Ben Mink

A longtime staple of the Canadian music scene, producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ben Mink later enjoyed considerable success through his affiliation with singer k.d. lang. Born in Toronto in 1951, he joined the folk group Stringband as a fiddler in 1973, later playing on their hit "Dief Will Be the Chief." In 1978, Mink joined the progressive rock band FM, appearing on their Direct to Disk album and remaining with the group until 1984; he also guested on Rush's Signals album. While touring Japan in 1985 with the Quebec-based group Cano, Mink first met lang, disco...