Mik Kaminski

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Mik Kaminski

Background information
Birth name	Michael Kaminski
Born	(1951-09-02) 2 September 1951
Origin	Harrogate, England
Genres	Rock music Pop Classical music
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Violin, viola, keyboards
Years active	1965-present
Labels	Jet Records
Associated acts	Electric Light Orchestra Violinski OrKestra ELO Part II The Orchestra Blue Violin Fay & Latta
Website	Musical career

Mik Kaminski (born Michael Kaminski, 2 September 1951) is an English musician. He is best known for playing violin in the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) between 1973 and 1979.

Early life

Kaminski was born in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. He made his first professional performance with the Leeds Orchestra, when he was 14. During his time at the Leeds School of Music, he founded the band Cow, together with his friends John Hodgson (drums) and John Marcangelo (keyboards and percussion).

Career

In 1973 he joined Joe Soap and played violin on their Keep It Clean album. Their producer Sandy Roberton suggested Kaminski to Andy Roberts, who needed a violinist for his album. Thus Kaminski played in 1973 on Roberts' Andy Roberts and The Grand Stampede.^[1]

After those albums Kaminski applied for the vacant post as ELO's violinist because of an advertisement in Melody Maker. He was recruited after two interviews.^[1]

Kaminski was one of the three remaining string players for the group when Lynne decided to remove them. However, Kaminski appeared in the band again when he played a solo on the 1983 single "Rock 'n' Roll Is King". Later on he joined the ELO offshoot ELO Part II, playing as part of the live touring band.^[2]

Apart from the hits he had with ELO, in early 1979 Kaminski made the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart as the frontman of a one-hit wonder group called Violinski, with the single "Clog Dance".^[3]

Kaminski has featured as violinist on a selection of tracks from the second studio album, Beauty In Chaos, by the Anglo-Irish acoustic duo Fay & Latta.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "INTERVIEW: ELO violinist Mik Kaminski talks about their Worthing gig", Littlehampton Today, 19 September 2008.
↑ Danny Cox interviews Mik Kaminski, BBC, 2 February 2006.
↑ Violinski: Clog Dance - The Very Best of Violinski at Face The Music

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Personnel

Studio albums	The Electric Light Orchestra (No Answer) ELO 2 (Electric Light Orchestra II) On the Third Day Eldorado Face the Music A New World Record Out of the Blue Discovery Time Secret Messages Balance of Power Zoom

Soundtracks	Xanadu

Live albums	The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach Live at Wembley '78 Live at Winterland '76 Live at the BBC Electric Light Orchestra Live

Compilations	Showdown Olé ELO The Light Shines On Three Light Years The Light Shines On Vol 2 ELO's Greatest Hits A Box of Their Best Four Light Years Afterglow ELO's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 The Very Best of the Electric Light Orchestra Strange Magic Light Years Definitive Collection Flashback The Ultimate Collection The Essential Electric Light Orchestra All Over the World Ticket to the Moon The Essential Electric Light Orchestra (2 CD Edition) Mr. Blue Sky

Videography	Discovery (1979) Out of the Blue: Live at Wembley (1980) Fusion – Live in London (1990) The Very Best of ELO (1991) Zoom Tour Live (2001) ELO – Total Rock Review (2006) In Performance (2010) Live: The Early Years (2010)

Tours	Time Tour

Related articles	Discography Song list Don Arden Reinhold Mack Jet Records The Move Wizzard ELO Part II The Orchestra List of songs produced by Jeff Lynne Jeff Lynne and the Beatles Friends & Relatives L.E.O. Earthrise

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Name	Kaminski, Mik
Alternative names	Michael Kaminski
Short description	English violinist
Date of birth	2 September 1951
Place of birth	Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Date of death
Place of death

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