Owen Biddle is an American

United States

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 bass guitarist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

, record producer

Record producer

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, and songwriter

Songwriter

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 from Philadelphia, who has been touring with Grammy-award-winning hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group The Roots

The Roots

The Roots is an American hip hop/neo soul band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals...

 since the August 31, 2007 departure of 17-year-veteran bassist, "Hub"

Hub (bassist)

Leonard "Hub" Hubbard is a former band member of The Roots and played bass for the Philadelphia outfit from 1992 to 2007. He played on all of their records until his departure from the group, including 1999's Things Fall Apart and 2004's The Tipping Point. He is known for always having a chew stick...

. On August 25, 2011, he announced he was leaving The Roots to focus on his band, Mister Barrington.

Prior to joining the lineup, Biddle was credited with production and writing on the Roots' Grammy-nominated album, Game Theory

Game Theory (album)

Game Theory is the seventh studio album by American hip hop band The Roots, released August 29, 2006, on Def Jam Recordings. The group's first release for the label after leaving Geffen Records, the album was recorded by the Roots mostly using the Apple-developed software application GarageBand...

. Other work includes recordings with Al Green

Al Green

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, Beanie Sigel

Beanie Sigel

Dwight Grant , also known as Beanie Sigel, is a American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,most recently he was in talks with 50 Cent to sign with G-Unit Records and is a former member/artist of Dame Dash Music Group and Roc-A-Fella Records where he had formed a close association with rappers...

, Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal

Baaba Maal is a Senegalese singer and guitarist born in Podor, on the Senegal River. In addition to acoustic guitar, he also plays percussion. He has released several albums, both for independent and major labels. In July 2003, he was made a UNDP Youth Emissary.-Biography:Born 12 November 1953...

, Vivian Green

Vivian Green

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, Jazmine Sullivan

Jazmine Sullivan

Jazmine Marie Sullivan is an American recording artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also the protégé of rapper Missy Elliott. Her debut single "Need U Bad" reached number one on Billboards Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while her second single, "Bust Your Windows" peaked at number four...

, Taylor Dayne

Taylor Dayne

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, Jazzyfatnastees

Jazzyfatnastees

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, and Corinne Bailey-Rae.

He is also a member of The Trolleyvox

The Trolleyvox

The Trolleyvox is an American Indie pop band from Philadelphia, PA. It was formed in 1996 by Andrew Chalfen and Beth Filla.The band's style drew comparisons to The New Pornographers, while a YouTube video for "Just You Wait" turned it into an anthem against George W...

 and was a bassist, composer and member of the Philadelphia based rock band Pepper's Ghost

Pepper's Ghost (band)

Pepper's Ghost was a band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their most recent release, Shake The Hand That Shook The World, is available through Hybrid Recordings....

. Biddle is also currently a member of New York City based Mister Barrington, along with Oli Rockberger and Zach Danziger.

As part of a recurring sketch on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

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called "The Real Housewives of Late Night", Biddle portrays his fictional wife, named Renee, who is an alcoholic.

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"
• "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."