I thought, ‘He’s got it, man - he just keeps working!’” He’d come off a Blockhead tour and go straight on the road with his band! And I used to love it. And all the time Wilko was touring with The Blockheads - we did Australia, all over Europe and England - he had his band, Solid Senders and they were still going at the time, too. He toured with us for about two and a half years. Norman: “Yeah, we’re good mates, we always got on well. Me and Norm were just mates straight away, weren’t we, Norm?” I was thinking of quitting and he said, ‘Listen, The Blockheads are down the studio at the minute - do you wanna come along and make a single with them?’ And I went, ‘Wow!’ because I was a raving fan of Norman, but I didn’t know him, right? I just remember seeing a live Blockheads show on the telly and I remember the next day going, ‘Did you see Ian Dury? Did you see the fuckin’ bass player?!’ And so I was really, really excited and I thought ‘Yeah, I’d like to go down just for that!’ So I went down and they asked me to join the band. Wilko: “What happened first was I bumped into Ian and told him I was a bit down in the dumps. I remember seeing a live Blockheads show on the telly and the next day going, ‘Did you see the fuckin’ bass player?!’ You guys have been working together for a long time now - how did it all start?
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