Mick Talbot

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Mick Talbot
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Talbot performing in 2012
Background information
Birth nameMichael Talbot
Born (1958-09-11) 11 September 1958 (age 66)
Wimbledon, London, England
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentKeyboards
Years active1970s–present
Formerly of

Michael Talbot (born 11 September 1958) is an English keyboardist. He was a co-founder of the Style Council with Paul Weller, and has also been a member of Dexys Midnight Runners, the Merton Parkas and the Bureau. [1]

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Career

The Style Council

In 1982, he started working with Paul Weller to form the Style Council, who released their first records in early 1983. Since the break-up of the Style Council in March 1990, [2] Talbot has continued to play with Weller on his solo material. He has also released albums with fellow former Style Council member Steve White, under the name Talbot/White.

He has since begun playing alongside former Style Council bandmate White and former Ocean Colour Scene bass guitar player Damon Minchella, in the jazz/funk band the Players.

Other work and collaborations

Talbot played with late-1970s mod revivalists the Merton Parkas, Dexys Midnight Runners and the Bureau and can be seen in The Bureau's music video for their song "Only for Sheep".

Talbot was a member of Dexys (formerly Dexys Midnight Runners) in 1980 and from 2003 to 2013. [3] Talbot played keyboards in Galliano, on tour with Gene, and on the 1991 Young Disciples album Road to Freedom . Talbot toured the UK in 2009 with Candi Staton.

In 2014, Talbot worked with Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey on the collaborative studio album Going Back Home . [4] He also worked with Daltrey and Pete Townshend on their 2014 single release "Be Lucky." [5] and on Pete Williams' album Roughnecks Roustabouts (Basehart Recordings), released in March 2015. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "The Style Council". Discogs. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  2. ↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 468. CN 5585.
  3. ↑ Goodwyn, Tom (29 February 2012). "Dexys announce full details of new album 'One Day I'm Going To Soar'". Uncut . IPC Media . Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Ingham, Tim (22 January 2014). "Wilko Johnson records new album with Roger Daltrey". Musicweek. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. ↑ Michaels, Sean (26 September 2014). "The Who unveil Be Lucky, their first new song in eight years". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Stokes, Paul (11 February 2015). "Dexys' Pete Williams – New Solo Album Preview!". Mojo. Retrieved 1 March 2015.

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