Dee Swift 2001 practice footage (5/5)

The final part of some selected moments from the only existing film of Dee Swift on the scratch, if you've watched all parts then on behalf of Dee thankyou, he lacked the ability to be a 'show-off' and as I said in the first part if he hadn't passed then no way would this ever be up on here, to him there'd be too many mistakes. tasteless moments etc. his filter was so thick that rarely was he satisfied, in one sense this was a godsend in that it made him super-passionate of his artform which combined with his adept nature made him the dope scratcher he'd eventually become but on the flipside it meant that very little of his was ever heard out loud, this isn't to say he was obsessive, it was all in context.
There were moments though, especially when he got real good later in the mid to late 2000s, i remember him droppin' cuts that were so crazy he'd fall away from the deck laughing, all of us doubled up 'cos he'd painted his way out of a corner with some stupidly complex but ever soulful combo, he was naturally a funny guy tho and could always crack you up with a funnily phrased cut or if you weren't careful a surprise flying elbow attack(yep he liked those) truth was he mastered the guitar, put that down, fell in love with scratching, eventually mastered that too, went back to the guitar for a spell but returned to cutting leading up to the time he passed in 2010
Sorry for posting this Dee, sure there was better, but this early stuff here's all that we can show to those who either admired you or those you admired, it might even inspire others too which I know would make you happy,

thanks to Rob for the footage, I left a lot of stuff out in these posts so that those with personal copies have a little something extra to keep, love to Jodi and the Holmes clan

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• dj
• dee
• swift
• scratch
• rare
• practice
• 2001

[bigpigdog1]

nice one,t,and rob,this bring back some ultra cool memories of dee,much love to him,god he was funny! i too remember the insanely funny scratch sessions in crooks,he could fuck us up mate! busted my sides at him,only wish i had footage of him then!!! cheers guys,and remember him and his musical legacy to us all!

[hititlan]

RIP