RARELY off the road since the demise of Ian Dury in 2000 there’s no doubting that the most lovable, cocky, funny, schoolboy rude and artful characters fromthe punk generation are The Blockheads.
Dury’s lyrics were a unique combination of poetry, word play, earthy humour and deadly-accurate observations of everyday, British working-class life and Derek Hussey’s ruminations in the bands newsongs keep those themes with an added bite for the 21st century.
Hussey is known to the bands followers as Dury’s best friend and minder.
Combined with the Blockheads’ jazz, rock’n’roll, funk, and reggae steamroller sound Dury’s (and now Hussey’s) verbals have created a sound that’s hard to pigeon hole and has become its own genre.
The Blockheads play Cardiff’s Globe on May 24 . Visit globecardiffmusic.com for details.
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