Ian Dury’s High Road
Richard Balls, Omnibus Press, 2000
An extract from Sex & Drugs & RocknRoll: The Life of Ian Dury, by Richard Balls, first published by Omnibus Press in 2000. (300pp, currently available in softback at £9.95)
Total word count of piece: 6716
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