- Bob Pridden
Bob Pridden is a British sound engineer, best known for his long-standing position as principal sound engineer for the rock band
The Who . He has also worked with a number of other rock musicians and with individual members of The Who on solo projects.Biography
Bob Pridden was born in 1946 in Ickenham, England, and married Lady Maria Noel, the daughter of the Fifth Earl of Gainsborough.
Pete Townshend of The Who is the godfather of Pridden's son Benedict.Pridden grew up only a few miles from the west London neighbourhoods in which Pete Townshend,
Roger Daltrey and the other original members ofThe Who lived, and went to work for the band early in their career. According to Pete Townshend in 2007, Pridden and the rest of the band "all converged just before the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. So we have worked together for 40 years." [ [http://petetownshend-whohe.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html/ Article from Pete Townshend's Blog] ]Many of The Who's songs, especially songs from Who's Next and Quadrophenia, need to have pre-recorded tapes when performed live. Pridden once said, "I don't trust machines. Machines go wrong. My heart punds before I press the button hoping for it to work" Daltrey also said, "Bob has had the tape recorder thrown at him many a time (when things went wrong.)"
Pridden has worked both on stage and in the studio with many other of classic rock's major names, as well as with younger acts. He is credited on several of The Who's albums including "
Live at Leeds ", and produced the 1973 "Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert ". Pridden served as sound engineer for The Who's 1969 performance atWoodstock , and for The Who,David Bowie andPaul McCartney atLive Aid in 1985.Pridden is unusual in the music business for having attained recognition for his technical rather than musical input. Although past sixty, he continues to tour with The Who, and in 2006 he co-produced Roger Daltrey's vocals on The Who's album "
Endless Wire ".ee also
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The Who's influence on sound
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