Ian Dury!

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This is only my second thread on this site, so I'm sorry if there is something wrong with this in anyway.

For those of you who don't know who Ian Dury is. He was a british singer who wrote poetry punk music with his band, the blockheads, during the 70s. The reason why I decided to make a topic about him was because he was diagnosed with polio at a young age, he was crippled through his life. He is actually a massive inspiration on me, because he was a punk {or just a rock star even} who had a bad boy attitude, a gift for song writing, a good sense of humor, and he was disabled. And quite late in his career, he wrote a song for the international year of the disabled, called I'm Spastcus, Autisticus! And because of my ASD, I see him as a real ledgend for doing what he did as a rock star, when he had a disabilty. Makes me think that I could do the same

Here are some links on him

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A61i0Xscj-k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isXNVdguI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSo9OErE ... re=related

There is also a film about him called Sex and drugs and Rock n Roll, which is named after one of his songs. Heres the trailer!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMKjx8ilLCY

My step-dad is Derrick 'the draw'
Hussey, Ian's close friend and
member of the band.

I was a punk in the late 70's and
the movie was excellent.

Wishing you well from sunny London.

Chris

I have always been a big fan