Conway Savage
| Conway Savage | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Conway Victor Savage |
| Born | 27 July 1960 |
| Origin | Victoria, Australia |
| Genres | Post-punk, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, organ, vocals |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Mute, Beheaded Communications |
| Associated acts | Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dust on the Bible, Feral Dinosaurs |
| Website | myspace |
Conway Victor Savage (born 27 July 1960) is an Australian rock musician. He is a member of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, providing piano, organ and backing vocals since 1990. From 1993 Savage has had a solo career and has released albums, Nothing Broken (2000), Wrong Man's Hands (2004) and Rare Songs & Performances 1989–2004. He has also collaborated with other artists for albums, Soon Will Be Tomorrow (with Suzie Higgie, 1998) and Quickie for Ducky (with Amanda Fox and Robert Tickner, 2007).
Conway Victor Savage, was born on 27 July 1960 and grew up in country Victoria, his parents were publicans. His brother, Frank Savage, is a part-time rock music cabaret singer and builder. His niece, Cash Savage, is the lead singer of the band Cash Savage and the Last Drinks. Savage began playing piano in his early teens in the dining room of one of the pubs his parents owned. He later recalled "I just really enjoyed it ... I could just sit down and play it and play it – it's a beautiful relaxation, until this day. But it wasn't like I was playing in the pub for nickels and dimes or anything. I was really embarrassed about it and I kept it pretty quiet".
From 1980 to 1981 with Savage on piano and backing vocals was in Happy Orphans with Jim White on drums. He was also in Scrap Museum over a similar time period. From 1982 to 1986 he was in a country music band, The Feral Dinosaurs, again with White. Other members of that group were Nick Danyi on saxophone and vocals; Dave Last on double bass and vocals; and Jim Shugg on guitar (ex-People with Chairs up Their Noses). The group issued a track, "Blue Day", on a various artists' compilation album, Asleep at the Wheel (1984). A single, "Ramblin' Man", followed before they released an extended play, You've all Got a Home to Go To, in December 1985. Also in the 1980s he played in the Melbourne-based country-rock band, Dust on the Bible, with his sister-in-law Jane (Frank's wife) as lead vocalist. In 1988, with Last, he formed Dave Last and The Legendary Boy Kings, which included Bruce Kane on bass guitar; Manny Markogiannakos on guitar; and Shane Walsh on drums.
Savage joined Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds in 1990 on piano, organ and backing vocals to promote their sixth album, The Good Son (April 1990). He has since appeared on their studio albums including Henry's Dream (April 1992), Let Love In (April 1994), Murder Ballads (February 1996), The Boatman's Call (March 1997), No More Shall We Part (April 2001) and Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus (September 2004). In October 1995 Conway contributed lead vocals for "The Willow Garden", a B-side of the single, "Where the Wild Roses Grow". Due to the overall minimal piano parts on the band's fourteenth release, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (March 2008), Conway was used on backing vocals and hand claps.
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