Noel Simms

Noel Bartholomew Simms (18 March 1935 – 4 February 2017), better known by his nickname and artistic names Scully or Zoot, was a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae percussionist and vocalist.

[1] The duo won the Vere Johns talent contest two years running and were the first Jamaican artists to make R&B records on the island, starting with acetates for sound system use in 1953 (previous Jamaican-made singles were calypso).

[2][3] He was one of the first Jamaican musicians to use Amharic phrases in songs after learning them from Rasta leader Mortimer Planno, with tracks such as "Golden Pen" and "Press Along" in the early 1960s.

[1] As a percussionist, he has performed as a member of several bands, including the Aggrovators,[4][5] the Upsetters,[5] the Revolutionaries, and Roots Radics,[1] and has recorded and performed with Big Youth, Peter Tosh (playing in the All-Star Band at the One Love Peace Concert),[4] Dillinger and the Heptones, playing on more than 200 albums between 1971 and 1985.

He toured Europe with The Jamaica All Stars along with Justin Hinds, Johnny "Dizzy" Moore and Sparrow Martin.