Tavish Crowe (born July 9th) is a Canadian songwriter, producer, and guitarist; based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He plays guitar as part of Jepsen's touring band.
Jepsen and Crowe have been long-time collaborators, seeing their first co-written release together in September 2011 with Call Me Maybe.
Career[]
Work with Jepsen[]
Jepsen and Crowe have been long-time friends since 2009. The first known song that the pair had worked on together was Call Me Maybe, which was initially written as a folk song with Crowe at Jepsen's uncle's house around 2009 to 2010.
Between 2009 and 2010, Jepsen would form her first touring band, with Crowe selected to play guitar. Jepsen and Crowe have since toured together for her headlining shows at The Summer Kiss Tour, the Gimmie Love Tour, The Dedicated Tour, and The So Nice Tour, amongst other live appearances since.
Jepsen and Crowe have collaborated on numerous songs, with writing credits on each of her albums since Curiosity. As of Dedicated and Dedicated Side B, Crowe is Jepsen's credited musical director.
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 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[]
2022: The Loneliest Time[]
2023: The Loveliest Time[]
Additional releases[]
Unreleased music[]
- The Martyr
- Wildflowers
- Sails
- Tenderly
- Four Leaf Clover
- I Am The Keeper - songwriter, producer
- Ricochet - songwriter, producer
- Hungry Heart - songwriter, producer
- Feels Like
- Disco Darling
- Don't Kiss the Producer
Tour appearances[]
- Beside You Tour
- Shout It Out World Tour
- Believe Tour
- The Summer Kiss Tour
- Gimmie Love Tour
- Hello World Tour
- Witness: The Tour
- The Dedicated Tour
- The So Nice Tour
- Anything To Be With You (tour)
Music video appearances[]
Call Me Maybe[]
Crowe's most notable appearance is in Call Me Maybe music video, released in December 2011, where he stars 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.
Other appearances[]
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| Vocals | Carly Rae Jepsen • Sophi Bairley (vocals) • Rachel Clark (vocals) |
|---|---|
| Instrumentalists | Tavish Crowe (guitar) • Nik Pesut (drums) • Abe Nouri (bass, keys, sax) • Bobby Wooten III (bass) |
| Former members | Julia Ross (vocals) • Ava Raiin (vocals) • Ashley Loren (vocals) Jared Manierka (keys, sax) • Adam Siska (bass) • Solomon Standing (bass) • Andrew Rasmussen (keys) |