Son Of Ian Dury Brings Pleasure To Village Underground — londonist.com

Baxter Dury might one day get sick of being described as the son of legendary London singer Ian Dury, but for the time being it’s likely the easiest way to get new fans on board. Not everybody knows that the Blockheads frontman had a son, not everyone knows that the son is a singer, and certainly not enough know that he’s doing his father bloody proud. He’s been at it for a good long while now in fact, having released his debut album, Len Parrot’s Memorial Lift, as long ago as 2002. The album marked Baxter out as an original new voice, setting aside his dad’s shoutier output in favour of thoughtful and often quite weird songs with titles like Gingham Smalls 2 and Fungus Hedge. At the time the record was well received, but stardom appears to have eluded Baxter since, despite strong second and third albums to back it up.

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