Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds have paid tribute to their longtime pianist, Conway Savage, who has died at the age of 58.
The musician worked with the band for nearly 30 years. He first joined The Bad Seeds in 1990, was initially diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2017.
“Our beloved Conway passed away on Sunday evening”, the band confirmed in a statement.
“Irascible, funny, terrifying, sentimental, warm-hearted, gentle, acerbic, honest, genuine – he was all of these things and quite literally ‘had the gift of a golden voice,’ high and sweet and drenched in soul.”
Frontman Nick, 60, also shared a fond memory of his friendship with Conway in his own message, which said: ‘On a drunken night, at four in the morning, in a hotel bar in Cologne, Conway sat at the piano and sang Streets of Laredo to us, in his sweet, melancholy style and stopped the world for a moment. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house.
He was born in rural Victoria in 1960, Australia. The musician started playing the piano when he was a teenager and performed in a pub run by his parents.
At first Savage played in bands such as Happy Orphans, Feral Dinosaurs, Dust on the Bible and Boys Kings. Later he joined Cave’s group.
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Conway Savage, the Pianist of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Dies Aged 58
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