Baxter Dury

Baxter Dury is not prone to self-congratulation or the prideful boast. He does not humble brag. He describes his accomplishments with the air of a man awaiting the other shoe to drop. Nevertheless, even he knows that Allbarone is the album of his career so far. Push him hard enough, he’ll almost say so himself. “I don’t want to say it’s contemporary, ” he summarises. “Because I sound like a c*** using that word. But it does sound really contemporary. It doesn’t sound like a Harrods hamper band made it. It doesn’t sound like a band made it all. Which is what I wanted most of all. It’s just something that’s brand new for me. It’s quite exciting, really.” Which in Baxter Dury-speak is as good as proclaiming “I’m top of the world!”