Being the eager student seeking to increase my musical education and learn more about the reggae pioneer, I knew I had to be there when the Lee “Scratch” Perry documentary was being screened by Blue Sunshine.
The documentary was pretty informative for anyone that knew little about Lee “Scratch” Perry. I was privy to some stories about Lee “Scratch” Perry long before. My reggae music mentor and Dansez Chez Vous colleague Dubny told me a lot about the Black Ark Studio, his burning it down and his marriage to a younger woman. Most of what I was told was confirmed. I got to hear Lee “Scratch” Perry's perspective and see archived footage to go along with the stories.
I hadn’t taken notes in the dark since my Introduction to Film Studies class. The documentary stated the Lee “Scratch” Perry songs and artists and I wrote down as many as I could for my future research.
Dub Echoes made me understand how important Lee Perry is to electronic music.
Perry is as peculiar as he was described and I imagined.
Regardless of those eccentricities, he is responsible for a great deal where reggae music is concerned, especially its greatest export Bob Marley & the Wailers.
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