Home >> Arts >> Music >> Styles >> C >> Country >> Bands and Artists >> W >> Williams, Hank >> Drifting Cowboys A Drifting Cowboys were a backing class action for music legend Hank Williams. A band went across many lineups in the period of William's career, & living members of the class action prove my point to tour & produce public appearances to this day. 1 modern day version of a class action, the backing band for William's girl Jett Williams, is lead by original Drifting Cowboys steel guitarist Don Helms; another version of the class action called "Hank's Drifters" features original Drifting Cowboys members Clent Holmes and Pee Wee Moultrie. Moultrie, Holmes & Helms mass produced several appearances sustaining previous Drifting Cowboys bassist Herbert "Lum" York until York's death in 2004. previous Drifting Cowboys lead guitar player Joe Pennington later became a pioneering Rockabilly artist & continues to tour and record each Country Music and Gospel Music. A second previous Drifting Cowboy Hillous Butrum later became a successful record producer & pioneer in the field of music cd. Drifting Cowboys Website Dedicated to the longtime backing band of Hank Williams, Sr. and Ray Price. Don Helms Brief bio of Hank Williams' influential pedal steel guitarist, from Brad's Page of Steel.
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