Born in Detroit, Michigan of Polish parents, Mink was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His family moved to Toronto, Ontario when he was 11 years old. Mink plays several string instruments, including the guitar, violin and the mandolin, and is an award-winning music producer. He is best-known as a long-time collaborator with Canadian singer k.d. lang. Mink has played on and produced several of her albums, which often combine her voice with string arrangements. He began playing in bands in Toronto clubs when he was 18. In 1985, he met Lang and their collaboration began. Before then Mink was a member of the bands Stringband, FM and CANO, and a sometime collaborator with Mendelson Joe. Additionally, Mink played the electric violin on the Rush song "Losing It" from the their 1982 album "Signals" and the song "Faithless" from the 2007 album "Snakes & Arrows". He also performed guitar parts on "My Favourite Headache" (2000), a solo project of Rush's lead singer Geddy Lee. More recently he has produced albums for the Barenaked Ladies, Inuit singer Susan Aglukark and Ann Wilson of Heart. In the world of film, Mink's credits include co-writing the score for Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.

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