Hi Marion,
When I was 15, I somehow persuaded my parents to buy 3 Amtrak tickets from NY to Florida so that I could find Criteria Recording Studio and meet my love, Andy Gibb. Being 15-years-old, I thought that he would be there when I arrived so we could meet. I was so hopeful and positive that i would meet Andy. If not Andy, then of course his brothers would be there... We traveled the 25 hours on the train, all the while I had my little Andy Gibb button on my shirt for the world to see. Singing "An Everlasting Love" to myself all the way, we arrived at Criteria. All the gold & platinum records on the wall, all of the photos...being surrounded by where Andy created all those wonderful love ballads...I was in Gibb heaven! I told the receptionist I was there to meet Andy. She was so compassionate to me and didn't belittle my attempts to meet my puppy love. She gently guided me to Alby Galuten, their manager. He also was so cool to a teenage fan and let me take pictures with him outside the studio by a palm tree. He gave me a photo of Andy and apologized that Andy was not there at the time. I left there with a big hug from Alby, and the memory of meeting the manager of the performer I sincerely loved. He treated me with respect and dignity. I am now mom to 14 year old triplets and 11 year old twins, and to this day, I will always love Andy. He holds the title of my first crush and will always live in my teenage heart.

Sincerely, Amy Goodman Wohl, Huntington, NY, USA.

Books for Barry, Robin, Maurice's family

Hello I'm Stuart and I am in the process of making books for the 3 Brothers Gibb.
1 specifically for Barry
1 specifically for Robin
1 specifically for Mo's family
Every fan sends me their messages for each brother with a photo of just themselves, or if they were fortunate enough, a photo with them and either brother.
I have completed the book for Barry and that is being processed at the moment, but I need lots of messages for Mo and for Robin to complete their books by 15 June.
I'm herewith asking fans to send me their messages to my email: stuartmoser@live.co.uk
I am to be presenting these personal books to the brothers directly when I attend the Bee Gees 50th Anniversary in Manchester as I am in the VIP section.
Please please please help me if you can as I want to make these books as special as possible and it's a surprise for them.
If you would like to write a message for Maurice and Robin and send a photo, you are more than welcome to do so.
Any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me via email or my mobile...00447525632187.
Cheers, Stuart Moser

(beegeestu in Barry Gibb chat)

Marion,

Hello. I have no specific question to ask so I don't want to waste your time. I don't even know if this is the proper forum for airing these thoughts, so please bear with me. I am a writer, humor columnist, screenwriter, poet, songwriter, and as such I feel a special kinship with musicians who are not only great singers but who write their own material. The death of Maurice took me so much by surprise that I found at first that I couldn't listen to my beloved Bee Gees One Night Only Vegas DVD which I always played while cleaning my house. I hadn't felt that way since Karen Carpenter died so suddenly and tragically. I cannot imagine the pain of the Gibb family who are such a close, loving clan. Then I slowly started listening to the music again. I got my husband hooked and a nephew who had no idea who they were. I felt that maybe this is the best way to pay tribute to them ALL.

To pass them on so younger generations can say "No Way! They couldn't possibly have had 5 hit singles in the top ten billboard rankings at the same time!" No one else has even come close. Well, as a writer I also use writing as a way to get feelings out of me that are eating me up and you are the lucky ear I am venting to. I'm sad to say that I have a list of 10 life goals that I'd like to achieve and one of them was to see the Bee Gees live some day. I think I was also mourning the fact that that is no longer possible. I regret I didn't ever get to reach that goal. To be writers as prolific as they are, is an astounding thing. I think sometimes regular people just take it for granted...they love the voices, the faces, the energy, the humor, but they don't think about the sheer volume of material they have produced successfully for 50 years now. Okay, I will sign off now and appreciate you taking the time to read my thoughts.

I'm sure you've been through thousands of e-mails but I felt I had to do this so I can continue to love their music and pass it on. I owe them that much for all the joy and emotion they have given me. Oh, one more thing, how they didn't get an Oscar nomination for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack is incomprehensible to me. If the brothers still want to try to achieve that and I get any say about the music of my next screenplay my agent or the producer may be calling to give them another shot at that goal. Please pass on my best wishes and thank you for this forum and the work you are doing to help lost fans like me!
Thank you for your time and attention

Respectfully, Jan Thomas.

