Bob Pridden

Bob Pridden (born 1946 in Ickenham, London) is an English 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 Anthony Noel, 5th 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 John Entwistle lived. His first job was working with The John Barry Seven. He became a roadie for The Who after talking to John Wolff, then the bands main roadie and driver. He made his debut as roadie at a gig in Streatham, London on 15th December 1966, and was promoted to sound engineer in 1969. He has provided the stage mix for every Who concert ever since. 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."

Pridden

Coordinates: 50°04′55″N 5°36′50″W / 50.082°N 5.614°W / 50.082; -5.614

Pridden is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

It is located approximately one mile northeast of St Buryan village on the B3283 road. There is an area of woodland and a farm of the same name.

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