Howdy Kempf

*19-11-1926, + 25-05-1997

2nd version
By Dick Grant, Praguefrank, Jeff Porterfield, Kent Heineman
SESSIONS
2 July 1952 King Recording Studio, 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinnati, OH – Howdy Kempf aka Howdy Kemp (Producer: Syd Nathan)
001 K3417 NO LOVE TONIGHT King 45-1142
002 K3418 SO BLUE 45-1115
003 K3419 COME TO ME 45-1115
004 K3420 HEART BREAKING GAL 45-1142
April 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Howdy Kempf (Producer: Tommy Hill)
005 ST-5382 I’M LONESOME IN MY HEART Nashville NV-5092/Hilltop HS-201
006 ST-5383 THE WAY YOU WANT TO LIVE Nashville NV-5062/HS-201
007 ST-5384 KINDA HALFWAY FEEL Nashville NV-5062
ca. October 1962 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Howdy Kempf (Producer: Tommy Hill)
008 ST-5867 THAT’S WHAT YOU TELL ME Nashville NV-5092
ca. May 1963 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN - Howdy Kempf (Producer: Tommy Hill)
009 ST-6281 ONE LAST TIME Starday 635/HS-201
010 ST-6282 ONLY FOR YOU 657
011 ST-6283 I CAN'T TELL MY HEART TO LET YOU GO 657/HS-201
012 ST-6284 TAKE MY HAND, TAKE MY HEART 635/HS-201
ca. June 1964 Starday Sound Studio, 3557 Dickerson Road, Nashville, TN – Howdy Kemp/aka Howdy Kempf* (Producer: Tommy Hill)
013 ST-7144/ZTSB-99678 BABY, TAKE ME* 693 Sparton 1316R /HS-201
014 ST-7145/ZTSB-99679 I DON'T BELIEVE* 693 Sparton 1316R/SLP-327 HS-201
015 ST-7146 HEART KEEP YOUR BIG MOUTH SHUT 719
016 ST-7147 ANGELS DON'T LOVE LIKE YOU DO 719
Starday SLP-327 COUNTRY MUSIC FESTOVAL, vol. 2 (1966)
Late 1960s unknown – Howdy Kempf (Produced by Al Gore and Jack Linneman)

021 COUNTRY MUSIC STAR Galico 45-103
022 BEFORE 45-103/HS-201
Late 1960s unknown – Howdy Kempf
023 OUR DAUGHTER, OUR TWO SONS AND ME Hilltop HS-201
024 THAT WAS YESTERDAY Hilltop HS-201

ALBUMS
Hilltop HS-201 The Talents Of Howdy Kempf: Before; Bundle Of Love; Our Daughter Our Two Sons And Me; Go Find Another Fool; The Way You Want To Live; Baby Take Me; I Don't Believe; One Last Time; I'm Lonesome In My Heart; Take My Hand Take My Heart; I Can't Tell My Heart To Let You Go; That Was Yesterday - 72

SINGLES
King (1952) as by Howdy Kemp
45-1115 Come To Me / So Blue – 10-52
45-1142 No Love Tonight / Heartbreaking Waltz – 12-52
Nashville (1962) / Starday (1963-)
NV-5062 The Way You Want To Live / Kinda Halfway Feel – 05-62 (rev. August 4)
NV-5092 I’m Lonesome In My Heart / That’s What You Tell Me - 11-62 (rev. December 1)
635 One Last Time / Take My Hand, Take My Heart – 06-63
657 I Can't Tell My Heart To Let You Go / Only For You – 12-63
693 Baby, Take Me / I Don't Believe – 12-64 (Canadian issue on Sparton 1316R in 1965)
719 Angels Don't Love Like You Do / Heart, Keep Your Big Mouth Shut – 06-65 (rev. June 12)
753 Go Find Another Fool / Doc, Doc, Can You Tell – ca. 01-66
775 Bundle Of Love / It's Over Now – 08-66
Galico (late 1960s)
45-103 Country Music Star / Before – 6- (also as Dominion 101)