Marion
I sincerely want to thank you for having this website. I've always liked the Bee Gees but lately, I am hearing more of them. See, my sweetheart lives over 700 miles away from me, and he sends love songs to me through YouTube. I took those songs and made a play list, which constantly grows. I have 37 songs collected at the moment, and they include artists like Neil Diamond, The Beatles, Chicago, Bee Gee's and Andy Gibb. 5 songs are by the Gibb family and I love to sing harmony to their songs even if there isn't any (like in Words). The latest song that he sent to me was from Andy, "I Just Want To Be Your Everything". This song is certainly not new to me but something stirred in me when I saw the YouTube video.

Listening to the song on repeat most days, I started checking Andy's name on Google. I viewed countless images of him, read stories about him...you would have thought I was writing a paper about him with all of the information that I was absorbing. Today, I found your website while surfing for additional Bee Gee's information. I have learned quite a bit about them in a very short time. I'm 34 years old ~born March 2nd~ so I wasn't around (or old enough most years) to truly enjoy watching their rise to success but I am certain that, had I grown up in the same era as Andy, I would have fallen in love. It's great to see a little inside of the family from the beginning to today. Such a wonderful way to pay tribute to one of the most talented families to ever bless this Earth.

God Bless!! ,Helen

Bee Gees In The 1960's

Message from Bruce Campbell and Vicky Hunter: We are trying to convince Rhino, a member of the Warner Music Group and distributors of Bee Gees compilations, that a DVD or multiple DVD's if required, of all the Bee Gees film and video footage from the 1960's would be a profitable idea. Rhino has both the legal and financial persuasive power to make this happen. It all depends on us, the fans, to show how many of us would commit to buy such a product.

We are looking for all visual material of the Bee Gees from the 1960's including any interviews and a chronological presentation of the material. Quality in both sound and image are a must. This exercise should result in the surrender of all the filmed material. This has not happened as yet, so if you think you have a good copy of any early material you are probably mistaken. None of the Aussie Bandstand film has as yet been scanned into a computer, only re-filmed on outdated inferior video equipment.

What to do:
You need to send an email to Rhino.
The email address is drrhino@rhino.co and the subject should be "Bee Gees In The 1960's". Your email should contain wording that expresses your desire to see this product made, what you want to see in this product and your commitment as a fan to purchase this product when it becomes available.

For all details please visit: www.wewantbeegees.webs.com

Watch old Bee Gees medley at: www.youtube.com

Hello GSI
I came across this website by accident while I was at work tonight. I had been watching videos on YouTube of the BeeGees. I must say that I haven't followed the group through the years but for some reason I wanted to see if there was anything about the song Stayin' Alive. I couldn't believe everything that I found on YouTube about the BeeGees. So for Christmas this year I asked for their greatest hits CD, and I got it. I just love it. I play it at work or listen to Barry Gibb radio while I'm at work. It helps the night go by faster. I am a RN in the US and my specialty is ER nursing. I don't know if you know this or not but wanted to pass it along to you and the Brothers Gibb. As a nurse I'm required to know CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

Well, when trying to train lay people, and sometimes medical personnel too, they have a hard time getting down the rhythm for the correct number of compressions per minute. Recently a CPR instructor found that the song Stayin' Alive has the right number of beats per minute - 103 beats per minute. So now instructors are using this song to help people learn the correct compression rate. I'll bet that when Barry, Robin and Maurice recorded that song did they ever think that it would help save a person's life. I just wanted to share this with you. I currently work in a Poison Control Center and I work the night shift so I have lots of time now to catch up on the Brothers Gibb now. Have a great and wonderful year. Thank-you for this site and letting BeeGee fans be able to have some place to come together and remember.

Sincerely, April B.

Hello,
This is Mahmood Khan

My good news is that I am starting my 2009 tour with my band. Debut performance is on march 14th at the Sydney Opera House. I will also be performing the song I dedicated to Maurice. The Bee Gees sound has been a principal source of inspiration to me.

