The RC INTERVIEW: Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry
Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, 2004
LET NO ONE tell you otherwise. An hour with reggae maverick Lee Scratch Perry is a wondrous thing. His madness, however stage-managed, is there, almost like an old music-hall huckster bringing forth his tricks, dazzling with his variety of potions, clanking his jewellery; Brother Lees travelling show.
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