Despite suffering from polio in his school years Ian Dury overcame this and managed to carve out a niche for himself and his band during the late seventies. He was one of the finest English song lyricists of his generation (and I am in good company here as this view is endorsed by Suggs of Madness) where his wicked sense of humour came in handy; it also helped that the Blockheads were a bunch of great musicians best experienced live which I was lucky enough to do on a couple of occassions.
He passed in 2000 but his songs remain to be enjoyed today.
To close here is the number he wrote for his musical hero while growing up Sweet Gene Vincent.
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Sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll used to be played over here quite a bit, at least on my local radio stations in the Philadelphia area.
:)
I inherited his locker at boarding school... beat that!
rt, Now that is surprising - never thought that their sounds had travelled across the pond.
Noddy, With a Rhythm Stick?
I assume (if Wiki is to be believed) that this would have been the Royal Grammar School High Wycombe?
Might have been.
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