Evan Kemp

*22-01-1928 Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN - +17-03-2007
by Thieu Van De Vorst, Robert Platt
SESSIONS
1952 Aragon Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & The Trail Riders
001 JESSICA WALTZ Aragon AR 218
002 EXHIBITION SPECIAL Aragon AR 218
003 SANTA GOT STUCK IN THE CHIMNEY AR 225 AR 246
004 TONIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT AR 225
1953 Aragon Recording Studio, 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, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & 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, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & 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, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & Shirley Field,
018 OH BABY DOLL AR 275/ALP 101
019 WE TWO AR 275/ALP 101
1954 Aragon Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & 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, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & The Trail Riders
028 ROOTIE TOOTIE 45-AR 304
029 CENTENNIAL BOOGIE 45-AR 304
1959 Aragon Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & The Trail Riders
030 TONIGHT IN THE TWILIGHT ALP-118
031 OVER THE HILL ALP-118
032 FALLING LEAF ALP-118
1960 Aragon Recording Studio, Vancouver, BC, CAN – Evan Kemp & The Trail Riders
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 & 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 & 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 & 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
? Plain Country: (tracks unknown) - ? w. Frank O'connell
Quest [CAN] Q119 Country Cookin': (tracks unknown) - ? Evan Kemp & Frank O'Connell & 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 & 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
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 - 54
45-AR-283 Cattle Call / One Has My Name - 54
45-AR-289 1901 Polka / Bulkley Valley Waltz - 54
45-AR-299 4 H Club Song / 4-H Polka - 54
45-AR-304 Rootie Tootie / Centennial Boogie - 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 – „
World Austin [?]
? B.C. Pioneers / My Home By The Fraser
Laurie [USA]
EK-001-45 Man We Never Knew /Amazing Grace