◇ image via WikipediaLee "Scratch" Perry
Lee "Scratch" Perry is a Drum and bass and Reggae act. Their catalogue also touches Ska. Their sound grew out of Coxsone Dodd, Youth, Trojan Records, Bedhead and Vincent "Randy" Chin. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee "Scratch" Perry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, Junior Murvin, King Tubby, Mikey Dread and Max Romeo, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Smash Mouth, Junior Byles, DJ Z-Trip, Peter Tosh and Jonny Greenwood, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 65 connections around Lee "Scratch" Perry, reaching back through Coxsone Dodd and forward to Smash Mouth. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Lee "Scratch" Perry connections
Lee "Scratch" Perry grew out of Coxsone Dodd, Youth, Trojan Records and Bedhead, shares an orbit with Lee "Scratch" Perry & The Upsetters, Junior Murvin, King Tubby and Mikey Dread, went on to shape Smash Mouth, Junior Byles, DJ Z-Trip and Peter Tosh. 65 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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