Baxter Dury (born 18 December 1971) is an English

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musician, originally signed to

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Early life

Baxter Dury is the son of

Ian Dury Ian Robins Dury (12 May 1942 27 March 2000) was a British singer, songwriter and actor who rose to fame during the late 1970s, during the punk and new wave era of rock music. He was the lead singer and lyricist of Ian Dury and the Blockheads an ...

and his wife Elizabeth "Betty" Rathmell. As a young boy he appeared on the front cover of Dury's album ''

New Boots and Panties!! ''New Boots and Panties!!'' is the debut studio album by Ian Dury, released in the UK on Stiff Records on 30 September 1977. The record covers a diverse range of musical styles which reflect Dury's influences and background in pub rock, taking ...

''. He left school at the age of fourteen. The Ian Dury biopic ''

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'' (2010) features

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as Baxter.

Career

In 2002 Dury's ''Oscar Brown EP'' was "Record of the Week" in ''

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''. In 2014 he signed a new

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with PIAS subsidiary Le Label and released a new album ''It's A Pleasure''. In October 2017 Dury previewed the releases of his first album for

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with the release of the single "Miami" alongside a video produced by Roger Sargent. In March 2019 Dury appeared on the

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single "Tastes Good With The Money", also appearing in the video. In August 2021 Dury combined with producer

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for the single "Baxter (These Are My Friends)".

Personal life

He has one son, Kosmo Korda Dury (born 2002), whose mother is the granddaughter of

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Discography

The discography of Baxter Dury consists of six studio albums, one collaboration album, one compilation album, one extended play and fourteen singles.

Studio albums

Compilation albums

* ''Mr. Maserati (Best Of Baxter Dury 2001 - 2021)'' (2021, PIAS Le Label, Heavenly)

Singles and EPs

*''Oscar Brown EP'' (2001) *"Gingham Smalls 2" / "Lucifer's Grain" (2002) *"Love in the Garden" (2006) *"Claire" (2011) *"Pleasure" (2014) *"Palm Trees" (2014) *"Miami" (2017) *"Prince of Tears" (2017) *"White Coats" (2018) (with

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and Delilah Holliday) *"How Do You Make Me Feel?" (2018) (with

and Delilah Holliday) *"Slumlord" (2019) *"Carla's Got A Boyfriend" (2019) *"I'm Not Your Dog" (2020) *"Say Nothing" (Remixes) (2020) *"D.O.A" (2021)

References

External links

* Living people 1972 births English male singers English rock guitarists English pop guitarists English male guitarists British indie rock musicians Rough Trade Records artists 21st-century English singers 21st-century British guitarists 21st-century British male singers Heavenly Recordings artists {{England-musician-stub