Banff Rodeo Records

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
Angus Walker The Wild Colonial Boy Blue Grass Songs
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou South Pickin' Strings Country Style
Joe Kozak Lullaby Waltz Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Angus Walker Have You Lost all the Love Bluegrass Special
Dougie Trineer Boogie Blues 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Omar Blondahl My Pretty Quadroon Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Stu Phillips The Banff Cave Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Bev Van den Bergh Marie Life is Like a Merry-Go-Round Spin it Country
Bob King Batanio the Pride of the Plains Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Joe Kozak The Lights are Growing Dim Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Jim Allen Paddy the Coon A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Stu Phillips Fraser's Highway A Visit to British Columbia
Stu Phillips Almighty Voice Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Westmorland Singers Little Liza Jane At Home With
Stu Phillips Bill Miner A Visit to British Columbia
Bob King Rose of Old Pawnee Rose of Old Pawnee b/w My Home by the Fraser
Graham Townsend Sir John Abbot Waltz Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers
Reg Hill Waltz Promenade Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers Thank God You're Mine ST
Bob King Train of Memories Sing A Country Song
Jim Allen Three Legged Milk Stool A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Wendell Sharpe It's Been So Long Darling The Brightest One in Town
Ted Daigle Cut Across Shorty Teenage Time
Stu Phillips The Chief's Lament Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Bob King French Canadian Girl 10th Anniversary
Wendell Sharpe Sammy Morgan's Gin The Brightest One in Town
Stu Phillips Star Child Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers I Need to Know ST
Angus Walker Give My Love to Nell Blue Grass Songs
Graham Townsend Alberta Polka Salutes Canada's Centennial
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Tired of Livin' Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Donn Reynolds The Evergreen Tree The Wild One and other country favorites
Westmorland Singers Come On Down South At Home With
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) I'll Take a Chance on Loving You Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Omar Blondahl Lester Chaney and the Polar Bears The Great Seal Hunt of Newfoundland
Angus Walker Silver Threads & Golden Needles Bluegrass Special
Jim Allen Faded Love A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen
Reg Hill Clayton Poirier Two-Step Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Wendell Sharpe Brand of My Heart The Brightest One in Town
Bob King Laurel Lee Sing For Laurel Lee
Reg Hill Avonmore Breakdown Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2
Wendell Sharpe Darling, Let's Turn Back the Years The Brightest One in Town
Angus Walker I Cried Again Blue Grass Songs
Donn Reynolds The Wild One The Wild One and other country favorites
Dougie Trineer Galloping Guitar 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Angus Walker The Girl I Left in Sunny Tennessee Blue Grass Songs
Dougie Trineer Frankie & Johnny 24 Country Guitar Selections featuring
Graham Townsend Montréal ‘67 Salutes Canada's Centennial
Mike Graham Another Autumn On Manitoulin Momento of Manitoulin
Bev Van den Bergh Marie It Won't be Easy Spin it Country
Stu Phillips Simon Gun-a-Noot A Visit to British Columbia
Angus Walker John Wesley Hardin' Bluegrass Special
Olaf Sveen Faraway Mountains Waltz At Jasper Park Lodge
Bob King It Breaks a Mothers Heart Sing A Country Song
Bob King Boy With a Future 10th Anniversary
Angus Walker I've Wondered Where We'd Meet Again Blue Grass Songs
Joe Kozak Tennessee Central No. 9 Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Angus Walker If Teardrops Were Pennies Blue Grass Songs
Joe Kozak Bimbo Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Bob King Road Paved With Heartaches Sing A Country Song
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Old Joe Clark Pickin' Strings Country Style
Westmorland Singers When You Come to the End of the Day At Home With
Wendell Sharpe The Brightest One in Town The Brightest One in Town
Stu Phillips Canada I-O Visit Old Québec
Omar Blondahl My Little Old Sod Shanty Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Shirley Field Down in the Valley Two Sides of
Reg Hill Sleigh Ride Reel Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Ted Daigle Ballad of a Teenage Queen Teenage Time
Shirley Field Evening Shadows Two Sides of
Stu Phillips Ernest Cashel Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Panhandle Rag Pickin' Strings Country Style
Stu Phillips The Priest Who Slept One Hundred Years Visit Old Québec
Stu Phillips Bull Train Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills
Reg Hill Road to Fort Coulonge Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Grant Hewlett Nelson Pook (The Eskimo Boy) The Critics Choice...
Joe Kozak Country Garden Girl Canada Salutes Nashville, Tennessee
Bob King My Son Calls Another Man Daddy Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Bob King French Canadian Girl Sing A Country Song
Leonard Meehan The Song of the Anchor Watch, Brave Captain William Jackman Otto P. Kelland's Songs of the Anchor Watch: Newfoundland Folk Songs
Jerry Hatton Walk the Floor Sittin' and Thinkin'
Ted Daigle Mary Lou Teenage Time
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers My Dying Secret ST
Omar Blondahl That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Wendell Sharpe Lonesome Whistle The Brightest One in Town
Bob King On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Ted Daigle No One Else Teenage Time
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Grey Eagle Pickin' Strings No. 2
Bob King The Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Jerry Hatton I've Got a New Heartache Sittin' and Thinkin'
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Lonesome Indian Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Bob King My Petite Marie Sing With Bob King and the Country Kings
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers Don't Close the Gates ST
Hank Smith (Heinz Schmidt) Moose Jaw Rag Hank Smith and The Fabulous Rodgers Brothers
Reg Hill Puffin' On The Ole Cigar Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'
Omar Blondahl Yellow Rose of Texas Omar's Favorite Folk Songs
Bob King I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story
Hachey Brothers & Mary Lou Corina Pickin' Strings Country Style
Angus Walker Why Not Confess Blue Grass Songs
Lew McInnis and The Rhythm Makers You've Got to Change the Way You Live ST
Omar Blondahl Bury Me Beneath the Willow Omar's Favorite Folk Songs

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and other country favorites

Ottawa Valley Fiddlin'

Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2

Reg Hill Ottawa Valley Hoedown # 2 (1)

Reg Hill

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 2

Reg Hill - Ottawa Valley Fiddlin' Side 1

A Tribute to the Late Ward Allen

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One BACK

Donn Reynolds

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Donn Reynolds - The Wild One and Other Country Favourites

Fred Dixon & the Friday Afternoon - ST BACK

16 Songs of Newfoundland

Omar Blondahl - 16 Songs of Newfoundland BACK

Bob King 10th Anniversary BACK

10th Anniversary

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 2

Bob King - Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Song That Tell a Story Side 1

Just Me and My Old Guitar: Bob King Sings Songs That Tell A Story

Shirley Field - Two Sides of BACK

Two Sides of

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Prime Ministers BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial BACK

Graham Townsend - Salutes Canada's Centennial

Van den Bergh, Bev Marie

Field, Shirley

Visit Old Québec

Stu Phillips Sings Echoes of the Canadian Foothills

A Visit to British Columbia

Comments

No Comments