Dave Cohen, studio musician and producer.

David Ross Cohen is a Canadian-born musician and producer based out of Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Cohen is a keyboardist who has recorded with Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock, Steven Tyler, and Reba McEntire.[2] Throughout his career, he has accumulated several awards including Academy of Country Music Keyboard Player of the Year 2017 2019 & 2021 and Music Row All-Star Keyboards Player in 2018 & 2020.[3] Over the course of his tenure in Nashville, Cohen has played on more than sixty #1 songs.

Also making a name for himself as a producer, Cohen has produced 8 #1 songs for the likes of Jake Owen, Dallas Smith, and Chris Lane.

Early life and career

Cohen was born August 30, 1985, in Toronto, Ontario, and moved to Calgary, Alberta at age 5. It was when he moved to Calgary that he began classical piano lessons.[4] He attended Henry Wise Wood Senior High School in Calgary and later attended Humber College in Toronto where he focused on jazz performance, specifically jazz piano.[5] Cohen began his career in Canada touring with stars Johnny Reid and Amanda Marshall.[4] He was nominated twice for Keyboard Player of the Year at the Canadian Country Music Awards.[4]

Current career

Cohen moved to Nashville in April 2007 and has since amassed a number of notable credits.[1] He began his time in Nashville touring with the likes of Joe Nichols, Big & Rich, and Wynonna Judd before making the shift to session work as a studio musician in 2012.[1] Cohen has worked in the studio with a wide range of artists from Rascal Flatts to Ed Sheeran.[2] Some of the most prominent country music artists he has worked with include Florida Georgia Line, Carrie Underwood, Old Dominion, Brett Eldredge, Chris Young, Walker Hayes, Jon Pardi, Cole Swindell, Josh Turner, Reba McEntire, Brooks and Dunn, and Kip Moore.[2] In addition to working with these esteemed artists, Cohen has also collaborated with top notch producers like Joey Moi, Dann Huff, Tony Brown, Byron Gallimore, and Shane McAnally.

While making a name for himself as a successful studio musician, Cohen has also recently been working as a producer. Cohen has produced Australian artist Mick Lindsay and teamed up with fellow producer Joey Moi to co-produce Chris Lane's “Laps Around the Sun."[2]

Cohen has worked on music from a number of genres including Country, Hip-Hop, Christian, and Rock. Cohen recently worked on Reba McEntire's “Sing it Now: Songs of Faith & Hope,” which won Best Roots Gospel Album at the 2018 GRAMMY Awards.[6]

Discography

Credits as a producer
Year Song title Artist
 Recognitions
2018 Rhinestone World Dallas Smith #1 single
2018 One Drink Ago Dallas Smith and Teri Clark
2019 Drop Dallas Smith
2019 Cover Me Up Morgan Wallen
2018 About You MacKenzie Porter #1 single
2019 Homemade Jake Owen
2019 Drink All Day Jake Owen
2019 Twang Mason Ramsey
2018 Laps Around the Sun Chris Lane
Year EP title Artist Recognitions
2018 This Ole Boy Hardy
2019 Where to Find Me Hardy
Dave Cohen Comprehensive Discography[2]
Year Album Artist
2018 Break Up in the End Cole Swindell
2018 Somebody's Been Drinkin' Cole Swindell
2018 Simple - Single Florida Georgia Line
2018 Colorado - Single Florida Georgia Line
2018 Cry Pretty - Single Carrie Underwood
2018 Famous - Single Mason Ramsey
2018 This One's for You Too Luke Combs
2018 Jake Owen - Single Jake Owen
2018 Reason to Drink - Single Cole Swindell
2018 The World Can Wait Waylon
2018 The Ones Who Got Me Here - Single Cole Swindell
2018 Bridges - EP A Thousand Horses
2018 Jameson Rodgers - EP Jameson Rodgers
2017 Sing it Now: Songs of Faith & Hope Reba McEntire
2017 All Over - Single Cale Dodds
2017 The Next Episode - EP Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots
2017 Greatest Show on Earth - Single Kid Rock
2017 Mabelle - EP Seth Ennis
2017 Up Down - Single Moran Wallen (Ft. Florida Georgia Line)
2017 Laps Around the Sun Chris Lane
2017 Anchors Will Hoge
2017 Back to Us Rascal Flatts
2017 Black Irish Shannon McNally
2017 Boom. Walker Hayes
2017 Brett Eldredge Brett Eldredge
2017 Castaway Brett Eldredge
2017 Current Mood Dustin Lynch
2017 Deep South Josh Turner
2017 Happy Endings Old Dominion
2017 I Don't Believe We've Met Danielle Bradbery
2017 Lambs & Lions Chase Rice
2017 Lee Brice Lee Brice
2017 Losing Sleep Chris Young
2017 Slow Heart Kip Moore
2017 Sweet Southern Sugar Kid Rock
2017 The Bus Songs Toby Keith
2017 When the Good Guys Win Granger Smith
2017 Hell If I Know - Single Chase Bryant
2017 Just for the Record - Single Lucie Silvas
2017 Steel Union - EP Steel Union
2017 Close Ties Rodney Crowell
2017 Road Less Traveled Lauren Alaina
2017 Hold On - Single Paul McDonald
2017 Austin Burke - EP Austin Burke
2016 This Song - EP Mick Lindsay
2016 True Experience - EP Tyler Boone
2016 A Little Country The Runaway Hamsters
2016 Summer - EP Cassadee Pope
2016 Tattooed Heart Ronnie Dunn
2016 Adam Craig - EP Adam Craig
2016 Side Effects Dallas Smith
2016 Close - Single Ryan Kinder
2016 The Greatest Gift of All Rascal Flatts
2016 Ryan Hurd - EP Ryan Hurd
2016 We're All Somebody from Somewhere Steven Tyler
2016 Dig Your Roots Florida Georgia Line
2016 Rogue Waves Miguel
2016 Down Home Sessions III Cole Swindell
2016 Fired Up Randy Houser
2016 Flatliner Cole Swindell
2016 Girl Problems Chris Lane
2016 It Must Be Christmas Chris Young
2016 Music is Medicine Marie Osmond
2016 The Critics Give it 5 Stars Bobby Bones & The Raging Idiots
2016 This Old Thing Kree Harrison
2016 You Should Be Here Cole Swindell
2015 California Sunrise Jon Pardi
2015 Down Home Sessions II Cole Swindell
2015 I'm Comin' Over Chris Young
2015 Meat and Candy Old Dominion
2015 Michael Ray Michael Ray
2015 The Making of a Man Griffin Anthony
2015 Wild Ones Kip Moore
2014 Redeemer: A Nashville Tribute to Jesus Christ Nashville Tribute Band
2014 Chase Bryant - EP Chase Bryant
2014 Wake Me Up - Single Tebey
2014 Rhythm and Whiskey Frank Foster
2013 Waiting on Daylight Bart Walker
2011 Ryan Broshear Ryan Broshear

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Exclusive: Getting to Know Dave Cohen - The Country Note". The Country Note. 2018-01-21. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dave Cohen | Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. ↑ "Industry Salutes Nominees And Winners At 30th Annual MusicRow Awards". MusicRow - Nashville's Music Industry Publication - News, Songs From Music City. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  4. 1 2 3 Barsky, Rachel (August 6, 2009). "Young Keyboardist is a Rising Country Music Star" (PDF). The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
  5. ↑ "TALENT SCOUT - Dave Cohen". KeyboardMag. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. ↑ "Reba McEntire". GRAMMY.com. 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
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