Evan Kemp

*22-01-1928 Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN - +17-03-2007

2nd version

by Thieu Van De Vorst, Robert Platt

SESSIONS

Ca 1951 unknown – Evan Kemp
001 FIRST LAST AND ALWAYS RCA 55-3264
002 MANY TEARS APART RCA 55-3282
003-004 unknown tracks for 55 3264, 55 3282
1952 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders

004a JESSICA WALTZ Aragon AR 218

004b EXHIBITION SPECIAL Aragon AR 218

004c SANTA GOT STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY AR 225 AR 246

004d TONIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT AR 225

1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC,CAN – Evan Kemp

005 ON THE GOLDEN SHORE AR 242//ALP 101

006 IF YOU COME HOME TONIGHT AR 242/ALP 101

007 MY CHRISTMAS TREE AR 246/ ALP-118

008 OUR OLD ROCKING CHAIR AR 257//ALP 101

009 LONESOME OLD BLUES SR 257//ALP 101

010 BEAUTIFUL NICOLA VALLEY AR 260/ALP 101

011 HOLD ME CLOSE IN YOUR ARMS AR 260/ALP 101

1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and Alberta Slim

012 LAUGHING HORSE Aragon AR 272 Sparton  295

013 HOLD WHAT’CHA GOT BOYS Aragon AR 272 Sparton  295

014 BROTHER YOU'RE NOT DEAD Aragon AR 273 Sparton  296

015 LEAVE ME ALONE AND LET ME BE Aragon AR 273 Sparton  296

1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and Summer Sisters

016 TRY A PRAYER AR 274/ALP 118

017 THERE’S SOMEONE FOR EVERYONE AR 274/ALP 118
ca 1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and Shirley Field,

018 OH BABY DOLL AR 275/ALP 101

019 WE TWO AR 275/ALP 101

1957 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders

(+Pat Buster, Morgan Bill Ray)

020 MIDNIGHT RYDER 45-AR 282/ALP-118

021 SNOW ROAD STOMP 45-AR 282/ ALP-118

022 CATTLE CALL 45-AR 283/ ALP-118

023 ONE HAS MY NAME 45-AR 283. /ALP 101

024 1901 POLKA 45-AR 289/ALP-101

025 BULKLEY VALLEY WALTZ 45-AR 289/ ALP-118

026 4 H CLUB SONG 45-AR 299

027 4 H POLKA 45-AR 299/ALP 124

1958 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders

028 ROOTIE TOOTIE 45-AR 304

029 CENTENNIAL BOOGIE 45-AR 304

1959 Aragon Recording Studio, 615 W Hasting St., Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders

030 TONIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT ALP-118

031 OVER THE HILL ALP-118

032 FALLING LEAF ALP-118

October 1960 Hollywood, CA – Evan Kemp

033 DAWSON CREEK DOLLY ALP-124

034 REAL DANGER ALP-124

035 MY DREAM AND I ALP-124

036 CRAWDAD SONG ALP-124

037 TOO LATE TO WORRY ALP-124

038 OH LADY BE GOOD ALP-124

039 RAININ' ON THE MOUNTAIN ALP-124

040 MANSION ON THE HILL ALP-124

041 BILE 'EM CABBAGE DOWN/CRIPPLE CREEK ALP-124

1961 unknown, CAN – Evan Kemp

042 SWEET MOLLY MALONE Sparton 964

043 DON’T STEP ON THE GRASS Sparton 964

1966 unknown, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (Evan Kemp [vcl/rh gt], Johnny Faas [ld gt], Ben Wiebe [bass], Seymour Red Lewis [drums], Glenn McDonald [sax])

044 REMEMBER ME I'M THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU Aragon ALP-128

045 STEEL BLUES  -instr.- ALP-128

046 IF YOU WOULD ONLY BE MINE ALP-128

047 INDIAN LOVE CALL ALP-128

048 RIGHT KIND OF LOVE ALP-128

049 REMEMBER ME WHEN THE CANDLE LIGHTS ARE GLEAMING ALP-128

050 IF IT'S WRONG TO LOVE YOU ALP-128

051 CANADIAN SUNSET ALP-128

052 BLUE SKIRT WALTZ ALP-128

053 WORRIED MIND ALP-128

1967 unknown, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (Evan Kemp [vcl/rh gt], Johnny Faas [ld gt], Ben Wiebe [bass], Seymour Red Lewis [drums], Glenn McDonald [sax])