The GSI website has earlier posted about me and my connections with The Bee Gees and their music, like for instance at: Report Mahmood.html    Maurice Gibb photos page5
Also visit: www.songsarepeople.com/mahmood.html

Greetings Mahmood

Dear Fans!

We are planning a Robin Gibb / The Bee Gees Fan Meeting in Germany: June 2009!
Who ever has interest in joining, please sign in! We currently started a poll as to whether there is any interest. Please visit: the Fan Forum of the website: The 1st German Robin Gibb Home page at: http://robingibb.foren-city.de. Our Fans in Holland organize such meetings annually and we have already participated in 2 meetings over there. It is a terrific experience to be amongst so many people who all have the same hobby: The Bee Gees music. 3 important reasons to organise this meeting:

1st Robin's Germany tour in May 2009.
2nd Bee Gees 50 years on stage.
3rd Robin has its 60th Birthday in December.

Please contact me if you are interested in coming.
Click here for flyer with information.

Dear Greetings from Anja, Info : anja.pinks@t-online.de

Andy Gibb at March Of Dimes 1980

I have Cerebral Palsy, and was in really good shape back in 1980. My friend from college asked me to walk with her in the 1980 March of Dimes walkathon. I walked the entire walkathon and it took us 8 hours to walk the entire 20 miles because of my paralysis. Andy Gibb was supposed to walk with us, but he sprained his ankle. He did come to talk to a group of us at the half way point though. He stood in the middle of the football field of the high school and talk to us through a microphone. No one could hear him because the wind was blowing against him, but no one care. We were thrilled that he came. After he talked he came up to the barrier by the bleacher and shook as many hands as he could. I could not get near him because there were too many fans, and my friend left me up high on the bleachers because she forgot that I needed help down. I waved to him while he was going back to the helicopter and he waved towards me to. I still tell myself that there is a chance that he was waving at me. Even though it is not realistic, it is a nice thought. I wish that I could have met him then, but there were too many people in the day.

God Bless Andy
Sarah

Andy Gibb Memorial

Hi Marion,
I want to thank you for such a wonderful blessing in honor of Andy. I found this site by total accident today, and was just so thrilled to see it. I absolutely adored Andy as a teenager, and cried with the deepest broken heart when he died. I was a young Mom age 21 with my first child when the news broke in 1988 of Andy's death. As a teen I recall wanting and dreaming to meet Andy. And when he was broken hearted and only wanted a woman who would accept him as he was, I recall at 18 thinking about how much I wanted to be that woman. I know many fans and women can lay claim to this, but I really had a deep adoration for Andy.

I sent so many letters to a fan club address and cards, and a picture or two of myself. I never received anything in return and just thought he was probably overwhelmed with mail to write back. I miss him even now at 40. That kind of gentle person does not become just a faded memory. I will always miss Andy Gibb, and wonder what could have been. My sister died at 21 and there is always so much possibility that dies with them. We average people don't get the opportunity! too meet the recording artists, and some are not really worth meeting. Andy and his brothers were and are just great people.

Thanks again so very much. God Bless.
Shanni

Barry Gibb guitar raffle

Maybe you still remember about this guitar raffle GSI mentioned about last Spring. The Miami Beach Police Department were planning to hold a fundraiser to benefit the "American Cancer Society" and Barry (an honorary Miami Beach Police Officer) donated and autographed a guitar. Laura Terrell mailed us that she was the happy winner. It took some time to get Barry's guitar to her place but finally she received her prize.

- Better late than never- she mentioned to GSI and here are some photos of her with her prize.

Congratulations Laura!

Introducing Peter Hofman,
his sound, his first single / album and his own website.

Peter is a Dutch Bee Gees fan for many years already. He's writing and singing as well and some of you I guess already have heard his work. In this GSI Mailbox we'd love to pay attention to Peter and his career. Specially because his first material will be released soon and he started his own website.

A while ago when making plans for our next Bee Gees fan get together, (which already took place June 21st. in Dordrecht, The Netherlands) Marion and Rosalien thought it maybe would be a nice idea to ask Peter to perform during that fan event. Unfortunately due to circumstances it wasn't possible to finally introduce him and his music to the fans during the Dordrecht fan day and that's the reason he wasn't mentioned on the official program. I however understand that some fans thought, and still think, that Peter would definitely be there and perform in Dordrecht but his performance was never officially mentioned on the program for the get together. Just a rumour which started to live its own life amongst some fans I guess. We did talk with Peter about a possibility to perform but never definitely planned him for that day although we sincerely hope he will be able to sing for us in the future!!

