Thursday music corner: Ian Dury (1942-2000) was an English punk rock and new wave singer-songwriter who, with his band the Blockheads, released 11 studio albums, including one posthumously. The band's second album New Boots and Panties!! (1977) and fourth album Do It Yourself (1979), both on Stiff Records, reached the top five of the UK album charts. A former polio sufferer, Dury was a prominent activist in the music world for disability rights. He died of cancer in March 2000, aged 57.
Sweet Gene Vincent was the first single from New Boots and Panties!! While it failed to chart, it was ranked as number 13 in the NME tracks of 1977 list. The song focuses on the pioneering American rocker whose 1971 death purportedly spurred Dury into pursuing his rock career.
Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Sweet Gene Vincent (live, 1978)
See also:Music: Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick (1978)
Music: Ian Dury & the Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful Pt.3 (1979)
Music: Ian Dury - Profoundly in Love With Pandora (1985)
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