Dreadfully sad news. Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry, the mighty Upsetter had passed away, aged 85. https://t.co/5M1Pp30yOM
— Trojan Records (@trojanrecords) August 29, 2021
RAINFORD HUGH "LEE SCRATCH" PERRY 1936 - 2021
— On-U Sound (@onusound) August 29, 2021
There are not many people who can genuinely claim to have changed the course of popular music but Lee is one of them. R.I.P.
Photo by Kishi Yamamoto pic.twitter.com/zYAvWdrTUq
Blessed journey into the infinite.
— YASUKE (@flyinglotus) August 29, 2021
RIP Lee “Scratch” Perry pic.twitter.com/CBAoMTnfd0
Goodbye lee -a life well lived https://t.co/fh33Rp12It
— mark stewart (@_markstewart) August 29, 2021
We send love, light, respect, our condolences to the LEGENDARY Lee 'Scratch' Perry and his family and fans worldwide! May his soul Rest In Peace! pic.twitter.com/DGunmefBod
— Living Colour (@LivingColour) August 29, 2021
RIP #LSP pic.twitter.com/dPfyNn9f8F
— Geoff Barrow (@jetfury) August 29, 2021
such sad news about the passing of the mighty and absolute visioneer Lee Scratch Perry.. I was so excited to have him on @WfSete in 2020... alongside Sherwood Mala and Jah Shaka... a night of imagined dreams passed.... but the music and source will live forever. RIP
— Gilles Peterson (@gillespeterson) August 29, 2021
RIP Lee Scratch Perry #theupsetter #dubpioneer@ScratchLee pic.twitter.com/0awikP8bxb
— Billy Idol (@BillyIdol) August 29, 2021
I tire of the trope that genius rides shotgun with madness, but few people were as weird or cast as long a shadow as Lee Perry. His records were shocking and became talismans for anybody who ever tried to manifest the sound in their head.
— steve albini (@electricalWSOP) August 29, 2021
Requiescat. https://t.co/MpGpT6W2cc
few more important figures in the music of the 20th century. he expanded the vocabulary of studio sound; lived a long life & leaves a lasting legacy. play his music for your kids, see how instantly they love it. it's universal. safe travels home to God. https://t.co/SvnQPpsa59
— The Mountain Goats (@mountain_goats) August 29, 2021
Lee Perry made the sound of the future and we still haven’t caught up. RIP Scratch! #leeperry pic.twitter.com/BwCo12GQ09
— The Coral (@thecoralband) August 29, 2021
LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY
— ANDREW W.K. (@AndrewWK) August 29, 2021
1936-2021https://t.co/67Fwuwu1jw
It says something about who he was - and who we are as a result - that the death of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry was the third of only three items on the @BBCRadio4 news bulletin at 7pm, after Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida. RIP The Great Upsetter
— Billy Bragg (@billybragg) August 29, 2021
rest in peace lee scratch perry
— jenny lewis (@jennylewis) August 29, 2021
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His adventure continues beyond this realm pic.twitter.com/Ta3JWsXI7w
— Tim Burgess (@Tim_Burgess) August 29, 2021