John Mealing

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John Mealing (born Yeovil, Somerset, April 5, 1942) is a keyboards player, composer and arranger.

After leaving the Don Rendell-Ian Carr Quintet in the late-Sixties, he joined the pioneering British jazz-rock band If until they came off the road in 1972. Subsequently appearing on albums by Klaus Doldinger's Passport, Mick Ronson, Leo Sayer, John Entwistle, Status Quo, and ex-King Crimson drummer Michael Giles, he went on to join Strawbs following the departure of John Hawken.

In the mid-Eighties, Mealing did arrangements for several hit British albums by bands such as The Style Council and The Pet Shop Boys.

He is also credited as co-composer of the theme tune to the British TV comedy-drama series Press Gang which ran from 1989 to 1993.