Graham Preskett
{{short description|British musician and composer}}
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| occupation = Composer, musician
| instrument = Piano, violin, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, harmonica, guitar
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Graham Donald Harry Preskett{{Cite web |title=Graham Preskett |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/324687-Graham-Preskett |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Discogs |language=en}} is a British composer and musician who has been active since the early 1970s. He appeared on the Mott the Hoople albums Mott (1973) and The Hoople (1974), playing violin on both, and arranging and conducting on the latter.
Background
In his autobiography Snakes and Ladders (2016), Whitesnake guitarist Micky Moody wrote of their 1978 album Snakebite:
{{Blockquote|text=Also in the line-up was a multi-instrumentalist, who played almost everything, could write, read and arrange music like most of us write, read and arrange our names, and was a charming and funny man to boot.|author=Micky Moody|title=Snakes and Ladders – My Autobiography: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey as Whitesnake's Guitarist{{Cite book |last=Moody |first=Micky |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSa3DwAAQBAJ&dq=graham+preskett&pg=PT170 |title=Snakes and Ladders - My Autobiography: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey as Whitesnake's Guitarist |date=2016-11-03 |publisher=Bonnier Zaffre |isbn=978-1-78606-348-9 |language=en}}}}
Career
Graham Preskett was a member of the group Development that Colin Young had formed after he left The Foundations in late 1970. The group would alternate between the names of The Foundations and Development.Crónica, 3 de Enero de 1971 - [https://archive.org/details/DiarioCronicaBuenosAires19710103_5/page/n1/mode/2up Página 2 LLEGO “THE FOUNDATIONS” EMBAJADA DE MUSICA “BEAT”]Record Mirror, 21 March 1970 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/70/Record-Mirror-1970-03-21-S-OCR.pdf Page 14 The frustrations]Disc and Music Echo, March 4, 1972 - [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Disc/1972/Disc-1972-03-04-S-OCR.pdf Page 10 A SOLID FOUNDATION]
The 17 January issue Crónica ran the group's picture on page 13 when they arrived in Argentina. It also gave the line up as Graham Donald Preskett on violin, Christopher Smith on drums Roger Cawkwell on sax and flute, Colin Young on lead vocals, Jean Alain Roussel on organ and piano and Estephen Bingham (bass). Also with them was Rodney Harrod the manager, and Philip Peverley. Juan D'Arjenzo appeared to be their technician. It was also made known that the group was changing their name to Development.Crónica, Domingo 17 de Enero de 1971 - [https://archive.org/details/DiarioCronicaBuenosAires19710117_M2S/page/12/mode/2up PAGINA 13, HIPPIES EN FA MAYOR...
Los componentes de “The Foundations” se autodefinen como hippies, tienen ideas claras y concretas
sobre el amor, los hombres y la sociedad actual. Pero también hacen música, desde beat hasta jazz, con
personalidad estilística muy a la europea. Quiénes son y qué piensan]
Selected works
Preskett is credited on the following releases:{{Cite web |title=Graham Preskett {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/graham-preskett-mn0000858188/credits |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}
- Mott – Mott the Hoople (1973), violin
- The Hoople – Mott the Hoople (1974), arranger, conductor, violin, tubular bells, orchestration
- Streets... – Ralph McTell (1975), arranger, string arrangements
- Afternoon Sunshine – Edwin Starr (1977), fiddle
- City to City – Gerry Rafferty (1978), vocals, mandolin, violin, fiddle, keyboards, string arrangements, brass arrangements, string machine
- "Baker Street" – Gerry Rafferty (1978), string arrangements
- Snakebite – Whitesnake (1978), violin
- Something to Talk About score (1995; with Hans Zimmer), primary artist, composer{{Citation |title=Graham Preskett, Hans Zimmer - Something To Talk About [Original Motion Picture Score] Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/something-to-talk-about-original-motion-picture-score--mw0000175712 |access-date=2023-03-07 |language=en}}
- Musical Tour of Scotland (1995), arranger, piano, violin, producer
- The Da Vinci Code soundtrack (2006; with Hans Zimmer), arranger, composer
References
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External links
- Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/artist/324687-Graham-Preskett Graham Preskett]
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Category:20th-century British composers
Category:20th-century British musicians
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Category:21st-century British musicians
Category:British male violinists
Category:British male pianists