'Scratch' Perry grabs Grammy
published: Monday | February 24, 2003
LEE 'SCRATCH' Perry, born Rainford Hugh Perry, is the 45th Grammy Awards winner for 'Best Reggae Album' for his 2002 release Jamaican E.T.
The Grammy Awards were presented yesterday at New York's Madison Square Garden.With Clement 'Sir Coxsone' Dodd, Perry is often credited with the creation of reggae and dub. He produced, among others, Bob Marley and The Wailers, creating such songs as Small Axe and Duppy Conqueror before the group signed with Island Records in 1973.
His Black Ark studio in Kingston saw the creation of the most innovative reggae in history before it burnt to the ground in 1983 and Perry went into self-imposed exile. He is now a resident of Zurich, Switzerland.
