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Lee “Scratch” Perry

Jamaican musician
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Also known as: Rainford Hugh Perry, Scratch Perry
Written by
Greg Kot
Rock Critic (1990-2020), The Chicago Tribune; Co-host, Sound Opinions. Author of Wilco: Learning How to Die and Ripped: How the Wired Generation...
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Byname of:
Rainford Hugh Perry
Born:
March 28, 1936, Kendal, Jamaica
Died:
August 29, 2021, Lucea (aged 85)
Awards And Honors:
Grammy Award (2002)
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Lee “Scratch” Perry (born March 28, 1936, Kendal, Jamaica—died August 29, 2021, Lucea) was a Jamaican producer, songwriter, singer, and disc jockey who helped reshape reggae music. He was among the first Jamaican producer-musicians to use the studio as an instrument, and he pioneered the reggae instrumental form known as dub, in which sections of a rhythm track were removed and others emphasized through echo, distortion, repetition, and backward tape looping. Perry’s debut recording in the early 1960s, “The Chicken Scratch,” earned him his nickname. At Coxsone Dodd’s Studio One in Kingston, he produced hits for reggae singers such as ...(100 of 268 words)

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