Owen Biddle (musician)

Owen Biddle
Biddle with Squeeze in 2024
Background information
Born	(1977-10-01) October 1, 1977
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genres	Alternative hip hop new wave alternative rock
Occupations	Musician producer songwriter
Instrument	Bass
Member of	The Trolleyvox Mister Barrington Squeeze
Formerly of	The Roots Pepper's Ghost

Owen Biddle (born October 1, 1977) is an American bass guitarist known for his work with hip hop group the Roots. In 2011, he left the Roots to focus on his band, Mister Barrington. In 2020, he became a member of Squeeze.

Prior to joining the group, Biddle was credited with production and writing on the Roots' Grammy-nominated album, Game Theory. Other work includes multiple Grammy-winning recordings with John Legend in 2011, Booker T. Jones in 2012; also, with Al Green, Beanie Sigel, Baaba Maal, Jazmine Sullivan, Taylor Dayne, Enemy Earth, Jazzyfatnastees.

He is also a member of the Trolleyvox and played bass with the Philadelphia-based rock band Pepper's Ghost. Biddle is a member of New York City–based Mister Barrington, along with English keyboardist Oli Rockberger and drum virtuoso Zach Danziger.

As part of a recurring sketch on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, called "The Real Housewives of Late Night", Biddle portrayed his fictional alcoholic wife.

External links

• "Owen Biddle bass solo at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC"
• "The Roots perform the Star Spangled Banner COLBERT REPORT"
• "Alternate Root: Owen Biddle's unlikely path to Late Night"
• "The Roots take Manhattan", Village Voice, February 25, 2009
• "Late night with The Roots as Jimmy Fallon's TV house band, Philly's globe-spanning hip-hoppers adapt to a new way to work, a new audience to wow.", Philly.com