Owen Fegan (born 1 November 1972) is an Irish musician, creative director, and photographer. He is best known as the keyboard player and songwriter with the

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band Rubyhorse, and as former Design Director for

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, and Chief Creative Officer of

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. Owen was born in Cork, Ireland, and formed Rubyhorse in 1988 with schoolmates Dave Farrell, Decky Lucey, Joe Philpott, and Gordon Ashe. After the band’s relocation to Boston in 1997, three studio albums (''A Lifetime In One Day'', ''How Far Have You Come'', and ''Rise''), two major-label recording contracts ( Interscope Records and Island Records), a single ''Sparkle'' which peaked at #21 on the Billboard charts in the summer of 2002, a collaboration with George Harrison on the track ''Punchdrunk'', TV appearances including '' Late Show with David Letterman'' and ''

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'', and international tours with artists including

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, INXS, Culture Club, and

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, Owen played his last show with Rubyhorse at the World Peace Music Awards in Bali, Indonesia in June 2003 and moved to New York City. His photography has appeared in major commercial campaigns, as well as magazines such as '' SPIN'', ''

'', and ''

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'', as well as

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’s ''

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'' alongside

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, and

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(who coincidentally shot the ''Rise'' cover for Rubyhorse). Soon after his move to New York City, Owen joined ''Spin'' as creative director, and has held the title at ''Rolling Stone'', '' New York'', and streaming music service

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. Owen also served as Chief Creative Officer at New-York based tech company

which filed its "

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", on 13 April 2017. In 2019 Fegan relocated to Amsterdam.

Discography

References

External links

owenfegan.com
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