GatorRock - Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys with Minnie Pearl. Hank, Jerry Rivers (fiddle), Sammy Pruett (guitar), Cedric Rainwater (bass), Don Helms (steel guitar). | Facebook
![Ol' Red " Don Helms Tribute (Steel Guitarist for Hank Williams) - Words & Music by: Gordon Dodson - YouTube Ol' Red " Don Helms Tribute (Steel Guitarist for Hank Williams) - Words & Music by: Gordon Dodson - YouTube](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lywohZTPSZ8/mqdefault.jpg)
Ol' Red " Don Helms Tribute (Steel Guitarist for Hank Williams) - Words & Music by: Gordon Dodson - YouTube
The Patsy Cline Museum - The legendary "Ol Red," was played by Don Helms, the most famed steel guitar player of all time. Notably, the instrument was played on "Walkin After Midnight"
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![SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE: Confessions of Hank's Steel Guitar Player by Don Helms: new Paperback (2005) | GoldenWavesOfBooks SETTIN' THE WOODS ON FIRE: Confessions of Hank's Steel Guitar Player by Don Helms: new Paperback (2005) | GoldenWavesOfBooks](https://pictures.abebooks.com/isbn/9780976213727-us.jpg)