Four Simple Tunes: #3, “No Woman, No Cry” by Bob Marley

Too many good people we meet (good friends along the way) love this tune for us to ignore it.  Marley’s tunes were often simple and powerful, but this one stands near the top.

Here is Bob in 1979, two years before his death from cancer.  This live performance, with (pretty good) video, is a diamond-in-the-rough.  It’s a bit more abstract than earlier recordings, and Bob may have been under the spell of something.  But, this is about the music.  Cut away the rough spots for the brilliance of the diamond.

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Here is another version, with Bob a little less carried away.  Please click the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QkD5pBWWE&feature=related

Last and final installment:  Friday.

Previous Simple Tunes:

#1, Suzanne by Leonard Cohen with Judy Collins

#2, Jersey Girl, by Tom Waits

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