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Chaz Jankel (Ian Dury and the Blockheads)
Chaz Jankel and I discuss his changing his name at 13; his neighborhood growing up; producing an album in Port Jefferson, NY; skiffle music; Lonnie Donnegan; being into Afro-American bands of the 60s and 70s; Mill Hill School; Jews in punk; St. Martin's School of the Arts; turning to music; buying a Wurlitzer electric piano; getting a call from Kilburn and the High Roads; meeting Ian Dury; writing songs together; "Sex and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll"; popularizing that phrase; putting together and naming the Blockheads; Chaz's soul vs. Ian's pub band roots; Ian being institutionalized and marginalized with polio; his boarding school life was tough; Ornette Coleman inspiration; touring with Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello; Top of the Pops; how it easier to be #1 in a small country like England; "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick", a sure and long lasting hit; hits are rare; "Wake Up and Make Love with Me"; "Inbetweenies"; comedy; living and working in New York; me going to London in July at 106 degrees; grass came back to normal color; getting lost; satellite navigation; "Spasticus Autisticus; writing his autobiography; his bizarre appearance on American Bandstand; his dance and other hits; why Ian Dury and the Blockheads never came to the US
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