Screechy Dan

Dancehall reggae legend Screechy Dan appears at Okeechobee with Subatomic Sound System.  Born in Trenchtown, Jamaica before relocating to New York City, Screechy Dan has a storied career that took off in the 1990s as a major label Polygram artist, part of Shaggy, Rayvon, & Redd Foxx's crew that popularized Jamaican dancehall as it mixed with and inspired Brooklyn’s golden era hip hop. His tune “Pose Off” is a dancehall party classic worldwide. He also had big dance music collaborations with the likes of Masters at Work and Kenny Dope that resulted in hit singles and videos on heavy rotation on BET. More recently, Screechy recorded and toured with dub inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry & Subatomic Sound System. Screechy Dan is the primary vocalist on their recent tunes “Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is the Dub Organizer” single as well as singing and chatting on their acclaimed “Super Ape Returns to Conquer” album, handling lead vocal on the single “Chase the Devil” that has become one of Scratch’s most popular songs of the 21st century. In recent years, Screechy & Subatomic’s “Champion Sound” track was chosen by Don Letts for his Best of BBC radio show and his “Skylarking” single was picked as a top track on BBC's #1 reggae show with David Rodigan.