Soul Talk are a new group from London comprised of three well-established m… Read Full Bio ↴Soul Talk are a new group from London comprised of three well-established musicians of multiple talents. Having worked for many years on numerous records and tours for some of the world’s leading musicians, they decided to come together and produce their own project. Harking back to some of their childhood influences, right through the 70’s and 80’s to the present day,
Soul Talk brings you some of the best that British Soul music has to offer. There are three principal members.
On lead vocals Gary Poole, who was part of the well-known vocal group Troi, toured extensively with D-Influence, including supports for Prince and Michael Jackson
.....boards, guitar and bass, Toby Baker, who’s career started in London sessioning with Brit -Funk pioneers including Light of the World, Imagination and Jaki Graham, and gone on to record and tour with artists such as BB King, Eric Clapton, Chaka Khan and Michael McDonald.
Lastly Ernie Mckone, who as well as drum, bass and guitar duties, was instrumental in putting the band together and recording them at his studio. Ernie is the owner of Boogie Back Records, which through the 90’s produced and released numerous “Street Soul” records, including cuts By Omar, Misty Oldland, Mica Paris and Lalomie Washburn, to name a few. He is currently touring as musical director for Candi Staton and Marlena Shaw.