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A plea for mirrors and no more weed from Lee Scratch Perry
Lee Scratch Perry has politely requested his fans relent from giving him weed. He has plenty. If you must give anything, give mirrors. The fabled reggae star tweets:
You know what’s coming don’t, you? Yep, mirrors being reclassified as a Class C drugs.
Posted: 15th, March 2019 | In: Celebrities, Key Posts, Music, The Consumer | Comment
Zion blood is flowing: Lee Scratch Perry’s Vision Of Paradise And Top 10 Songs
Lee Scratch Perry’s Vision Of Paradise is the story of the great music man’s life. German filmmaker Volker Schaner tells Mojo about his film of the great Upsetter:
“There is something so mysterious and sparkling in Lee Perry’s music. I always wanted to understand this man and his cosmos, and to make a film with and about him.”
Perry’s music is a mix of the mystical, spectral and the touchable.
These are our top 10 Lee Scratch Perry songs:
Roast Fish And Cornbread:
Junior Murvin Police & Thieves
Disco Devil
Roast Duck
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Posted: 7th, July 2015 | In: Key Posts, Music, Reviews | Comment
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.
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)
