Legendary Hank Williams, Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash steel player Don Helms recorded this great song with Mark David and his band on November 15, 2007. He used the EXACT same steel guitar used in Walking After Midnight, Jingle Bell Rock and over 100 Hank Williams recordings. He aquired this Gibson double neck steel in 1949.
Produced by Guided By Voices producer Todd Tobias at Waterloo Studios in Kent, Ohio.
Mark David-Guitars, Vocals and songwriter
Don Helms-Steel Guitar
Jason Prufer-Bass Guitar
Peter Heroux-Drums
Mark Watt-Guitars
Produced by Todd Tobias
Assistant Producer Jason Prufer
Check out Mark David and The Nightly Lights page for more music!
http://www.myspace.com/thenightlylights
This is a song I can listen to over and over and still love it.. Thanks again for a great song!!
charliepc56 8 months ago
@jpeanrkode ...Thanks for the info......Don was a Class Act.....my favorite Steel Player
honkeytonker 1 year ago
@honkeytonker Don had several of those. Ol' Red and Goliath were nearly identical. Of the two times I saw him in person, I was never sure which one he was playing. Throughout his later years people would give him steel guitars. I know of one Console Grande look-alike that was given to him near the end of his life, which is now owned by a friend of mine. My guess is the guitar in these pictures is "Goliath", which he was usually toured with in his post-Hank years.
jpeanrkode 1 year ago
A great song, and great singing, and of course, Don Helms was a legend. I can't imagine Hank Williams without Don Helms and Jerry Rivers.
charliepc56 2 years ago
Hi Don Helms and the Nightly Lights. a disc of yours found its way into the home of a previously known Beach Boys' recording engineer. We don't know how. David in Gulf Coast Florida
dvdmrtnkls 3 years ago 2
mark david rox my world
yourXfactor 3 years ago
combining todays alternative country with the likes of don helms is a no brainer and it makes for a great mix. love this cd. good luck and get well don helms!
spinmore1 3 years ago
Thats looks like his Console Grande ...Holy Grail there of steel
honkeytonker 3 years ago
Glad to hear Don playing again :)
I like this song,
*****'s
53hankster 4 years ago 2
don still sounds great. Hope it makes a hit.
hankandlefty 4 years ago 2