◇ 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 Trojan Records, Bedhead, Vincent "Randy" Chin, Dennis Bovell and Zap Pow. Those roots explain a lot about how Lee "Scratch" Perry arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Junior Murvin, King Tubby, Prince Jammy, U-Roy and The Heptones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mikey Dread, Smash Mouth, Niney the Observer, Michael Rose and Eyesburn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 57 connections around Lee "Scratch" Perry, reaching back through Trojan Records and forward to Mikey Dread. 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 Trojan Records, Bedhead, Vincent "Randy" Chin and Dennis Bovell, shares an orbit with Junior Murvin, King Tubby, Prince Jammy and U-Roy, went on to shape Mikey Dread, Smash Mouth, Niney the Observer and Michael Rose. 57 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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