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Ken Flamand started singing
and playing guitar in his teens. Ken
has played with many other Manitoba
musicians, First was the Harder Brothers,
Pete and Nick. In 1960 Ken, Pete and
Wayne Link, the Trio played Hotels,
Socials and Pubs for a few years.
Then Ken joined Bert Todd and the Mystics
Band, they were actually called The Road
Kings, first for a while. In 1968
Ken and Wayne Link joined Art Young and
the Country Gems, travelling in Manitoba
and Saskatchewan, the band members were,
Art Young, Elmer Nault, Ray Rogers, Wayne
Link and Ken Flamand. They were
quite popular in Brandon, at which time
they had line-ups outside the Hotel, from
1967 - 72.
In 1961 Ken and Wayne entered in the C-Jay
T.V. talent show and was proud to say they
won the contest, first prize a clock radio
each. In 1977, Ken toured with
Ferlin Huskey from Nashville, along with
the Henry Brothers, on a Northern trip for
a week of tours. Sometime in the
1970's Ken moved to Calgary to pursue his
music career and continues to entertain in
Calgary. Ken Flamand also had a few
T.V. specials with CBC in the 1970's, one
show was called Ken Flamand in Flin Flon,
as for the others I don't remember the
names. Ken has also received
numerous awards thru out his career,
recent ones from the MMF "Metis Pioneer
Trail Brazier Award" in 2003, at the AGA.
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