The title of Peters new single is: "Someone Like You"
(Peter Hofman Songs 2008 - all rights reserved - used by permission on this website) click here for the sound clip
At this moment Peter Hofman is recording his first ever
singer/songwriters album, My Home.
Some of the songs are; My Friend, When (love is blind), Crazy World, My Home and Holding On.
The sound is very melodic and back to basic.
All songs are written / produced and performed by Peter.
Muscians on the album are;
Vocals & guitars; Peter Hofma
n Guitar & strings; Wiebe Wolf
Bass ; Gerard Dijkstra
Keyboards ; Frans Wolf
Recorded at Face Sound Studio Lemmer (Holland) & My Home studio Britsum/ Leeuwarden (Holland)
Strings produced by Wiebe Wolf.

Peter did some first promotion for the upcoming album on local radio- stations
The single Someone Like You, will go to all radio stations in Holland and the album will be ready for release untill we are satisfied !
Peter is also working very hard for his own website; www.peterhofmansongs.com it will be on line very soon ! You can visit the test site allready; www.peterhofmansongs.com/test

Marion / GSI

Hello GSI

My name is Lisa and I live in the USA. I got married on June 1 of this year. I wanted to write the Brother Gibb for this very reason. I was looking for a song other than the traditional wedding march for the bride. Since this not being my 1st wedding, I wanted something that was different. I happened to stumble across a song called WEDDING DAY by the Bee Gees. I never heard it before and I was blown away. It gave me goosebumps, just like it is now as I am typing this e-mail. I played this song at my wedding. It moved everyone there. I have it downloaded to my computer as well. I am 43 years of age, so I am not a teeneager. Please pass this on to all of the Brothers for me. I will never forget the powerful words or meaning this song has for me. I don't think even words can ever clearly express what it means to me. Thank them all again for me. I can't understand why I never heard this song before, but I am glad I never did until right before my wedding.

Sincerely,
Mrs. SFC W. S.

In addition to the earlier Jimmy Stevens article on this Mailbox we have some photos Jimmy sent to GSI. Of the period he worked with the Gibbs and took photos during the tours.
All photos: copyright Jimmy Stevens. Click here.

Click here for photo material of Jimmy at the Tribute To Buddy Holly Celebration of March 20th. http://gallery.mac.com

A question asked many times to GSI.
(see one of the questions earlier mentioned in this GSI Mailbox!)

Jimmy once signed up by Robert Stigwood and in 1972, through Stigwood, Jimmy released an album of his own compositions on the Atlantic label. In Britain and Europe, it was called Don't Freak Me Out and in the USA, Paid My Dues. Peter Frampton, the guitarist who featured on George Harrison's epic, All Things Must Pass, was one of the musicians backing Jimmy, as was Maurice Gibb, who also produced the album. John Bonham, of Led Zeppelin, was a drummer.

Jimmy: "Maurice Gibb had this deal with Atlantic, so we made my album. On the tours, I was closest to Barry Gibb. But we didn't see so much of Robin. They were a very funny unit, actually. I don't think they socialised very much together as lads. They were all different. I remember us performing at the New York Philharmonic. I always felt part of the tour with The Bee Gees, but not so much with Emerson, Lake and Palmer. You'd go on and people would be chanting 'ELP' when you were trying to sing."

There's always been luck in rock and roll and Jimmy has had his portion: some good, some bad. He doesn't live in a palace with a swimming pool, but he has his songs and nobody can take them away. On March 20, 2008, Jimmy will return to the big time when he joins other Mersey rockers in a tribute to Buddy Holly at the 1,700-seat Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

Read the whole story by David Charters

www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk:80

Hi,
Back in the sixties my sister went out with somebody who worked at the recording studio in Portland Place, London. He showed me around the studio, and gave me some records, which I played a lot back then, but have spent the last 30 odd years in a box of old records. I have just been going through them and came across this record, it's an acetate recording of "You know you gave yourself away" on one side and on the other side is "Massachussetts" without the orchestra, although they have a lot of hiss, they are not to badly scratch, due to old 60's record player and 30odd years in a box. Norman.

