--- title: "3 Don Helms Quotes - Famous Steel guitarist" description: "American steel guitarist (1927–2008)... | Donald Hugh Helms was an American musician who was the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b149/author-don-helms-78948.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Don Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b149/author-don-helms-78948.jpg) # Don Helms (1927–2008) Steel Guitarist **3** quotes in **40** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Don Helms was a steel guitarist. ## Quick Facts About Don Helms Born February 28, 1927 Died August 11, 2008 Profession Steel Guitarist ## About Don Helms American steel guitarist (1927–2008)... \| Donald Hugh Helms was an American musician who was the steel guitar player of Hank Williams's Drifting Cowboys group. He was a member of the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame (1984). ## Quotes by Don Helms > [My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-helms/my-favorite-song-he-ever-wrote-was-cold-cold-heart-if-you-think-about/) [Don Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-helms/) [Chorus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chorus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/19e/don-helms-78948_chorus_my-favorite-song-he-ever-wrote-was-cold_179575.png) > [The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-helms/the-melodies-were-melodies-that-anybody-could-sing-or-hum-or-whistle/) [Don Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-helms/) [Audience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/audience/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/don-helms-78948_audience_the-melodies-were-melodies-that-anybody_2850162.png) > [I don't think I ever saw Hank with anybody, say, 'Let's go write a song.' One Sunday morning we left Nashville to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-helms/i-don-t-think-i-ever-saw-hank-with-anybody-say-let-s-go-write-a-song/) [Don Helms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-helms/) [Birmingham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/birmingham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fb/don-helms-78948_birmingham_i-don-t-think-i-ever-saw-hank-with-anybo_3006137.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-helms/#itemlist", "name": "Don Helms Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My favorite song he ever wrote was 'Cold Cold Heart.' If you think about it, the lyric to 'Cold Cold Heart,' see how many two syllable words are in that song. Very, very few. ... Verses and the choruses have very few two syllable words. 'I tried so hard my dear to show that you're my everything.' 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