Born in San Francisco and raised in Southern California, David Owens started playing orchestral percussion in 5th grade and continued through college. Late in High School David started playing drum set and found it to be his calling. During college he got a gig as the house drummer at Knott's Berry Farm playing every kind of music imaginable. Through his Knott's connections David had the pleasure of playing for Bill Medley's "Rock Around The Clock" shows at Bill's clubs called "The Hop".



During this time David Owens was also playing with the original progressive rock band Jester. With his diversity of playing styles and reading ability David auditioned for Thomas Dolby and after 3 call backs, he got the gig. This led to three records with Thomas (Aliens Ate My Buick, Astronauts and Heretics, and The Gate to the Minds Eye) and touring all over the world.



After a lot of time on the road with Thomas Dolby, David Owens decided to stay in town to be with his family. This led to countless jingles and a series of recording projects and gigs. From smooth jazz with guitarist Peter White, funky jazz with Scott Wilkie, latin jazz with Latinum, progressive jazz rock with Learning Curve, pop rock with Mothers Favorite Son's and a variety of Christian projects David remained very busy.



From October 2000 David Owens played drums for the LA production of The Lion King at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. In January of 2003 (after more than 900 shows) The Lion King ended it's run in LA. Since leaving the Lion King pit David has been joyfully freelancing around LA. From playing live jazz gigs with Matthew Von Doren to recording projects with Steve Young, David Miller, Joe Ongie , Rob Rinderer and a variety of commercial projects to playing with the Harvest Praise Band, David Owens is enjoying this new phase of his career.



David Owens has worked with Thomas Dolby, Fernando Ortega, The Righteous Brothers, Bebo Norman, Peter White, Tommy Walker, Scott Wilkie, Martha Davis, Lee Ann Rimes, Leslie Uggams, Marcos Witt, Gary Puckett, Lorna Luft, Rebecca St. James, Sara Groves, Mark Manchina, Crystal Lewis, Nina Hagen, Matthew Von Doren, Latinum, Elvira, Peter Newman, Bill Batstone, Ginny Owens, Brenton Brown, Phil Stacy, John Andrew Schreiner, Lincoln Brewster, Steve Wiggins, Marcos Vidal, Cherie Keaggy, Tommy Coomes Praise Band, Peggy Duquesnel, Rick Braun, Agape Beat, Norm Stockton Group, Daniel Ho, Bill Medley, Wolf Man Jack, Roger Smith, Jeff Kashiwa, Ken Ross, The Gutierrez Brothers, Paul Clark, Norm Stockton, Five O'Clock Shadow, Greg Vail, Penny Watson, Anthony Evans, Paul Clark, Tony Guerrero, Dennis Agajanian, Bim Bam, Carl Verhien, Brandon Fields, Francisco Loyo, Charles Billingsly, Private I, Freddie Ravel, Dave Garland, Joe Ongie, Lilly Goodman, Kevin Dukes, Jerry Swallow,Terry Clark, Eric Henderson, Kevin Nadeau, Harvest Worship Band, Jan Roper, Jeff & Vangie Gunn, Jeff Kashua, Rob Witlock, Love Song, Vince Denham, Greg Vail, Jester, Hanz Ives, Andrae Crouch, Richard Page, Brian Hughes, Bob Somma, Mothers Favorite Son's, Luis Conte, Paul Baloche, Steve Crum, Jane Fontana, Bill and Mary Cantos, Learning Curve, John Tesh, Natalie Grant, Rob and Carrie Rinderer, Eric Marianthal, Mark Cullen, Margaret Becker and many more.