"You know you gave yourself away" is the earlier title of the BG track: "Sir Geoffrey saved the world",

A tribute poem for Maurice by a fan.

'For Maurice'

It is five years today that you left.
I feel like the world should stop in its tracks
To light a candle and remember you.
Like I am going to do.
I feel like we should all stop awhile
And remember your smile.
To think of all the times it brought us joy.
How it lit me up inside.
But you were never just mine
You meant so much to so many, for so long.
You leaving was simply wrong.
In a fair and logical word
You would never have gone.
But Destiny had other plans,
And all our fates are in her hands.
And maybe you left because you were needed elswhere,
Somewhere up there in a better place
They wanted to see your face.
Maybe they needed the most worthy man
Earth could give,
And if that was the case,
Then God in his Grace
Chose well.
And who can tell?
Perhaps you still live in that other sacred land.
I know it is so
It's where the shining souls go.

To honour you, I won't be sad today
I'll think of the joy you gave
Before you were called away.
I'll think of your boundless light
Your warmth, your humour, you were always so kind.
You always had a twinkle in your eye,
Just one of the countless things to remember you by.
You are never far from my mind
And today, millions are thinking of you, saying a prayer or two.
And maybe even angels are marking this day,
The day you went up their neck of the woods to stay!
And if you are looking down upon us,
I hope today of all days you feel the love
That millions are sending you,
Know that all our love is true.
Know that we will repeat, again and again,
We'll always love you, Maurice
Forever, Amen.

( Mahmuda Yasmin).

Gail telling about her latest visit to Miami Beach:

'I was in Miami again September 4th until 7th to visit Barry at his birthday. On the 5th I saw Barry at his home, made some photos and talked to him for a while.

Barry said he would like to get with Robin again. He seemed to really want that. Robin is never home when I'm in Miami. I always ring the gate, and the person that answers says he's in another country. Barry is planning to rebuild on the spot of his home which was destroyed. He and Linda like the area. He has lost weight as you could see on recent photos. He said he was on the South Beach diet as well as Mr. Ashby, his manager. I plan to go back next September, or when Barry will be available. His daughter Alexandra graduates this year, so he may be travelling more and not be at home a lot, or at that time of September. I didn't ask many questions, I was busy taking pictures for others and listening to what Barry was conversing with the other ladies. He was so patient with us that day. He was in a good mood as well as Ashley, his son.

He was joking a lot!     GAIL

(November 28th. - 2007)

Hi, Just a note to tell everyone, who loves the music of the Bee Gees that a new show called, Jive Talkin' The Bee Gees Story will launch in the UK in Feb 2008. The show features full 7 piece band plus string quartets and special guest singers, tributes to the music the guys wrote for other artistes.
Visit www.beegeesstory.com
Click for tour schedule.

Darren
www.beegeesstory.co.uk

(October 25th. - 2007)

EXCLUSIVE GIBB PURSES FOR SALE

Hi Marion

I was told about your site by a lot of the girls over at Barry's Nuts Yahoo site. They suggested me coming over and take a look at your site. I have always been a huge Bee Gees fan and I just love your site. I have now been reading and reading for over an hour. You have done an amazing job putting it all together. I live in the Hendersonville, TN. area (USA) and have been long time friends of Johnny Cash's family and many Nashville stars. I was so happy when Barry bought Johnny's home. It was devastating when it burned to the ground. That place was like a shrine for the millions of Cash fans around the world. I know Barry probably took the loss really hard too. I own an embroidery shop in which I make and embroider a lot of stage clothing and promotional items for different celebrities and entertainers around Nashville.

I created a nice little purse for the girls on Barry's Nuts site to purchase It is an "I Love Barry Gibb" purse. Some of them wanted an "I Love Robin Gibb" and some requested an "I Love Maurice" purse. I can make any one of the 3. I know how much they all love Barry and the brothers so I wanted to create something for them that is unique. They are going to take their purses to Miami and get Barry and Robin to autograph the back of the purses with one of those silver permanent markers. The girls suggested I write you and let you see the pictures of the purse to show and give the Gibb fans a chance to order one for themselves.

