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American record producer
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 .
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 [ edit ]
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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