Lee "Scratch" Perry and Subatomic Sound System

The Black Ark days (and the Black Ark studio itself) are a distant memory, but the mark on music—not only reggae—that Lee Perry made there during the last half of the ’70s is indelible. Given that he's most famous as a producer, it's surprising what a great performer Perry still is; bobbing around the stage, he testifies in his own indecipherable tongue, spreading joy with every hoarse syllable. Here he celebrates the 45th anniversary of his genre-spawning album Blackboard Jungle Dub.