The Roots replace bassist Owen Biddle with Mark Kelly

By Alex Young on August 26th, 2011 in News

With a permanent fixture on late night and plans for a new LP before year’s end, The Roots remain white hot. But according to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Owen Biddle thinks now is good time to end his four-year run as the band’s bassist. Biddle, who joined The Roots following the departure of longtime bassist Leonard Hubbard Jr., will now focus on his “art-jazz-rock-funk” project, Mister Barrington.

Replacing Biddle will be Mark Kelly, a classically trained musician from Houston, TX. He will begin his new gig once Jimmy Fallon returns from his ongoing summer vacation this coming Monday. And right off the bat, he’ll be collaborating with some pretty exciting names; Neon Indian and Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks are both scheduled to appear as musical guests this week.

Below, we have video of Kelly and Meshell Ndegeocello covering Prince’s “Lady Cab Driver”.

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  • Anonymous

    Bummer!  He was great!

  • Dorey

    I will sooo miss him!!

  • nick

    1: oh no, not the white guy!
        /s

    2. I started out hating Fallon, then warmed up to him, started peiodically watching the show, started watching less Conan, started getting irritated at Conan’s repetitive silly humor, started enjoying the inventiveness and freedom of Fallon’s show, left Team Coco, and now fully support Late Night. Fallon just straight up has a better show in every respect now.