#249: Interview with Morgan Taylor of Mink




Dig Me Out - The 90's rock podcast show

Summary: <p style="text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2">This week we’re joined by <a href="http://gustaferyellowgold.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Morgan Taylor</a>, formerly of the band <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mink" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Mink</a>, to help us revisit our r<a href="http://www.digmeoutpodcast.com/post/47306386876/episode-36-get-in-get-out-by-mink" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">eview of their album Get In Get Out</a> from season one. We didn’t know much about the band and their history, or of the Dayton, Ohio scene in the ‘80s or ‘90s, so Morgan walks us through this small but influential town. Morgan takes us back to his earliest bands, opening for an embryonic <a href="http://www.robertpollard.net/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Guided By Voices</a>. He walks through the half dozen bands he played with, including the short lived acoustic duo <a href="http://irememberdayton.blogspot.com/search/label/Taylor%20%28Morgan%29" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Glee &amp; Beak</a>, that opened for Bob Dylan, along with tracing the connected lineage of each Mink member, and how an opportunity to play in the opening band for a <a href="https://www.lisaloeb.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Lisa Loeb</a> tour launched Mink. Morgan talks about becoming the “it” band in Dayton, hanging out at Bob Pollard’s legendary Monument Club, getting a standing ovation from Kim Deal, and what led to the band breaking up. There so much to cover, including how Morgan utilized his decades as a musician and interest in illustration to create <a href="http://gustaferyellowgold.com/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px .15em; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; background-position: 0px 1.15em; background-repeat: repeat-x;">Gustafer Yellowgold</a>, a multi-media performance of live music, colored-pencil animations and storytelling for children.</font></p><p style="text-align: center; margin: 15px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 21px; vertical-align: baseline;"><font size="2">Songs in this Episode:</font></p><font size="2"></font><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">Intro - Straight Man from Get In Get Out</span></div><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit;">47:57 - A Social Life from The Red Album</span></div><span style="font-style: in;"></span>