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Christopher Rowe (record producer)

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Christopher Rowe, is an American record producer, audio engineer and guitarist specializing in country rock. He is best known for his work with Taylor Swift.

Career

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Rowe began his career working as a guitarist on folk, new age, and ethnological records before moving into country music as an assistant engineer and editor. He was part of the production team for the Dixie Chicks album Fly.

Rowe has worked with Taylor Swift since 2011, as a sound mixer and engineer for her concert films Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011), The 1989 World Tour Live (2015), Reputation Stadium Tour (2018) and Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions (2020).[1]

Rowe played a more significant role in Swift's "Taylor's Version" album re-recording campaign, working as a producer and engineer on a majority of the tracks. These albums comprise Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version) in 2021, and Speak Now (Taylor's Version) and 1989 (Taylor's Version) in 2023.

Partial discography

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Year Album / Track Artist Role
1993 Human Rites Douglas Spotted Eagle electric guitar
1998 It Don't Get Any Better Than This George Jones assistant engineer
I'm Alright Jo Dee Messina assistant engineer
Faith Faith Hill assistant engineer
1999 Love Trip Jerry Kilgore mixing
Fly Dixie Chicks engineer
2001 Step Right Up Charlie Robison engineer
Say No More Clay Walker engineer, mixing, assistant engineer
Jolie & the Wanted Jolie & the Wanted engineer
2002 No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems Kenny Chesney editing
Friday Night in Dixie Rhett Akins engineer, mixing
2003 Vicious Cycle Lynyrd Skynyrd engineer
Keith Urban/The Ranch Keith Urban and The Ranch assistant engineer
All I Want for Christmas Is a Real Good Tan Kenny Chesney engineer
Across the Sky Across the Sky engineer
2004 The Kurt Carr Project: One Church Kurt Carr engineer
Lyve: The Vicious Cycle Tour Lynyrd Skynyrd assistant engineer
A Traditional Christmas Joe Nichols engineer
2005 Wide Open Spaces / Fly Dixie Chicks engineer, assistant
The Road and the Radio Kenny Chesney engineer
III Joe Nichols engineer
2006 The Dollar Jamey Johnson engineer
Taylor Swift Taylor Swift remixing
Peace, Love & Coondawgs Cody McCarver engineer
2007 Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates Kenny Chesney engineer
Cody McCarver Cody McCarver engineer
2008 Lucky Old Sun Kenny Chesney engineer
2009 Sara Smile Jimmy Wayne mixing
Lullaby Jewel mixing
Big Dreams & High Hopes Jack Ingram engineer, mixing
2013 Let It Snow: A Holiday Collection Jewel mixing
In Time The Mavericks engineer, mixing
2016 Deep Tracks Faith Hill assistant engineer
2020 Twenty Years of Rascal Flatts: The Greatest Hits Rascal Flatts editing
2021 The Sonic Ranch Midland mixing
Fearless (Taylor's Version) Taylor Swift producer, engineer, vocal engineer
"Wildest Dreams (Taylor's Version)"
Red (Taylor's Version)
2022 "This Love (Taylor's Version)"
2023 "If This Was A Movie (Taylor's Version)"
"Eyes Open (Taylor's Version)"
"Safe & Sound (Taylor's Version)"
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
1989 (Taylor's Version)
2024 The Tortured Poets Department vocal engineer

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References

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  1. ^ "Christopher Rowe | Sound Department, Music Department". IMDb. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "Chris Rowe," www.allmusic.com Retrieved November 27, 2021.