Phyllis Pollack's interview with Lee "Scratch" Perry includes some comments about Keith's contribution to his new CD, Revelation:




On Revelation, Keith Richards appears on the track “Book of Moses,” playing funky blues guitar, offering an enticing vamp and double stops. The fusion of blues guitar with Perry’s vocals is exquisite.

Perry says of Richards, “We don’t meet person to person. We meet spiritually. We speak through the spiritual world to each other through the music. The music is our god, a God blessed power, like when we are talking on the phone now, so when I send out a message, people like that can understand what is perfect and is right, and Keith Richards also, he’s on a mission like me. I’m on a mission working for God. Me and Keith, we talk to each other in the spirit, and we know what were talking about because we’re coming from the same place. Some of us where we came from, some of us are human beings and some of us are angels in human form, and we came here to fight against people who are doing the wrong things to other people.”

Perry is intensely modest, as he expresses gratitude to his upcoming album’s two special guests. He emphasizes, “I want to give thanks to Keith Richards, and George Clinton. To them both. They did not want money from me or anything like that (for playing on the album). I want to give special thanks to Keith Richards and to George Clinton. It was a gift, a present to me, playing free, these songs for me, singing for me.”

Perry says he wants to repay them for their generosity. “It will come back to them from me, Lee “Scratch” Perry, like a servant. They are like how people really should be. Great flavor with great savor. I have great love for them.”

“I want to work with both of them in the future on their records,” he adds. “They gave me their service free, and I’m going to give them my service in return to Keith and to George.”

I asked Lee if he wants to contribute to one of their songs or albums. “That is coming in the future,” says Perry, who wants to offer some Upsetter stylings in return. “Sure. For Keith Richards to do what he wants with it, and I want for George Clinton to do what he wants to it. I will work with them as The Upsetter.”

In closing our interview, Perry implores of me, “Remember to send a special thanks to George Clinton, personal thanks to Keith Richards, and I am hoping to do also a reggae funk album with George Clinton, and a reggae rock album with Keith Richards in return of the acceptance.” He then laughs, as if seeing an angel nearby.

This is Jah love.


Full interview @ blogcritics.org


Listen to a sample of 'Book Of Moses' here.

Many thanks for posting the sample.  With regard to the previous joint effort on Scratch Came Scratch Saw Scratch Conquered I find 'Heavy Voodoo' drab but 'Once There's A Will......' very good.  Track 3 (non Keef) 'Saint Selassie' is the finest piece of Scratch work for nearly 30 years.....for me anyway!

Bitch wrote on Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:26am:


wow.......I like his Scratch stuff and most of his guest appearances. Stones these days are so corporate I'm sure there is a date sometime when he and Mick will sit down and conjour up another Streets of love for us. I have little hope for a new abum that will move me and so takes what I can get........hang in there Bitch maybe we will all be stunned in the future?

Bitch wrote on Aug 4^th, 2010 at 10:26am:



Simple. Guesting on someone else's record takes a few hours. Writing and working on a Stones record takes a few months. It also requires three other people to want to do it as well. Plus a fair amount of inspiration, which when you're 50 years into a career and your motivation and skills have been weakened by years of abuse and the comfort zone of age and extreme wealth, doesnt come that easy.

Plus he's had far more important things to deal with in the last year or so.