Colin Pattenden Explained

Birth Name:	Colin Roy Pattenden
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,^[1] Farnborough, Kent, England)^[2] 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 MMEB from 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 MMEB drummer Chris Slade and vocalist Peter Cox, in the short lived Terra Nova.^[3]

He has also played with Mungo Jerry, The King Earl Boogie Band, The Jackie Lynton Band, and The Nashville Teens.^{[4] [5] [6]}

He is currently working as a PR consultant and manages CP Sound Limited an audio system and lighting design and installation company.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Colin Roy Pattenden - Chertsey - Sound Engineer . Checkcompany.co.uk . 2020-05-06.
2. Web site: Mr Colin Roy Pattenden - Director at C P Sound Limited . Duedil.com . 1994-06-13 . 2013-06-17.
3. Web site: Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Not Quite Overnight Sensations (Part 1) . Platform-end.co.uk . 1971-01-31 . 2013-06-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120709055631/http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/overnight1.html . 9 July 2012 . dead .
4. http://www.platform-end.co.uk/html/colinp.html Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Band Members (Colin Pattenden)
5. Web site: THE BAND 1960's . The Nashville Teens . 2013-06-17.
6. Web site: BANDS . Ifthedevil.com . 2009-10-31 . 2013-06-17.
7. Web site: Sound for the future . CP Sound . 2013-06-17.