It's not all reggae

I spent a rare day off yesterday reading the Lee "Scratch" Perry biography "People Funny Boy" by David Katz.
It was an active endeavor: I would read a couple pages, realize the prodigious Perry had produced yet another song I have on my iPod, then quickly add it to a mushrooming playlist devoted to the reggae legend.
I added Junior Delgado's massive "Sons of Slaves" and Bob Marley's ode to 1977's changing UK music scene, "Punky Reggae Party."
It wasn't all reggae, though. Perry's 1977 trip to London to work with old friend Marley coincided with a meeting of the Jamaican auteur and the punk band most influenced by reggae -- The Clash.
Perry produced the band's classic, angry blast against record companies and managers, "Complete Control."
The band wrote the song in protest of CBS Records releasing the single "Remote Control" without permission:
"They said, we'd be artistically free/When we signed that bit of paper."
Perry reportedly complimented Mick Jones' guitar playing, describing it as someone who "played with an iron fist."
But the band reportedly toned down Perry's production by bringing guitars forward in the mix and reducing echo.
No matter, it's a great rock song and proof that Scratch could work beyond any genre boundaries.