What's On Your Rider?

Conway Savage

What’s on your rider?

Red wine and a corkscrew.

What would be on your fantasy rider?

I don’t really have fantasies about food and drink, I’m sorry.

What’s your pre-gig routine?

Drinking of the red wine.

How do you get to the gig?

I skip.

What’s the best gig you’ve been to?

Moscow Circus (I was little and loved tigers).

And the worst?

Let’s not give them more publicity than they deserve.

Ecologically speaking, are you closer to Radiohead 0r Motörhead?

I don’t really know, sorry.

Who is the most famous person to have shown up at one of your gigs?

Nick Cave did my sound at the ATP Festival in Minehead.

Most embarrassing on-stage moment?

My piano stool collapsing (it’s an oldie but a goody).

Groupies – would you?

I’m nothing but human.

How many roadies does it take to change your lightbulbs?

I don’t have lightbulbs, I prefer a fox-terrier with a lit match between its teeth.

Have you a special stage wardrobe?

No, I usually wake up with my suit still on.

Do you like to meet and greet fans after the gig?

It’s nice to be important and important to be nice.

Any useful stage tips?

Try to take your acid after the show.

What’s the worst thing ever thrown at you?

Your mother’s panties.

Who’s invited to your aftershow party?

Friends and relatives.

-  In conversation with TONY CLAYTON-LEA.Conway Savage plays Galway on August 7th, Dublin August 8th and Dundalk, Co Louth on August 13th