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Revision as of 07:47, 1 April 2006
When I met Zappa he was kind of a nerd, but he was smart enough to disguise that by street talk and being into R&B.
Donald Ward Preston Born 21st September 1932 in Flint, MI, into a family of musicians, studied music from an early age.
During is military service he was stationed at Trieste, Italy, where he shared a room with Buzz Gardner, his musical career started playing piano with Herbie Mann. Throughout the 1950's he played with various artists ranging from Nat King Cole to Paul and Carla Bley.
By the 1960's Preston was experimenting with new developments in electronic keyboards.
As a member of several Mothers line-ups Preston provided piano, keyboards, synthesizer, and/or vocal for:
We're Only In It For The Money
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5
You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6
'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (BTB)
Don can be seen in the Zappa movies:
He played keyboard on the soundtrack of Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now".
He is a bandmember of The Grandmothers.
