{"id":7848,"date":"2026-01-06T12:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-prodigious-son\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:30:00","slug":"the-prodigious-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/the-prodigious-son\/","title":{"rendered":"THE PRODIGIOUS SON"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“I was brought up by two ambitious artistic people,” says Baxter Dury. (Photo by Tom Beard)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A quarter century since the passing of his father \u2014 beloved Cockney poet, punk, and actor Ian Dury \u2014 there is much that unites the sound of vocalist-composer Baxter Dury to his dad. And more that does not. Especially now that Baxter\u2019s dry, witty brand of sing-speak is married to the bubbling-over electronic music of last Fall\u2019s Allbarone<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a forensic question, innit<\/em>?\u201d poses Baxter about connecting the dots between father and son. \u201cThere is a London growl to my voice that\u2019s deep. I don\u2019t sing. He didn\u2019t sing. We share outsider music. Is all that by accident? Of course not. I was brought up by two ambitious artistic people [his mom is portraitist Elizabeth Rathmell]. His influence is there. When I work, I often think about his delivery and timing, not all the time. Do the words, \u2018nepo baby\u2019 frighten me? No. I love it. So, where do you go from there?\u201d<\/p>\n

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