dods gigs + other things

LIQUID ROOMS EDINBURGH 26-03-07

Lee "Scratch" Perry (born Rainford Hugh Perry, on March 20, 1936, in Kendal, Jamaica) is a reggae and dub artist, who has been highly influential in the development and acceptance of reggae and dub music in Jamaica and overseas. He is sometimes known as "The Upsetter."

I COULDNT WAIT FOR THE SHOW TO START SEEING MY IDOL FOR THE 1ST TIME IN ABOUT 5 YEARS..

THE UPSETTER BAND CAME ON AND STARTED THE EVENING WITH A MELLOW REGGAE JAM. THROUGH THE DOOR AT THE SIDE OF THE STAGE LEE WAS WAITING WITH HIS MIKE, AND STARTED SINGING "INTRODUCING MYSELF" I,M LEE SCRATCH PERRY AS HE WALKED ON TO THE STAGE TO RAPTOROUS APPLAUSE

.DECKED OUT IN HIS USUAL HAT + BOOTS.. HE THEN TOLD THE CROWD HE LOVED THEM AND THAT HE WAS NOT 71 YEARS OLD BUT 8 AS 7 + 1= 8.

ALSO SANG SOME OLDIES INCLUDING "ROAST FISH + CORNBREAD"  "I,M A MADMAN"  "PAPA WAS A ROLLIN STONE"  "LEGALISE GANJA" ..IN BETWEEN SONGS THERE WAS LOTS OF BANTER,SPEECHES, HE WAS LIKE PROPHET PREACHING TO HIS PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SAID PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR AND WE ALL DID AND HE SAID THATS WHY I LOVE YOU AS YOUR ARE OBEDIENT..

NEEDLESS TO SAY THE UPSETTER EXPERIENCE IS ONE THAT YOU NEED TO SEE FOR YOURSELF, AS THE LEE "SCRATCH " PERRY SHOW IS AN ALMOST MYSTICAL TIME..

WAS SO IMMENSED IN THE GIG THAT 75 MINUTES HAD PASSED IN FLASH + LEE WAS SINGING  "OPEN DOOR" AS HE WAS WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND AS QUICK AS THE MAGIC NITE HAD  STARTED IT HAD ENDED..

THIS GENIUS HAS BEEN SOUGHT OUT TO WORK WITH BY MANY ARTISTS INC. THE CLASH,JOHN MARTYN, BOB MARLEY + THE WAILERS AND MANY OF JAMACIA,S REGGAE STARS..

WHILE WAITING FOR MY LIFT HOME I SAW THE BOUNCERS COMING THE SIDE OF THE VENUE WITH LEE, MANAGED TO ASK HIM FOR A PHOTO + HE DULY OBLIGED, BUT I WAS IN AWE, (FOR EVERYONE THAT KNOWS ME,)  I AM NEVER STUCK FOR WORDS OR NERVOUS ABOUT TALKING TO ANYONE, THIS WAS THE NITE FOR BEING SPEECHLESS .I TOTALLY WAS STUCK FOR WORDS..

THIS NITE REMINDED ME WHY I LIKE THIS GUY SO MUCH + HOW MUSIC MAKES YOU FEEL SO GOOD, IMAGING YOUR FAVE BAND + HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO MEET THEM, AND YOU WILL FEEL HALF OF WHAT I FELT.

       me + the legend.

more pics at  http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f67/upsetter/lee%20scratch%20perry%20liquid%20rooms%20edinburgh%2026-03-07/

http://www.upsetter.net/scratch/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_%22Scratch%22_Perry