Showing posts with label Ian Dury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ian Dury. Show all posts

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Hustle Bustle




















Costello does a Dury, live at Leicester Uni, 1977. Featuring Davey Payne, that fine fine saxophone man of the Blockheads. No need to hustle...

Elvis Costello - Roadette Song

Monday, January 9, 2012

Straight Life




















"I wanna be straight, I wanna be straight, I'm sick and tired of taking drugs and staying up late..." Following up on a conversation with faithful reader Holly in the post below this one, here's a fun showdown between messrs. Richman and Dury. And as a chaser: a hot quartet of not so straight jazz cuts.

The Modern Lovers - I'm Straight
Ian Dury & The Blockheads - I Wanna Be Straight
Art Pepper - Straight Life
Thelonious Monk - Straight No Chaser
Hank Mobley - Straight No Filter
Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Straight Life