Ernie Savage
Singer/Songwriter, Composer and Storyteller — on piano and guitar.
Watch & Listen
Harry: Songs & Stories
An hour of conversation about Harry Nilsson — the man, the music, the Brooklyn beginnings and the Nyack years — with 40-year broadcast veteran Frank LoBuono on Hudson River Radio’s “Being Frank.” Stories from a friendship with Harry, told by the man who performs him — with four songs played live along the way.
About Celebrate Nilsson ▸Host — the Celebrate Nilsson Room, NERFA 2026
All three nights, November 12–14, The Desmond, Albany. A late-night salon in the spirit of Harry Nilsson: the host at the piano and guitar with Nilsson’s songs and stories, and invited guest songwriters performing their own best story songs and ballads.
Thu · Fri · Sat
Ernie Savage
Ernie Savage is a New York–based composer, songwriter, and performer whose four decades of musical work span live performance, studio production, and composition for television.
He co-composed the theme for NBC’s Early Today, heard nationwide for nearly a decade, and received the 2005 Promax Gold Award for Best Show Theme.
Savage held a residency at Sambucca Jazz Club in Houston (1998–2000). His live album Swing This received worldwide radio airplay and critical acclaim, and he and his band were routinely featured in the Houston Chronicle.
He curated and led a weekly Thursday night music series at New York’s historic Friars Club that became a regular staple for entertainment professionals, including Sally Jesse Raphael, Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, Lisa Lampanelli and Jeff Ross.
His six-month Friday night engagement fronting his 10-piece big band at New York City’s Carnegie Club was a sellout.
Performances for corporate clients include American Express, Deloitte, Coca-Cola, and Apple. His studio production work ranges from pop and rock icons such as Stephen Stills and David Johansen to renowned chanteuses and recording artists such as Lisa Zane and Deanna Kirk.
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Current Shows
Celebrate Nilsson
The emotional and deeply human songs of Harry Nilsson — music where sweetness and melancholy live side by side. Songs such as Everybody’s Talkin’ · Without You · Gotta Get Up · Coconut · Remember · One · Spaceman · 1941, reimagined through solo piano, acoustic guitar, and voice. Between performances, Ernie shares brief reflections on Nilsson’s life, the era that shaped his music, and the remarkable musical imagination that made him one of the most distinctive voices of the singer-songwriter era.
Secret Ballads NYC
An intimate live concert of iconic and forgotten ballads, hosted in a private Manhattan studio near Bryant Park. Songs associated with artists such as Elton John · Paul Simon · Carole King · Harry Nilsson · Billy Joel · Don McLean · Jimmy Webb, reinterpreted through solo piano, acoustic guitar, and voice. Between performances, Ernie shares brief reflections on the writers, the era, and the craft behind the songs. Come inhabit the songs — the beautiful ones, the melancholy ones, the ones that stay with you.
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Celebrate the Songwriters: Radio 1967–1977
The companion show — eighteen songs from the decade FM radio raised us on, and the writers behind them. Story-driven, built for listening rooms and theaters.
The Salon Series
Limited-seating concerts in a private Manhattan studio, running year-round in New York.