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In 1980 Lee Scratch Perry Tried To Bust Paul McCartney From A Japanese Jail With This Letter

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In 1980 Lee Scratch Perry Tried To Bust Paul McCartney From A Japanese Jail With This Letter

One time producer for reggae legend, Bob Marley, Lee 'Scratch' Perry, performing his own style of dub reggae, which was mixed by the 'Mad Professor', at POD on St. Patrick's Day, in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

One time producer for reggae legend, Bob Marley, Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, performing his own style of dub reggae, which was mixed by the ‘Mad Professor’, at POD on St. Patrick’s Day, in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

 

ON January 16th of 1980,  Paul McCartney was busted for weed. Japanese customs officials at Narita International Airport found  7.7 ounces of cannabis in the former Beatle’s singer’s bags. For his pains – he’d been travelling with his four children and wife, Linda –  Macca scored 10-days stay in a Tokyo prison. The Japan leg of the Wings tour was cancelled.

 

 

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Posted: 16th, January 2014 | In: Celebrities, Flashback, Key Posts | Comments (3)