THE UPSETTERS - DOLLAR IN THE TEETH

The Upsetters is the name of the studio backing band of Jamaican Reggae producer Lee Scratch Perry, a.k.a. The Upsetter. The members most associated with that name included guitarist Alva Lewis, organist Glen Adams and brothers Aston Barrett and Carlton Barrett on bass and drums respectively, a.k.a. The Hippy Boys. As Lee Perrys studio band, the Upsetters had three distinct line-ups, though, throughout the years 1968-1986.

1968-1969: Gladdys All Stars with Gladston Anderson and Winston Wright (keyboards), Jackie Jackson (bass), Hugh Malcom and Lloyd Adams (drums). They recorded the UK hits Duppy Conqueror or 400 Years. In the rise to superstardom the bands began to go their separate ways early in 1972. The Barrett brothers, the creativest rhythm section before Sly & Robbie, joined Marley to become known as the new Wailers which Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer left later on for successful solo carees. As a consequence Perrys Upsetters virtually didnt exist until he built his own Black Ark Studio.

1974-1979: Black Ark Players of which Boris Gardiner (bass), Mikey Richards, Sly Dunbar and Benbow Creary (drums), Earl Chinna Smith (guitar), Winston Wright and Keith Stirling (keyboards) can be considered a core of the band. They developed the new psychedelic sound thats unique to the Black Ark and was impressively captured on albums like Heart of the Congos or War Ina Babylon.

As Perry himself purports the legend he purposely burned down the Black Ark, one morning in 1983, to eventually turn his back on Jamaican Reggae for good. The story of the Upsetters ends around 1986 and can be told in various different ways

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[AbbottSupreme]

Lee "SCRATCH" Perry is the BOSS -:)

[breathoffreshair360]

@AbbottSupreme Lee "SCRATCH" Perry is one bad mother.....shut your mouth and I can dig it :O)

[TheBadcoiqx]

Ogghh LOL GTA:LONDON 

[NLB90805]

I need a RUDE GIRL!

[malcolmcog]

Proper Tyburn House Friday Night disco sounds !

[hathechewed]

Boss Skinhead.....

[hathechewed]

Pipecock.....

[hathechewed]

didnt he start off as King Perry, and also went under something Jackxon cant remember the first name

[djsweetthing]

Thanks for posting this.

[miseraplebs]

one of the best off-beat stompers that remains me to my youth"!!!! Boss sounds rules ya! Cheers.

[goo201]

What a timeless classic!!! respect from a brumie kid UK goo201.