Mick Talbot
{{Short description|British keyboardist}}
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| birth_name = Michael Talbot
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|9|11}}
| birth_place = Wimbledon, London, England
| instrument = Keyboards
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| occupation = Musician
| years_active = 1970s–present
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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.{{cite web|title=The Style Council|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Style+Council,+The#p=3&t=Releases_All|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=12 December 2012}}
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,{{cite book
| first= John
| last= Tobler
| year= 1992
| title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years
| edition= 1st
| publisher= Reed International Books Ltd
| location= London
| page= 468
| id= CN 5585}} 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".
Between 1995 and 1996, Talbot and Steve White released two instrumental albums, United States of Mind and Off the Beaten Track, with bass player Yolanda Charles and guest musicians (including Paul Weller).
Talbot was a member of Dexys (formerly Dexys Midnight Runners) in 1980 and from 2003 to 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/dexys-midnight-runners/dexys-announce-full-details-of-new-album-one-day-im-going-to-soar-news |title=Dexys announce full details of new album 'One Day I'm Going To Soar' |first=Tom |last=Goodwyn |date=29 February 2012 |newspaper=Uncut|publisher=IPC Media |accessdate=1 March 2015}} 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.{{cite web | url=http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/wilko-johnson-records-new-album-with-roger-daltrey/057375 | title=Wilko Johnson records new album with Roger Daltrey | first=Tim | last=Ingham | publisher=Musicweek | date=22 January 2014 | accessdate=1 March 2015}} He also worked with Daltrey and Pete Townshend on their 2014 single release "Be Lucky."{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/26/the-who-be-lucky-first-new-song-in-eight-years|title=The Who unveil Be Lucky, their first new song in eight years|last=Michaels |first=Sean|newspaper=The Guardian|date=26 September 2014|accessdate=26 September 2014}} and on Pete Williams' album Roughnecks Roustabouts (Basehart Recordings), released in March 2015.{{cite news |url=http://www.mojo4music.com/18898/dexys-pete-williams-records-solo-album/ |title=Dexys' Pete Williams – New Solo Album Preview! |newspaper=Mojo |date=11 February 2015 |first=Paul |last=Stokes |accessdate=1 March 2015}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | author=Munn, Iain | title=Mr Cool's Dream. The Complete History of the Style Council | publisher=Wholepoint Publications | year=2006 | isbn=0-9551443-0-2 }}
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