Tune of the Week: RIP Lee "Scratch" Perry

Lee “Scratch” Perry was enigmatic. On top of doing very peculiar things, he often would speak in coded language. He would play with words: at times to mask any true feelings or meanings, at other times to simply mess with people’s minds. In this song, taken from “Rainford” his fourth album made with Adrian Sherwood, we hear the Upsetter earnestly tell his own life story. The honesty he brings to the microphone is disarming and endearing. Lots of people will be talking about Scratch in the coming weeks, but there was only one true authority on the matter. RIP one of the true Masters of the Universe.