Don Preston
Biography
Donald Ward Preston (born September 21, 1932) is an American jazz and rock keyboardist. He is best known for being a member of the original version of Frank Zappa's band The Mothers of Invention during the late 1960s. He continued to work with Zappa during the early 1970s following the band's split.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Absolutely Free
1967
We're Only In It For The Money
1968
Waka / Jawaka - Hot Rats
1972
Fillmore East - June 1971
1971
Crown Of Creation
1968
Roxy & Elsewhere
1974
The Grand Wazoo
1972
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
1970
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1970
Uncle Meat
1969
Leon Russell And The Shelter People
1971
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
1968
Eskimo
1979
Apocalypse Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1979
Some Time In New York City
1972
Mothermania (The Best Of The Mothers)
1969
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
1989
The Lost Episodes
1996
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6
1992
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
1991
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore (Sampler)
1988
Commercial Album
1980
Dream
1975
Just Another Band From L.A.
1972
Credited work
1,850 releases · 136 albums · active 1967–2025
- Performance · 2,721
- Other credits · 1,321
- Production · 8
- Engineering · 5
Studios: Paramount Recording Studios · Apostolic Studios · Whitney Recording Studios · UMRK
Frequent collaborators
- Frank Zappa
- The Mothers Of Invention
- Zappa
- The Mothers
- Mothers Of Invention
- Various
- The Grandmothers
- Michael Mantler