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A Lost Leader? Bob Marley & the Wailers’ Babylon By Bus

Simon Frith, Melody Maker, 18 November 1978

THE BEST RECORD Bob Marley ever made was the live single version of ‘No Woman, No Cry’. The reasons for its success were complex, but its chorus was simple: "Everything’s gonna be all right!"

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