Graham Preskett

Graham Donald Harry Preskett 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:

"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."

Selected works
Preskett is credited on the following releases:


 * 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
 * 90125 – Yes (1983), violin on "Leave It"
 * Something to Talk About score (1995; with Hans Zimmer), primary artist, composer
 * Musical Tour of Scotland (1995), arranger, piano, violin, producer
 * The Da Vinci Code soundtrack (2006; with Hans Zimmer), arranger, composer