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Ian Dury & the Blockheads,

with Dury centre and Jankel third from right.

Photograph: David Corio/Redferns

Interview

‘Ian Dury was a voice for the disenfranchised’:

Chaz Jankel, the man who made the Blockheads funky

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Tue 23 May 2023    08.44 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/23/
ian-dury-was-a-voice-for-the-disenfranchised-chaz-jankel-the-man-who-made-the-blockheads-funky

Ian Dury (...) was one

of few true originals

of the English music scene,

the only man

to successfully combine

the energy and excitement

of rock 'n' roll and funk

with the bawdy humour,

wit and home-spun

philosophy of music-hall

and of his native Essex.

The fact

that he had been crippled

since childhood,

and was severely ill

during his final years

as a performer,

merely added to his stature.

He was truly brave

- both physically and in the way

he approached his music.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/27/
guardianobituaries.robindenselow

https://www.theguardian.com/music/
ian-dury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dury

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/23/
ian-dury-was-a-voice-for-the-disenfranchised-
chaz-jankel-the-man-who-made-the-blockheads-funky

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/dec/14/
i-dont-like-to-dwell-on-the-dark-side-
jane-horrocks-on-life-on-her-own-family-and-first-love-ian-dury

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/jul/22/
ian-dury-art-show

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/oct/20/ian-dury-daughter-jemima

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2010/jan/15/baxter-dury

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/27/
guardianobituaries.robindenselow 

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