Banff Rodeo Records

Despite its western-sounding name, Banff Rodeo Records was not founded in the Rockies but emerged from Eastern Canada as part of Rodeo Records Ltd.—a label established in Montreal in 1949 by Don Johnson and George Taylor. The company relocated to Halifax in 1956, where it opened a recording studio, and later moved operations to Peterborough, Ontario, in 1969.

Launched as a sub-label in 1953, Banff became known for its broad and eclectic catalogue, featuring everything from country and cowboy songs to maritime folk, East Coast fiddle tunes, and regional Canadiana. Often sold in souvenir shops and department stores, Banff records documented the voices and sounds of everyday Canadians—capturing the spirit of both rural and coastal communities from coast to coast. This room preserves the legacy of Banff Rodeo Records, a truly national imprint in Canada’s musical history.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Westmorland Singers	How Gently Sweet Afton	At Home With	02:57
Bob King	Rescue at Moose River Gold Mine (Wilf Carter)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:17
Ted Daigle	Young & Beautiful	Teenage Time	02:26
Jim Allen	Mountain Girl	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:49
Stu Phillips	The Winter Camp	Visit Old Québec	02:36
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	I'm Leavin' You	Spin it Country	02:38
Omar Blondahl	Saskatchewan	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:31
Joe Kozak	Moonshy	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:07
Bob King	Give My Love to Rose	10th Anniversary	03:26
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Dakota Reel	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:22
Stu Phillips	Ernest Cashel	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	03:37
Bob King	Give My Love To Rose	Sing For Laurel Lee	03:26
Graham Townsend	New Brunswick Breakdown	Salutes Canada's Centennial	01:54
Stu Phillips	When the Ice Worms Nest Again	A Visit to British Columbia	02:34
Omar Blondahl	The Boston Burgler	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:47
Ted Daigle	Cut Across Shorty	Teenage Time	01:41
Omar Blondahl	Trinity Cake	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:12
Angus Walker	If Teardrops Were Pennies	Blue Grass Songs	02:13
Omar Blondahl	Mother Carey	The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland	02:43
Stu Phillips	The Champlain & St. Lawrence Line	Visit Old Québec	02:42
Wendell Sharpe	Brand of My Heart	The Brightest One in Town	02:17
Reg Hill	The Kiddy Car Reel	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	South	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:26
Angus Walker	Why Not Confess	Blue Grass Songs	02:02
Olaf Sveen	Gipsy Princess Polka	At Jasper Park Lodge	01:09
Bob King	On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:38
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Let Me Know Where I Stand	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:03
Stu Phillips	Fraser's Highway	A Visit to British Columbia	02:09
Stu Phillips	Madeleine de vecheres	Visit Old Québec	02:14
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Coal Miner's Daughter	Spin it Country	03:13
Bob King	My Petite Marie	Sing For Laurel Lee	01:49
Stu Phillips	Simon Gun-a-Noot	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Dougie Trineer	Chromatic Boogie	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:09
Graham Townsend	Sir John S.D. Thompson Jig	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	01:55
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	I Need to Know	ST	02:18
Mike Graham	When I Come to Manitoulin	Momento of Manitoulin	02:45
Reg Hill	Wally On The Deer Trail	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:55
Omar Blondahl	That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	01:18
Jim Allen	Paddy the Coon	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:42
Angus Walker	Have You Lost all the Love	Bluegrass Special	02:35
Bob King	Lamplighting Time in the Valley (C. Upton)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:16
Bob King	You and My Old Guitar	Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story	02:16
Reg Hill	Uncle John McDermid's Reel	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:06
Dougie Trineer	Tennessee Waltz	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:54
Westmorland Singers	My Love Loves Me	At Home With	02:54
Bob King	Rockin' Alone in an Old Rockin' Chair (Bob Miller)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:10
Mike Graham	Sands of Providence Bay	Momento of Manitoulin	03:26
Bob King	Hey Honey	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:01
Bob King	The All Canadian Boy	The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True	02:29
Donn Reynolds	No One Will Ever Know	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:12
Shirley Field	Invitation to the Blues	Two Sides of	02:39
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Toe the Mark	ST	02:04
Bob King	Hey, Honey!	10th Anniversary	02:01
Wendell Sharpe	My Mother	The Brightest One in Town	02:40
