Mick Harvey

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Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his life-long collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave. A multi-instrumentalist, Harvey plays guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, and drums.

Born in rural Victoria, Harvey moved to the suburbs of Melbourne in his childhood. His father was a Church of England Vicar and the family lived adjacent to the church, first in Ormond then later Ashburton. Harvey sang in the church choir from an early age. Harvey, his elder brother Philip and younger brother Sebastian all attended the private boys school Caulfield Grammar School. It was at school in the early 1970s that Harvey met fellow students Nick Cave, Phill Calvert and Tracy Pew. A rock group was formed with Cave (vocals), Harvey (guitar), Calvert (drums) and other students on guitar, bass and saxophone. The band played at parties and school functions with a mixed pre-punk repertoire of Lou Reed, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Alice Cooper and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, among others. Harvey was also a member of the school choir (conducted by actor Norman Kaye), and took extra-curricular lessons from jazz guitarist Bruce Clarke.

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Top Tracks

1	Photograph full track	75
2	Hank Williams Said It Best full track	70
3	Out Of Time Man full track	66
4	I Don't Want You On My Mind full track	65
5	Sad Dark Eyes full track	62
6	Lemon Incest full track	61
7	Here I Am full track	52
8	Come on Spring full track	50
9	Slow-Motion-Movie-Star full track	49
10	Blue Arrows full track	47
11	Home Is Far From Here full track	46
12	No Doubt full track	45
13	The River full track	44
14	Demon Alcohol full track	43
14	Louise full track	43

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ewa-emmerich wrote:
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group for Mick Harvey's fans: http://www.lastfm.pl/group/Mick+Harvey

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verabaxter wrote:
August 2008

Nuevos temas de Vera Baxter en lastfm: www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter saludos desde Argenitna !

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deadjoe wrote:
April 2008

Pop over to my blog to download The Birthday Party bootleg: A Social Gathering for the Celebration of the Anniversary of Someone's Birth: http://boxingduck.blogspot.com/2008/04/birthday-party-social-gathering-bootleg.html

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Parisblues wrote:
April 2008

torrey canyon :)

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[deleted-user] wrote:
February 2008

My fave Aussie!
mozza84 wrote:
February 2008

He did a great job on Gainsbourgs music

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Thagoth wrote:
November 2007

sound interesting...

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rowlandbrowner wrote:
November 2007

I don't think anyone else could cover a Gun Club song quite the way Mick did. His gig in Dublin a few weeks ago was one of my favorite gigs this year.

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BlackCoffeeDuck wrote:
October 2007

got to love Mick!

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saint_rowland wrote:
September 2007

Mick is teh man :)

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alterclatter wrote:
May 2007

nick cave's group warmly welcomes You:) http://www.last.fm/group/Nick+Cave

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April 2006

papi

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