 

Freight Hoppers

By Praguefrank
SESSIONS

November 1995/February 1996 Spirit Sound, Sylva, NC – The Freight Hoppers (Cary Fridley [vcl/gt], Frank Lee [vcl/ banjo], Hanne Jorgensen [bass], David Bass [fiddle]. Producer: John Hermann)

001 SANDY RIVER   Rounder CD-0403

002 COTTON EYED JOE   Rounder CD-0403

003 MISSISSIPPI BREAKDOWN   Rounder CD-0403

004 LITTLE SADIE   Rounder CD-0403

005 TEXAS GALS   Rounder CD-0403

006 JOHNSON BOYS   Rounder CD-0403

007 LOGAN COUNTY BLUES   Rounder CD-0403

008 GRAY CAT ON A TENNESSEE FARM   Rounder CD-0403

009 FOUR CENT COTTON   Rounder CD-0403

010 CORNBREAD MOLASSES AND SASSAFRAS TEA   Rounder CD-0403

011 DARK HOLLOW BLUES   Rounder CD-0403

012 EIZIK'S FAREWELL   Rounder CD-0403

013 PRETTY LITTLE GIRL   Rounder CD-0403

014 HOW MANY BISCUITS CAN YOU EAT THIS...   Rounder CD-0403

015 KENTUCKY WHISKEY   Rounder CD-0403

016 BRIGHT MORNING STARS   Rounder CD-0403

ca. Spring 1998 Hilltop Recording Studios, 902 Due West Ave., Nashville, TN - The Freight Hoppers (Cary Fridley [vcl/gt], Frank Lee [vcl/banjo/gt], James O'Keefe [bass], David Bass [fiddle]. Producer: Ken Irwin)

017 TROUBLE    Rounder CD-0433

018 BACKSTEP CINDY    Rounder CD-0433

019 ANCHORED IN LOVE    Rounder CD-0433 

020 MOLLY PUT THE KETTLE ON    Rounder CD-0433 

021 WAYS OF THE WORLD    Rounder CD-0433 

022 WARFARE    Rounder CD-0433 

023 POLECAT BLUES    Rounder CD-0433 

024 NOBODY'S BUSINESS    Rounder CD-0433 

025 ROVING ON A WINTER'S NIGHT    Rounder CD-0433

026 FALL ON MY KNEES    Rounder CD-0433 

027 FORT SMITH BREAKDOWN    Rounder CD-0433

028 WE SHALL ALL BE REUNITED    Rounder CD-0433 

029 WILD FLING IN THE WOODPILE    Rounder CD-0433

030 HELL BROKE LOOSE IN GEORGIA    Rounder CD-0433

031 YOUNG EMILY    Rounder CD-0433 

032 SHORTENIN' BREAD    Rounder CD-0433 

ALBUMS
Rounder CD-0403 Where'd You Come From, Where'd You Go?: Sandy River; Cotton Eyed Joe; Mississippi Breakdown; Little Sadie; Texas Gals; Johnson Boys; Logan County Blues; Gray Cat On A Tennessee Farm; Four Cent Cotton; Cornbread Molasses And Sassafras Tea; Dark Hollow Blues; Eizik's Farewell; Pretty Little Girl; How Many Biscuits Can You Eat This; Kentucky Whiskey; Bright Morning Stars – 15-10-96
Rounder CD-0433 Waiting On A Gravy Train: Trouble; Backstep Cindy; Anchored In Love; Molly Put The Kettle On; Ways Of The World; Warfare; Polecat Blues; Nobody's Business; Roving On A Winter's Night; Fall On My Knees; Fort Smith Breakdown; We Shall All Be Reunited; Wild Fling In The Woodpile; Hell Broke Loose In Georgia; Young Emily; Shortenin' Bread – 18-08-98