Owen Biddle (born October 1, 1977) is an American bass guitarist, record producer and songwriter, known for his work with hip hop group The Roots.^[1] On August 25, 2011, he announced he was leaving The Roots to focus on his band, Mister Barrington. In 2020, he became a member of the band Squeeze.

Prior to joining the group, Biddle was credited with production and writing on The Roots' Grammy-nominated album, Game Theory.^[2] 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.^[3]

He is also a member of The Trolleyvox and was a bassist, composer and member of the Philadelphia-based rock band Pepper's Ghost.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

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External links

• Owen Biddle on Myspace
• "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, 25 February 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