âThere are quite a lot of gentle, posh folk living in this block, but we are the mavericks,â says Baxter Dury, talking from his roomy Hammersmith flat that overlooks the Thames. âHistorically, weâve been causing a lot of noise here for 40 years. Weâre the noise subversives.â
The London-born musician has been living in the apartment for a few years now, but itâs a property that has been in the family for four decades. His father, Ian Dury, first moved here to spend more time with the Stiff label family, touring with the likes of Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe, as well as his new band, The Blockheads. As a kid, Baxter found himself split between a sleepy Hertfordshire vicarage with his mother (the artist Betty Rathmell) and the bohemianâŠ
