Tavish Crowe (born July 10th) is a Canadian songwriter, producer, and guitarist; based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Crowe has been a long-time collaborator alongside Carly Rae Jepsen, seeing his first co-written release with Jepsen in 2011.
Crowe additionally plays guitar apart of Jepsen's touring band and is her credited musical director for Dedicated and Dedicated Side B.
Career
Solo career
Tavish Crowe released his debut single, Fire, in November 2016 under 604 Records. The song was co-written and produced by Ryan Stewart. Crowe has seen production and writing work for various artists during his career, such as with The Katherines, Madisyn Gifford, and Olivia Penalva.
Work with Jepsen
Jepsen and Crowe have been long-time friends since at least 2009; with the first known song that the pair had worked on together, Call Me Maybe, being created between 2009 and 2011. Originally, Call Me Maybe was written as a folk song with Crowe at Jepsen's uncle's house until she was introduced to Josh Ramsay, who later helped to modify the song to fit the pop genre.
Between 2009 and 2010, Jepsen would form her first touring band, with Crowe selected to play guitar. Jepsen and Crowe have since toured for her headlining shows at The Summer Kiss Tour, the Gimmie Love Tour, and The Dedicated Tour, amongst other live appearances since 2009.
Jepsen and Crowe have also collaborated on numerous songs since the release of Curiosity, with writing credits on each of her albums since. Crowe has also been stated to have been a major part of Jepsen's upcoming sixth studio album, writing and producing various demos whilst in quarantine since the beginning of March 2020. Currently, the project currently remains ongoing with no release date determined.
Work with Carly Rae Jepsen
All songs listed below credit Crowe as a songwriter unless stated otherwise:
2012: Curiosity / Kiss
2015: Emotion
2016: Emotion Side B
2019: Dedicated
2020: Dedicated Side B
Additional releases
Unreleased music
Music video appearances
Crowe appeared in the Call Me Maybe music video, released in late 2011, starring as Jepsen's male bandmate/guitarist. The video co-stars Jepsen, as herself, and her neighbourhood crush, played by Holden Nowell. At the end of the video, Crowe is hit on by Nowell's character and given his phone number.
Crowe would later appear in the music video for Me and the Boys in the Band, released in August 2011, in a montage of clips shown playing the guitar for the track, and in various photos alongside the rest of the band on tour/together in person.
| Vocals | Carly Rae Jepsen • Sophi Bairley (vocals) • Rachel Clark (vocals) |
|---|---|
| Instrumentalists | Tavish Crowe (guitar) • Nik Pesut (drums) • Jared Manierka (keys & sax) • Abe Nouri (bass) • Bobby Wooten III (bass) |
| Former members | Adam Siska (bass) • Julia Ross (vocals) • Ava Raiin (vocals) • Ashley Loren (vocals) • Solomon Standing (bass) • Andrew Rasmussen (keys) |