Row 1: DMX, Biz Markie, Dusty Hill, Charlie Watts, Joey Jordison, Nanci Griffith and B.J. Thomas. Row 2: Mary Wilson, George Wein, Michael Nesmith, Terence “Astro” Wilson, Tom T. Hall, Stephen Sondheim and Graeme Edge. Row 3: Chick Corea, Gift of Gab, Bunny Wailer, Shock G and Sylvain Sylvain.…

Lee “Scratch” Perry, courtesy. Artist and producer Lee “Scratch” Perry, a reggae pioneer, inventor of dub music, whose use of recording techniques also made significant gains for hip-hop, dance and rock music, died Sunday at 85 in his home country of Jamaica. His passing, first reported by the Jamaican Observer,…

More than 40 years before he won a Grammy for 2002’s Jamaican E.T., Jamaican-Swiss legend Lee “Scratch” Perry invented dub music. His unmistakable sound has taken him on an illustrious artistic, political and spiritual journey over the course of 68 albums by himself and with The Upsetters. Besides mentoring Bob…