Zachary Edwin Dawes, better known as Zach Dawes, is an American songwriter, musician, engineer, and technician, best known as the bassist for the bands Mini Mansions and The Last Shadow Puppets. He has also made contributions to music by The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson, Lisa Marie Presley, Arctic Monkeys and Kimbra, among others.
Work with Lana Del Rey[]
Del Rey stated in a couple of interviews she worked with band The Last Shadow Puppets; consisting of Zach Dawes, Alex Turner (of the Arctic Monkeys), Miles Kane, James Ford and live members Loren Humphrey (of Florence + The Machine) and Tyler Parkford on an unreleased collaboration album. She described the project as "a little rock band on the side. It kind of didn't go anywhere but we had a good time".
From these sessions, the song "California" was reworked and included on Del Rey's album Norman Fucking Rockwell and features Zach Dawes as a producer and piano player as well as co-members of The Last Shadow Puppets; Loren Humphrey and Tyler Parkford as musicians. The song "Thunder" leaked on 2020 was also from these sessions according to the leakers.
In October 2020 at a book signing at Barnes & Noble at The Grove in L.A. she told some fans she worked with Dawes on the track "Dealer"; a song she was considering to tentatively include on her album Chemtrails Over the Country Club as track eight.
Credits[]
Songs from Unreleased The Last Shadow Puppets Collaboration album (2017)[]
- "Thunder" (Mix 4)
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- "California" (Demo)
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- Instrumentation: Piano.
Songs from Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019)[]
- 09. "California"
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- Instrumentation: Piano.
Songs from Blue Banisters (2021)[]
- 01. "Text Book"
- Production role: Producer.
- 05. "Black Bathing Suit"
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- 09. "Dealer"
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- 10. "Thunder"
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
Songs from Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (2023)[]
- 01. "The Grants"
- Production role: Songwriter, producer.
- Instrumentation: Bass.
- 02. "Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd"
- Production role: Producer.
- 06. "Candy Necklace (feat. Jon Batiste)"
- Production role: Producer.
- 07. "Jon Batiste Interlude"
- Production role: Producer.
- 12. "Let the Light In (feat. Father John Misty)"
- Instrumentation: Bass.
Songs from American Standards and Classics (TBD)[]
- "Summertime The Gershwin Version"
- Production role: Producer.
- Instrumentation: Upright Bass.
Songs released as stand-alone singles (2023)[]
- "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
- Production role: Producer, mixer.
- Instrumentation: Background Vocals, Electric Bass.
Songs released by other artists[]
- "Loaded" (by Miles Kane, background vocals by Lana Del Rey)
- Instrumentation: Bass.
- "Hollywood Bowl" (by Rob Grant featuring Lana Del Rey)
- Production role: Producer, engineer.
- "Life Lesson" (by Jon Batiste featuring Lana Del Rey)
- Production role: Producer.
- Instrumentation: Bass Guitar.
- "Suburban House" (by Holly Macve featuring Lana Del Rey)
- Production role: Producer.
Songs currently unreleased[]
- "Valley of the Dolls"
- Production role: Producer.