Baxter Dury

来自英国的Baxter Dury,14岁就辍学,在别人看来一事无成.好在他的父亲是当时英国活跃的新浪潮乐队Ian Dury and the Blockheads的主唱,从小耳濡目染的Baxter很自然的走上音乐的道路.01年发行了首张EP"Oscar Brown"曾登上NME的'Record of the Week' .2002年由Rough Trade厂牌发行了这张处女作.展现了Baxter Dury非凡的创作能力,是的.这是一张从头到尾不需要按"下一首"的专辑.
by MacKenzie Wilson
Ian Dury's only son didn't think he'd follow his famous father's lead into music. He thought it would be too easy, an obvious expectation. Alas, Baxter Dury found himself writing songs and crafting a music career by age 30, but the elder Dury didn't live to see it.
Baxter Dury was born in the early 1970s while his parents, Ian and Betty Dury, were barely out of art college. His childhood was surrounded by his father's musical fracas with Kilburn & the High Roads, and eventually Ian Dury & The Blockheads. Baxter didn't enjoy school and found himself kicked out of several institutions by the time he was 15. Soul, funk and jazz provided an escape, but Baxter couldn't completely ignore his education. When his Dad went off to work with Roman Polanski for the 1986 swashbuckler Pirates, Baxter was left with the Sulphate Strangler. The Sulphate Strangler, who was covered in tattoos and stood at 6'8'', was an ex-roadie for Led Zeppelin and a Blockhead pal. He basically became Baxter's minder during those teenage years.
By his mid-twenties, Baxter started writing songs with Blockhead Mickey Gallagher's son, Ben. He'd worked in a watch shop and participated in various indie films, but music now made sense. A deal with Island faded almost immediately. Several years later, he befriended Geoff Travis at Rough Trade in hopes of getting something together. Sadly, Ian Dury lost his battle with cancer in March 2000, but Baxter made it a brilliant moment. He made his singing debut at his father's wake singing "My Old Man" in his honor. Shortly thereafter, Baxter landed in Austin, TX to write songs for a debut album. He also hooked up with Portishead's Geoff Barrow and Adrian Utley and Pulp's Richard Hawley for extra help. The Oscar Brown EP appeared in the UK in summer 2001. Two years later, Baxter Dury showcased his gritty folk-rock with his worldwide debut Len Parrot's Memorial Lift.