Nick Cave, on a solo North American tour, stopped in Cleveland for the first time in decades to charm and beguile fans with a two-hour show at Playhouse Square's State Theater.
Malcolm X Abram, cleveland.com
Cave and Greenwood entered the nearly bare stage -- which featured only a grand piano, a light and Greenwood’s bass rig -- to a standing ovation. They quickly dug into his discography with The Bad Seeds going back to the ‘90s up through songs from the band’s 2019 album, “Ghosteen.” The set also included material from various side projects, including Grinderman and his duo work with Bad Seed multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis.
Cave is no flashy piano player. The instrument serves the lyrics and the voice and Greenwood was there to add some tasteful melodic bottom end and pulse. Cave said they offering “reduced” versions of 23 songs. No solos or fancy “reimagined” arrangements, so when the lyrics were done the song was done.
“Don’t wait another 30 years!” someone in the back demanded, after the roiling, crowd-pleasing “The Mercy Seat.”
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