Dougie Trineer	Country Gentleman	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:19
Stu Phillips	Alexander Mackenzie	A Visit to British Columbia	02:23
Bob King	Little Tom	Sing A Country Song	02:52
Jim Allen	Mountain Park Breakdown	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Shirley Field	He Taught Me To Yodel	Two Sides of	01:47
Reg Hill	Allumette Island Hornpipe	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	02:10
Bob King	The Cat Came Back	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	02:29
Graham Townsend	Sir Wilfred Laurier Reel	Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers	02:00
Mike Graham	White Birches	Momento of Manitoulin	02:32
Grant Hewlett Nelson	The Three Prospectors	The Critics Choice...	02:21
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	When You Walked Away	ST	02:13
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	It Won't be Easy	Spin it Country	02:53
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Grey Eagle	Pickin' Strings No. 2	02:26
Omar Blondahl	My Little Old Sod Shanty	Omar's Favorite Folk Songs	03:34
Mike Graham	There's a Bridge in Little Current	Momento of Manitoulin	01:42
Reg Hill	The Broadaxe Breakdown	Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2	02:21
Shirley Field	Chime Bells	Two Sides of	02:15
Bob King	Bluest Man in Town	10th Anniversary	02:41
Bob King	The Ballad of the Chapeau Boys (Bob King and Needham)	By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story	03:06
Joe Kozak	The Lights are Growing Dim	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:51
Dougie Trineer	The Bells of St. Mary's	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	02:55
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Panhandle Rag	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:19
Donn Reynolds	The Parting	The Wild One and other country favorites	03:54
Leonard Meehan	The Low Blue Hills of Home	Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs	03:19
Stu Phillips	The Chief's Lament	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	01:41
Omar Blondahl	My Little Blue Hen	16 Songs of Newfoundland	02:31
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round	Spin it Country	02:30
Dougie Trineer	Meet Mr Calahan	24 Country Guitar Selections featuring	03:09
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers	Don't Close the Gates	ST	01:39
Omar Blondahl	Tickle Cove Pond	16 Songs of Newfoundland	03:33
Joe Kozak	Slowly	Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee	02:42
Bob King	The Cowboy	10th Anniversary	02:38
Jim Allen	Kitchen Polka	A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen	01:55
Donn Reynolds	Little Miss Blue Eyes	The Wild One and other country favorites	02:08
Stu Phillips	The Okanagan Valley	A Visit to British Columbia	02:22
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou	Corina	Pickin' Strings Country Style	02:17
Stu Phillips	The Village Blacksmith	Visit Old Québec	02:01
Bob King	She Went Without Saying Goodbye	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:35
Ted Daigle	Red Hen Hop	Teenage Time	01:47
Stu Phillips	Star Child	Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills	02:11
Jerry Hatton	Walk the Floor	Sittin' and Thinkin'	02:25
Reg Hill	Puffin' On The Ole Cigar	Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'	01:54
Bob King	Laurel Lee	Sing For Laurel Lee	02:48
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt)	Lonesome Indian	Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers	02:20
Bev Van den Bergh Marie	For the Good TImes	Spin it Country	03:59
Stu Phillips	En Roulant Ma Boule	Visit Old Québec	03:08

Banff Rodeo Records

Tracks

FEATURED

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

FEATURED

Jim Allen - A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

FEATURED

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland

Bob King - 10th Anniversary

Shirley Field - Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Visit Old Québec

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

FEATURED

Stu Phillips - A Visit to British Columbia

FEATURED

Mike Graham - Momento of Manitoulin

FEATURED

Omar Blondahl - Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee

FEATURED

Joe Kozak - Hillbilly Rock b/w Call Me

FEATURED

Novatones - Mary Lee b/w Please Come Back

FEATURED

Bob King - By Request Vol. 2: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing A Country Song

FEATURED

Bob King - Sing For Laurel Lee

FEATURED

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story

FEATURED

Bob King - That's What's On My Mind b/w No Parking Here

FEATURED

Bob King - Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser

FEATURED

Bob King - The All Canadian Boy b/w If The Things They Say Are True

FEATURED

Ted Daigle - Teenage Time

FEATURED

Olaf Sveen - At Jasper Park Lodge

FEATURED

Westmorland Singers - At Home With

FEATURED

Dougie Trineer - 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Blue Grass Songs

FEATURED

Angus Walker - Bluegrass Special

Comments