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The Hellecasters are an Americanguitar group. Composed of Nashville session players Will Ray, John Jorgenson (Desert Rose, Elton John's backup band), and Jerry Donahue (Fairport Convention), they all play modified versions of the FenderTelecaster as their main instruments. Their name, it has been speculated, comes from a pun, wherein they claim to play the Hell out of their Telecasters. They came together at the behest of Michael Nesmith of the Monkees to record an album as a gag. Their first two albums, "The Return of the Hellecasters" and "Escape from Hollywood", were released by Nesmith's Pacific Arts Audio label.
Discography
Albums
Year
Title
Label
1993
The Return of the Hellecasters
Pharaoh
1994
Escape from Hollywood
Pharaoh
1997
Hell 3: New Axes to Grind
Pharaoh
2002
Essential Listening 1
Hightone
Multi-artist collections
Year
Title
Label
2000
Guitars That Rule the World Vol 2 - Smell the Fuzz - The Superstar Guitar Album