Michael John Harvey (born 29 August 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia), is a
rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer best known for his long collaboration with singer-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 young…
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