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| Birth name | Zachary Edwin Dawes |
| Born | July 2, 1985 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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| Spouse(s) | Molly Grassini (m. 2022) |
Zachary Edwin Dawes (born July 2, 1985) is an American musician, producer, 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 Brian Wilson, Lana Del Rey, among other music artists. [1]
Dawes grew up in Encino, California. He majored in Film & Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. [2]
As a child, Dawes learned to play the piano, but switched to bass when he discovered that the band he was starting needed a bass player. [3]
Dawes spent many years assisting and playing bass for American record producer T Bone Burnett. He played bass on albums and soundtracks for which Burnett was producer, composer or contributing artist, including The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond , Inside Llewyn Davis (soundtrack) , A Place at the Table , True Detective , season 1 of Nashville (2012 TV series) , Lisa Marie Presley's album Storm & Grace , the album Put Your Needle Down by the band The Secret Sisters, and Lost on the River: The New Basement Tapes , a reworking of unfinished songs by Bob Dylan. [4] [5]
He played bass in Slang Chickens, a band that featured current Haim drummer Dash Hutton and former Wires on Fire front man Evan Weiss.
In 2016, Dawes took part in the recording of the debut album of American singer Alexandra Savior, contributing bass, organ, and vibraphone.
In 2019, Dawes was the music supervisor and contributed to the soundtrack for the award-winning film, Peanut Butter Falcon . [6]
In 2021, Dawes composed the music for the Netflix film There's Someone Inside Your House.
Dawes married partner Molly Grassini on September 25, 2022. The wedding was attended by members of Arctic Monkeys, Warpaint, and Dawes' band Mini Mansions, among others. [7] [8]
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