Colin Pattenden
{{Short description|English bass guitarist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| birth_name = Colin Roy Pattenden
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1947|11}}
| birth_place = Farnborough, Kent, England, U.K.
| genre = Rock
| occupation = Bass guitarist
| instrument = Bass, vocals
| current_member_of = The Nashville Teens
| past_member_of = Mungo Jerry, Manfred Mann's Earth Band
}}
Colin Roy Pattenden (born November 1947,{{cite web|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/1740333/COLIN-ROY-PATTENDEN |title=Colin Roy Pattenden – Chertsey – Sound Engineer |website=Checkcompany.co.uk |accessdate=2020-05-06}} Farnborough, Kent, England){{cite web|url=https://www.duedil.com/director/907675411/colin-roy-pattenden |title=Mr Colin Roy Pattenden – Director at C P Sound Limited |publisher=Duedil.com |date=1994-06-13 |accessdate=2013-06-17}} is an English bass guitarist, chiefly known for his membership of Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
Career
Pattenden was taught guitar but learned to play bass from tuition books, chiefly those of Carol Kaye, the American bassist guru. Pattenden worked as a session guitarist for Engelbert Humperdinck and Leapy Lee in the 1960s.
He played in Manfred Mann's Earth Bandfrom its formation in 1971. Pattenden featured on seven Earth Band albums from their debut in 1972 to The Roaring Silence in 1976. Pattenden quit MMEB in 1977. In 1978, he teamed up with former Manfred Mann's Earth Band drummer Chris Slade and vocalist Peter Cox, in the short lived Terra Nova.{{cite web |url=http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/overnight1.html |title=Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Not Quite Overnight Sensations (Part 1) |publisher=Platform-end.co.uk |date=1971-01-31 |accessdate=2013-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055631/http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/overnight1.html |archive-date=9 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}
He has also played with Mungo Jerry, The King Earl Boogie Band, The Jackie Lynton Band, and The Nashville Teens.[http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/colinp.html Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Band Members (Colin Pattenden)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206051813/http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/colinp.html |date=6 February 2012 }} Platform End On-Line{{cite web|url=http://www.nashville-teens.com/Main03.htm |title=THE BAND 1960's |publisher=The Nashville Teens |accessdate=2013-06-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ifthedevil.com/bands.html |title=BANDS |publisher=Ifthedevil.com |date=2009-10-31 |accessdate=2013-06-17}}
He is currently working as a PR consultant and manages CP Sound Limited an audio system and lighting design and installation company.{{cite web|url=http://www.cpsound.co.uk/ |title=Sound for the future |publisher=CP Sound |accessdate=2013-06-17}}
References
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Category:English rock bass guitarists
Category:English male bass guitarists
Category:Manfred Mann's Earth Band members
Category:People from Farnborough, London
Category:The Nashville Teens members
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