Sons of the Saddle - Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	My Dream and I	02:45
	2	Settle Up, Or Settle Down	02:26
	3	Tom and Katy	02:29
	4	Just a Rollin' Stone	02:18

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Song of the Wild	03:01
	2	That-a-Way	02:40
	3	Little White House On the Hill	02:29
	4	Over and Over Again	02:08
	5	A Devil With the Women	02:23

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Information/Write-up

Sons of the Saddle were a Canadian country and western group formed in Calgary, Alberta around 1950, built around the Siebert brothers and a circle of working Prairie musicians. The group emerged during the postwar boom in radio barn-dance programming and touring dance-hall entertainment, quickly establishing themselves as a polished and dependable western unit.

For their first five years, Sons of the Saddle performed extensively in and around Calgary, appearing on radio and working dance engagements throughout southern Alberta. Their growing reputation led to a major opportunity when the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation invited the band to relocate to Winnipeg to take over musical duties on Saddle Songs, a weekly national television and radio program devoted to country and western music.

By the mid-1950s, the band had moved east into the Ontario nightclub circuit, becoming a regular attraction in Toronto and Hamilton while continuing to tour beyond Canada. Contemporary documentation places the group performing as far south and west as Nevada, reflecting the cross-border reach of their professional circuit. During this period, Sons of the Saddle held a lengthy residency at Toronto’s El Mocambo Tavern and Supper Club, where they reportedly performed for nearly two consecutive years.

The group’s recorded output consists of a small but significant run of Canadian LPs issued in 1959 and the early 1960s. Two albums were released on Aragon Records—Sons of the Saddle Vol. 1 Featuring Vic and Lenny Siebert (ALP 108) and Sons of the Saddle Vol. 2 Featuring Gene Siebert (ALP 113)—documenting different Siebert-led configurations of the band. A later self-titled LP on Canatal Records (CTLP 4003) presented a repertoire drawn largely from contemporary country standards alongside original material associated with the group.

Personnel shifted over time, but the Canatal LP identifies the lineup as including Lenny, Vic, and Gene Siebert, along with Johnny Allan, Lucky Ambeault, and vocalist Diana Leah. Steel guitarist Johnny Allan is independently documented as having performed with Sons of the Saddle, situating the group firmly within the western swing and country working-band tradition that flourished in Canada during the 1950s.

Although Sons of the Saddle did not achieve mainstream chart success, their longevity, national broadcasting exposure, extended nightclub residencies, and cross-border touring mark them as one of the more durable Canadian country ensembles of their era. Today, their Aragon and Canatal recordings preserve a vivid snapshot of Canada’s mid-century country and western entertainment circuit.
-Robert Williston

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