054 MY HOME BY THE FRASER Aragon 45-AR-404/ALP 130

055 BELLA COOLA BABY Aragon ALP 130

056 OGOPOGO POLKA Aragon ALP 130

057 BLUE CANADIAN ROCKIES Aragon ALP 130

058 QUADRA ISLAND BREAKDOWN Aragon ALP 130

059 WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN THE ROCKIES Aragon ALP 130

060 THERE'S A BLUEBIRD ON YOUR WINDOWSILL Aragon ALP 130

061 NORTH THOMPSN REEL Aragon ALP 130

062 JESSICA WALTZ Aragon ALP 130

063 CENTENNIAL BOOGIE Aragon ALP 130

064 FRISCO TO CAPE COD 45-AR 404

1969 unknown, CAN – Evan Kemp and The Trail Riders (Evan Kemp [vcl/rh gt], Johnny Faas [ld gt], Ben Wiebe [bass], Seymour Red Lewis [drums], Glenn McDonald [sax])

065 TRY A PRAYER Aragon ASL 202

066 POWER IN THE BLOOD Aragon ASL 202

067 LONELY PATHWAYS Aragon ASL 202

068 ON THE WINGS OF A DOVE Aragon ASL 202

069 GOD IS LOVE Aragon ASL 202

070 JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE Aragon ASL 202

071 GOD IS WATCHING OVER YOU Aragon ASL 202

072 IT IS NO SECRET Aragon ASL 202

073 OLD RUGGED CROSS Aragon ASL 202

074 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS Aragon ASL 202

Evan Kemp recorded after 1969. Some info in albums and singles list

ALBUMS

Aragon ALP 101 Evan Kemp And The Trailriders Vol.1:  If You Come Home Tonight; Oh Baby Doll; Beautiful Nocola Valley;  Hold Me Close In Your Arms;  My Old Rocking Chair;  On The Golden Shore; Lonely Old Blues;  We Two;  One Has My Name; 1901 Polka - 58

Aragon ALP 118 Evan Kemp And The Trailriders Vol.2:  Try A Prayer;  There's Someone For Everyone; Tonight In The Twilight; Over The Hill; Midnight Ryder; Cattle Call; Falling Leaf; Bulkley Valley Waltz; My Christmas Tree;Snow Road - 59

Aragon ALP 124 Evan Kemp In Hollywood:  Dawson Creek Dolly; Real Danger;  My Dream And I; Crawdad Song; 4 H Polka; Too Late To Worry; Oh Lady Be Good;  Rainin' On The Mountain; Mansion On The Hill; Bile 'Em Cabbage Down/Cripple Creek - 60

Aragon ALP 128 Remember Me: Remember Me I'm The One Who Loves You;  Steel Blues (Instr);  If You Would Only Be Mine; Indian Love Call;  Right Kind Of Love; Remember Me When The Candle Lights Are Gleaming;  If It's Wrong To Love You;  Canadian Sunset; Blue Skirt Waltz; Worried Mind - 66

Aragon ALP 130 In The Blue Canadian Rockies:  My Home By The Fraser;  Bella Coola Baby; Ogopogo Polka;  Blue Canadian Rockies;  Quadra Island Breakdown; When It's Springtime In The Rockies; There's A Bluebird On Your Windowsill; North Thompsn Reel; Jessica Waltz;  Centennial Boogie - 67

Aragon ASL 202 Try A Prayer With Evan Kemp:  Try A Prayer;  Power In The Blood;  Lonely Pathways; On The Wings Of A Dove;  God Is Love;  Just A Closer Walk With Thee; God Is Watching Over You;  It Is No Secret; Old Rugged Cross; What A Friend We Have In Jesus – 69

6th Avenue AVS 6002 Keray Regan With Evan Kemp And His Trail Riders: The Poplar Tree;  Poor, Poor Farmer;  Slumach's Lost Gold Mine;  Lonely Winds;  Newer Generation;  Pack Sack John;  My Home By The Fraser;  Rockin' Really Baby;  It's God's Will;  The Oil Patch – ca 72

Quest [CAN] Q 107 Plain Country: Cowboy Jack; Walking Up Town; Golden Shore; Shannon Waltz; Before The Next Teardrops Fall; Queen Charlotte Schottische; Flannigans Polka; Three Little Words; The Butterfly Dance; If You Come Home Tonight; Kolomeyka; Somewhere My Love - 73? w. Frank O' Connell (Praise-Sound Production)

