Lee Scratch Perry Live

scratch is insane and still touring. worth seeing musically still or just as a spectacle or neither?

I've seen him 3 times. Fair to say he was a little more "as a spectacle" each time. Check whether he has a live band on stage or if it's just Mad Professor spinning.

if he turns up it's a spectacle more than anything. seen him twice and he no-showed twice.

  On 9/27/2011 at 4:42 PM, troon said:

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i see troon so are you saying that he's worth seeing musically still or just as a spectacle or neither?

i've no opinion on perry. he is a legend in his own right

but who's opinion is "he is a legend in his own right"?

not mine

Go see him - even if it's just Mad Professor spinning - he puts on an excellent show.

mad professor is such warm and fuzzy sound. so many to choose, i'm particularly fond of no protection reworks + schizophrenic dub

i missed it and didnt even see your replies sorry.

I saw him live in Los Angeles last night. It was my first time. He played with Subatomic Soundsystem and a live brass/conga backup band. He had a large plate of fruit skewered by about 50 burning incense sticks.

It was a late one. I left around 1:30am and he was showing no signs of stopping. On stage, Lee smoked 3 joints, rambled incoherent freestyle for most of the night, almost punched a couple people and poured half a bottle of water all over his hat. Gotta say, dude has killer fashion sense.

Also, I didn’t even smoke any weed and my car interior STILL smells like a juicy bong rip. Wild night.

I saw him about 5-10 years ago, show was a total mess. He was making his backup singers (all young women) very uncomfortable by constantly talking about his dick.

Yup. I saw him about 2 years ago. At first he didn't want to get out on stage because he wasn't allowed to smoke. It was a total mess and it didn't seem like he knew any of the lyrics to any of his songs. Also, his dick got into play during his ramblings between songs.

I loved it.