Way back in 1984 my then boyfriend had the album of Bob Marley's Greatest Hits which he played a lot. I'd always liked reggae bands like UB40, but I wasn't familiar with BM back then. I soon fell in love with it and although my romance fizzled out after a few months later I did go out and buy my own copy which I continued to listen to frequently. Over time my taste in music went off at various tangents and reggae fell by the wayside.
For the last couple of summers we've been really lucky in Horsham to have free music every Friday for two hours in the centre of town. The council has paid for professional cover bands to come down and they've had everything from Abba through to Ska evenings. They have grown in popularity week on week and the local pubs/street food vans make a killing. As I'm not a great lover of big crowds I've not gone, but I finally had a word with myself last week and met my gig mad friend down there. She'd travelled up from her home in Worthing and was really impressed. What led to this change of heart? The chance to hear the fabulous One Love Orchestra and the chance to dance in a happy crowd of all ages with a cider in one hand and relive the memories of the songs of this great talent. His choice of subject matter and lyrics seem much needed in these times. Here's the original 'One Love'
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