Quest [CAN] Q119 Country Cookin':  Last Cheaters Waltz; Rangers Waltz; My Home By The Fraser; Cariboo Trail; Cattle Call;  Bella Coola Baby; Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain;  Disco Doll;  (Medley) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You/Release Me/Red River Valley; Beautiful Nicola Valley; (Country Cookin' Medley) Hey Good Looking/Detour Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy; The Man We Never Knew – 8- Evan Kemp and Frank O'Connell and The Trail Riders

? [CAN] The Best Of Evan Kemp/Western Swing And Country Classics: Amazing Grace; Cariboo Trail; Among The Flowers; My Home By The Fraser; Lonely Old Blues; Cattle Call; Three Little Words; BC Pioneers; Tonight In Twilight; On The Golden Shore; Many Tears Apart; Wings Of A Dove; The Man We Never Knew – 01

? [CAN] God Is Love - Inspirational Favorites: It Is No Secret; God Is Watching Over You; Just A Closer Walk; Try A Prayer; What A Friend We Have In Jesus; Lonely Pathways; On The Wings Of A Dove; The Old Rugged Cross; There's Power In The Blood; God Is Love

? [CAN] Classics/ The Golden Voice Of The Golden West: Mansion On The Hill; Crawdad Song; Sweet Molly Malone; Queen Charlotte Schottische; Legend Of Turtle Mountain; Don't Step On The Grass; My Dream and I; Midnight Ryder; Beautiful Nicola Valley; Oh Baby Doll; Ballad Of Jimmy Rogers; My Home By The Fraser – 04?

BACM [UK] CD D 347 Beautiful Nicola Valley: If You Come Home Tonight;  Oh Baby Doll;  Beautiful Nocola Valley;  Hold Me Close In Your Arms; My Old Rocking Chair;  On The Golden Shore; Lonely Old Blues; We Two One Has My Name;  1901 Polka;  Try A Prayer;  There's Someone For Everyone; Tonight In The Twilight; Over The Hill; Midnight Ryder; Dawson Creek Dolly;  Real Danger; My Dream And I;  Crawdad Song; 4 H Polka;  Too Late To Worry; Oh Lady Be Good;  Rainin' On The Mountain; Mansion On The Hill;  Bile 'Em Cabbage Down/Cripple Creek; First, Last And Always; Many Tears  Apart – 11 (ALP 101, 118, 124 – RCA single)

SINGLES

RCA Bluebird [CAN
55-3264 First Last And Always / ? - 51
55-3282 Many Tears Apart / ? – 52
Aragon [CAN] (1952-)

AR 218 Jessica Waltz / Exhibition Special - 52

AR 225 Santa Got Stuck In The Chimney / Tonight In The Twilight - 52

AR 242 On The Golden Shore / If You Come Home Tonight - 53

AR 246 My Christmas Tree / Santa Got Stuck In The Chimney - 53

AR 257 Our Old Rocking Chair / Lonesome Old Blues - 53

AR 260 Beautiful Nicola Valley / Hold Me Close In Your Arms - 53

AR 272  Laughing Horse /  Hold What’cha Got Boys  - 53 With Alberta Slim  (also on Sparton 295)

AR 273 Brother You're Not Dead / Leave Me Alone And Let Me Be  – 53 With Alberta Slim (also on Sparton 296) 

AR 274 Try a Prayer / There’s Someone for Everyone - ca 53 w. the Summer Sisters)
AR 275 Oh Baby Doll /  We Two - ca 53 (With Shirley Field)

45-AR-282 Midnight Ryder / Snow Road Stomp - 57

45-AR-283 Cattle Call / One Has My Name - 57

45-AR-289 1901 Polka / Bulkley Valley Waltz - 57

45-AR-299 4 H Club Song / 4-H Polka - 57

45-AR-304 Rootie Tootie / Centennial Boogie – 02-58

45-AR-404 My Home By The Fraser / Frisco To Cape Cod – 67

Sparton

964 Sweet Molly Malone / Don’t Step on the Grass - 61

Garlin [USA]

333 Man Who Started It All -  A Tribute To Jimmie Rodgers / Legend Of Turtle Mountain – 7-

World Austin [?]

? B.C. Pioneers / My Home By The Fraser

Laurie [USA]

EK-001-45 The Man We Never Knew / Amazing Grace