Michael Talbot (born 11 September 1958) is an English keyboardist. In a career spanning more than 40 years, Talbot is probably best known as co-founder of

the Style Council The Style Council were a British band formed in late 1982 by Paul Weller, the former singer, songwriter and guitarist with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam, and keyboardist Mick Talbot, previously a member of Dexys Midnight Ru ...

. He has been a member of

Dexys Midnight Runners Dexys Midnight Runners (currently officially Dexys, their former nickname, styled without an apostrophe) are an English pop rock band from Birmingham, with soul influences, who achieved major commercial success in the early to mid-1980s. They a ...

the Merton Parkas The Merton Parkas were an English mod revival band, formed in the Merton area of South London in the mid-1970s, by Danny Talbot (vocals and guitar), his brother, Mick Talbot (keyboards), Neil Hurrell (bass) and Simon Smith (drums). The group wa ...

and the Bureau.

Career

Style Council

In 1982, he started working with

Paul Weller Paul John Weller (born John William Weller; 25 May 1958) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame with the punk rock/ new wave/mod revival band the Jam (1972–1982). He had further success with the blue-eyed soul mu ...

to form

, who released their first records in early 1983. Since the break-up of the Style Council in March 1990, 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

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bass guitar player Damon Minchella, in the

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band the Players.

Other work and collaborations

Talbot played with late-1970s

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ists

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. Talbot played keyboards in Galliano, on tour with

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, and on the 1991

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album '' Road to Freedom''. Talbot toured the UK in 2009 with

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. In 2014, Talbot worked with Wilko Johnson and

Roger Daltrey Roger Harry Daltrey (born 1 March 1944) is an English singer, musician and actor. He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band The Who. Daltrey's hit songs with The Who include " My Generation", " Pinball Wizard", " Won't Get Fooled ...

on the collaborative studio album ''

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''. He also worked with Daltrey and

Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is co-founder, leader, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Towns ...

on their 2014 single release "

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." and on Pete Williams' album ''Roughnecks Roustabouts'' (Basehart Recordings), released in March 2015.

References

Bibliography

* 1958 births Living people English new wave musicians English record producers English rock keyboardists English songwriters People from Wimbledon, London The Style Council members Dexys Midnight Runners members Sophisti-pop musicians Mod revival musicians Musicians from London Boogie Box High members {{UK-keyboardist-stub