The Flummies

The Flummies
Background information
Origin	Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Years active	1978 (1978)–present
Labels	World Records
Members	Alton Best Richard Dyson Tunker Campbell Leander Baikie Sim Asivak
Website	The Flummies

The Flummies are a Canadian Aboriginal music group from Happy Valley-Goose Bay. Their name comes from a traditional Labrador trappers’ bread. The group was founded in 1978 from members of the Best White Band. They have released several albums of traditional music.

Flummies (flum`-meez`) n. - traditional Labrador trappers’ bread using a mixture of flour, salt and baking powder

The Flummies are a five piece aboriginal music group which are home-based in the Central Labrador community of Happy Valley - Goose Bay. The Flummies are prominently known for recording and preserving the historical, cultural and traditional songs of Labrador. The indigenous influences of the Innu, Inuit and Métis people have been intertwined over the last 250 years, to produce songs which tell stories of the people who have survived hard times and have seen all the beauty the Labrador landscape has to offer.

Popular Labrador recording artists, The Flummies, will release their third album in 14 years, entitled "Labradorimiut", on their own label Kenamu Records. Including the famed title song, this album contains new and old classic songs of Labrador, depicting the life and the culture of the people.

Since their 1988 release of their second album, "Songs of Labrador", The Flummies have sold thousands of albums and have performed around the province of Newfoundland and Labrador at many festivals and conferences. Included in their touring was a five show performance in Germany in 1989 and twenty-eight shows at the base of the CN Tower in June 1999.

Members

• Alton Best on vocals, acoustic guitar and harmonica
• Richard Dyson on accordion and percussion
• Tunker Campbell on acoustic and electric lead guitars and vocals
• Leander Baikie on acoustic guitar and vocals
• Simeon Asivak on bass

Discography

• Four Songs from Labrador (1986)
• Songs of Labrador (1989)
• Labradorimiut (2000)
• Way Back Then (2001)
• 25th Anniversary Album (2003)
• Songs for Christmas (2003)
• This is the Life For Me (2008)
• The River (2010)

Awards and nominations

• 2000 nomination: Aboriginal Artist/Group of the Year (Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador)
• 2001 nomination: Aboriginal Artist/Group of the Year (East Coast Music Awards)
• 2002 winner: Aboriginal Artist/Group of the Year (Music Industry Association of Newfoundland and Labrador)
• 2003 nomination: Aboriginal Artist/Group of the Year (East Coast Music Awards)
• 2009 winner: Aboriginal Recording of the Year (East Coast Music Awards)

External links

• The Flummies official website
• Listing on Heritage of Newfoundland and Labrador website