Figgy Duff was a Canadian folk-rock band[1] from Newfoundland, Canada.[2] They played a major role in the Newfoundland cultural renaissance of the 1970s and 1980s.[3] Formed in 1976 by Noel Dinn, who named the band after a traditional pudding, Figgy Duff travelled across Newfoundland, learning traditional songs and performing them with distinct elements of rock and roll.
Figgy Duff | |
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Origin | Newfoundland, Canada |
Genres | Folk rock |
Years active | 1976 | –1995 , 1999, 2008, 2016
Labels | Amber Music (1991–1995) |
Past members | Noel Dinn (1948-1993) Pamela Morgan Frank Maher Dave Panting Geoff Butler Philip Dinn (1949-2013) Art Stoyles (1943-2015) Derek Pelley Kelly Russell Sandy Morris Anita Best Jamie Snider Bruce Crummell Rob Laidlaw |
Website | Figgy Duff (defunct) |
The band relied heavily on the research of ethnomusicologist Kenneth Peacock's 1965 3-volume Songs of the Newfoundland Outports as a resource for songs that they adapted into a new rock-based sound called “trad-rock” — an amalgamation of rock music and traditional folk music of unknown authors.[4][5]
They began working with Island Records early, though the album that resulted has yet to be released. Instead, they released their independent self-titled debut album: Figgy Duff in 1980.[6][2] The album was also released by Ottawa-based Posterity Records. It was followed by After the Tempest in 1982.[2][7][8]
Through the next thirteen years, Figgy Duff continued touring and released three more albums: Weather Out the Storm[9] (1989), Downstream[10] (1993) and the compilation Retrospective[11][12] (1995).
The band's line-up changed several times, but the core of Noel Dinn and Pamela Morgan, singer-songwriter, stayed the same. Weather Out the Storm was nominated for a 1991 Juno Award. Dinn died of cancer in 1993, and Morgan disbanded Figgy Duff soon after.[13]
The band has since reunited three times, once in 1999 for a silver anniversary tour,[14] again in summer 2008 to celebrate the release of a CD of live recordings from the bands' previous reunion,[15][16] and for the 2016 Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, featuring Aaron Collis on accordion.[17]
Discography
edit- 1980: Figgy Duff
- 1982: After the Tempest
- 1989: Weather Out the Storm
- 1993: Downstream
- 1995: Retrospective[18]
- 2008: Figgy Duff Live Silver Reunion
References
edit- ^ Hallett, Bob (2010). Writing Out the Notes. Insomniac Press. p. 20. ISBN 9781897415337.
- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 859. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- ^ Morgan, Pamela. "Figgy Duff, 1995". nlfolk.com. Folk Arts Society. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Kearney Guigne', Anna (2008). Folksongs and Folk Revival: The Cultural Politics of Kenneth Peacock's Songs of the Newfoundland Outports. Memorial University Press. p. 225. ISBN 9781894725064.
- ^ Saugeres, Lise (August 1991). Figgy Duff and Newfoundland Culture (Masters thesis). Memorial University of Newfoundland. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Figgy Duff = Figgy Duff - 1980 - (Full Album)". youtube.com. YouTube. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff After the Tempest Customer Reviews". amazon.com. Amazon. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff – After The Tempest". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff – Weather Out The Storm". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Downstream Figgy Duff". qobuz.com. Qobuz. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff – A Retrospective 1974-1993". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "CD Review - Figgy Duff "A Retrospective 1974 - 1993", 1997". irishmusicmagazine.com. Irish Music Magazine. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ Fitzpatrick, Jamie. "Pamela Morgan and Noel Dinn, 2001". heritage.nf.ca. Heritage Newfoundland & Labrador. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff – Live Silver Reunion". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ Rigler, Michael. "Figgy Duff Reuniting for Writers...Western Star May 2008". Press Reader. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via PressReader.
- ^ "Living Tradition, July 2008". thescope.ca. The Scope. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "N.L. Folk Festival announces lineup...May 2016". cbc.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Figgy Duff | Album Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
External links
edit- Figgy Duff official site at Amber Music
- More Figgy Duff background[usurped]
- Figgy Duff – Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, v. 2, p. 62
- Figgy Duff in The Canadian Encyclopedia
- Figgy Duff discography at Discogs