words@brothersgibb.com message digest 05/20/2014 00:01 (#2014-5191)

4 messages included in this issue
1Always go for the biggiebyfinger@hotmail.com
2Barry's solo work and sibling tensionbyfinger@hotmail.com
3Barry's solo work and sibling tensionmarjlarue@gmail.com
4Barry's concert tonight at the Wells Fargo Center in PA?cmathis@brothersgibb.com
Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:00:18 +1030 From: Mark Crohan <byfinger@hotmail.com> Subject: Always go for the biggie David Garcia wrote ( edited slightly David): "Secondly=2C rather than contr= iving new and innovative ways to get us torepurchase songs released several= times before=2C perhaps he could try hishand at a few new songs. He could = record them himself=2C or just have someonesuch as Beth Cohen record them. = he doesn't have to record with Barbra Streisand orCeline Dion=2C and indeed= =2C someone of lesser star quality might be a betterchoice=2C since he is i= n a better position to insist the song be performed tohis liking.'I suspect= that won't happen as if a no-name records them they will just sink to obsc= urity for sure. I have attached below alovely anecdote from April Byron who= we ( Andrew Mon Hughes and I) tracked down for an interview for a 'bee ge= es in Oz' book we've been working on. I think it indicates his theory in hi= s songs.The anecdote begins here=3B=0A= =0A= : =93One of Barry=92s great gifts is his business sense. His=0A= collaboration with other artists=2C particularly successful female artists= =2C is=0A= legendary=2C however I do know of one instance where =93going with the bigg= ie=94=2C as=0A= he would say=2C may not have been as rewarding as not. The =91biggie=92 in = this case=0A= was Kenny Rogers=2C who was huge at that time=2C in the =9180s. The breatht= aking=2C=0A= pure-Bee-Gees=92 demo version of =91Hold Me=92=2C which was given to Kenny = along with=0A= =91Islands in the Stream=92 for the album being produced for him by Barry= =2C is=2C in=0A= my opinion=2C the pinnacle of Gibb performance- artistry. It was recorded w= ith=0A= all the brothers singing together and Barry singing lead. If ever you have = a=0A= chance to hear it=2C you=92ll be swept away=2C as were those of us (Robin= =2C Dwina=2C=0A= Maurice=2C Yvonne=2C Barry=2C Linda=2C Alby Galuten=2C Karl Richardson=2C m= y 15-year-old=0A= daughter Cinderella=2C and I) who are privileged to have heard it on one ma= gical=2C=0A= sultry night at Middle Ear. When it finished playing there was a breathless= =0A= hush=2C and suddenly Maurice broke the enchanted silence=2C saying =93Man= =2C you can=92t=0A= give that away=94=2C with [her daughter] Cinderella chiming in =93Oh=2C no= =2C you have to=0A= keep it!=94=2C to which Barry answered =93I=92m afraid I can=92t=2C love. I= =92m a mere shadow=0A= of my former self. I have to go with the biggie=94=2C to which she answered= =2C =93But=0A= you=92re the biggie.=92 =0A= =0A= Mark = Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 12:25:01 +1030 From: Mark Crohan <byfinger@hotmail.com> Subject: Barry's solo work and sibling tension There must have been some tension there as he has mentioned it a few times = and seems to eat away at him. It was only in the late 90s that they include= d a few songs from 'Guilty' in their live set as apposed to 'Heartbreaker''= and'Islands'. =0A= But why only the =91Guilty. It was hardly a Barry solo project. He co-wrot= e most of the=0A= songs with Robin =2C one with Robin and Maurice and two with Albhy.=0A= But why is this different than the other Kenny=2C Diana and=0A= Dionne Projects? Barry co-wrote all the songs on these too ( with a few exc= eptions)=0A= with his brothers on all these albums and also co =96produced them to. =0A= Am I missing something? Is it because the =91Guilty =92album was=0A= so big? I remember Mo made what i=0A= thought was quite telling quote in the =0A= Kepple road dvd about Barry=92s=0A= role in =91Guilty=92 saying: =93we lost Barry=0A= there for a bit.=94=0A= Why do i suspect it was Maurice who felt threatened by Barry=0A= having success in his solo work? Robin in the eighties seemed quite content= to=0A= do solo albums. But where would that have left Mo.=0A= Intriguing=0A= Mark=0A= =0A= = Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 20:09:08 -0600 From: kittyLarue <marjlarue@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Barry's solo work and sibling tension On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:55 PM, Mark Crohan wrote: > Why do i suspect it was Maurice who felt threatened by Barry > having success in his solo work? Robin in the eighties seemed quite content to > do solo albums. But where would that have left Mo. > > Intriguing > > Interesting question, Mark. I remember quite well Mo stating this. You may be correct, perhaps Mo did feel threatened, but Mo was working with Robin. So I can't see him feeling left out. Mo has always worked with both Barry and Robin on their solo efforts. Purely speculation, but I always felt they, mainly Barry was ready to go his own way after the Sprits tour. I never understood when he was approached to do the Guilty album why he wrote with Robin. This was Barry's time to write, arrange, produce, sing backup without his brothers. I also felt when doing Robin's albums in the 80s, both Robin and Mo were quite content to work alone. I can't see how Mo would have felt threatened by Barry working with others. Certainly Robin and Mo were used to Barry producing with Albhy and Karl, which they were not included. Anyway, Mo always had Robin, and Robin had Mo. Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 22:23:45 -0400 From: "Chris Mathis" <cmathis@brothersgibb.com> Subject: Barry's concert tonight at the Wells Fargo Center in PA? Did anyone go to Barry's concert tonight at the Wells Fargo Center in PA? Any feedback or pictures!??? If anyone has any pictures they would like to share, I can post them off BrotherGibb.com with YOUR name or website address, (or whatever) in the image as a tag with your copyright etc. If not, at least please at least tell us about the concert and your experience!!! End words@brothersgibb.com message digest 05/20/2014 00:01 (#2014-5191)