The little purse is made of feau leather (leather like) and has a nice black shiny satin lining, has a long black shoulder strap and fringe across the bottom. The purse measures approx. 8 in. x 8 in. There are over 20,000 professionally embroidered stitches that say "I Love Barry Gibb" with a red heart and arrow around the word Love. I will also personalize the purse with your name. The purse can also be embroidered to say "I Love Robin Gibb" or "I Love Maurice Gibb",. which ever way is preferred. The purse is only $23.00 which includes shipping and personalization. This is the price for people within the inland USA. Hawaii and Alaska shipping will be slightly higher. People living outside USA contact me for shipping charges.

Sissy
3treats@bellsouth.net (for ordering and / or information)

(October 25th. - 2007)

Star Cluster Music presents:
The German edition of "The ultimate biography of the BEE GEES - Tales of the Brothers Gibb" has an additional chapter in German language bringing the story up to 2007. The German appendix comprises 160 pages with the complete discography, an alphabetical list of all Gibb songs, information about the tours up to 2007 plus a survey of all awards. 16 full cover pages show picture sleeves, album covers and tour program covers from all around the world. The German edition also contains the complete musical family tree of the BEE GEES, spread over four pages. www.starclustermusic.de

(October 22nd. - 2007)

To all fans who are interested in obtaining stickers of Mo's Royal Rat Rangers paintball team; One of Maurice's friends Frederic has contacted GSI to let us know that he put a number of stickers on Ebay. www.ebay.com:
200113501189 - 200113501867 - 200113499004

Marion / GSI (thanks Frederic R.)

(May 25th. - 2007)

One Night Only Tribute
I wanted to tell you about an upcoming Bee Gees Tribute night that I am hosting. The party will take place in Houston, Texas, USA on June 2 of this year. My mother and aunts get together only once a year and always celebrate by dancing and singing along to the One Night Only DVD. They each scream when their favorite Bee Gee appears onscreen. We want to invite any Bee Gee fan that can make it. So if anyone is interested please get in touch with:

Kristi Coffey, USA
713.655.3608 phone
713.759.0034 fax
kristina.coffey@jwt.teamdetroit.com

(May 16th. - 2007)

Hi GSI
My name is Bill Hunt. I am a local artist in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA. I had some photos of the guys and thought I would do a piece of art the way I see them. Thought I would send it to you to see. wmhunt331@yahoo.com

We liked the piece of art a lot and decided also to post it on the GSI front page for a while If any one is interested in the drawing or has any questions about it you can always get in touch with Bill. The original is for sale he told us. The picture board is 26 1/2" by 14." He used three color pencils. Black, white and grey. Blended. His website address is: khttp://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-billsartwork

UPDATE:
August 2007
THE ART WORK HAS BEEN SOLD!!

Marion / GSI

(May 11th. - 2007)

GSI recently received a mail from Barry Scott of the Lost 45's with information about his radio show. In GSI Mailbox we'd love to pay attention to this show and to his special website.
Thanks Barry, also for giving permission to use the Maurice clip from you website.
(Marion / GSI)

Introducing The Lost 45's on the GSI Link Page
The Lost 45s show with Barry Scott features Top 40 charted records from the late 60s, 70s and 80s that no longer receive adequate airplay! His ultimate goal is to keep these songs and artists alive in an era of tight play lists. The Boston Herald calls "The Lost 45s" "The most successful weekend show in the history of Boston radio!" The show has been on the air for over 25 years. The site (www.lost45s.com ) has on-line radio and a store where you can purchase and hear from over 500 recording artists: including Maurice Gibb! There's a best-selling book, and a CD series based on the program. Music fans from all genres will enjoy this pop music history lesson!
Click here to hear Maurice introducing the station via a spoken message.
Interested? Visit Barry Scott's web site.

(May 1st. - 2007)

Question
Fans have been mailing GSI with questions such as: Will Barry perform next to Robin during the Bunbury Party on May 10th. (see GSI News of February 23rd).
And about the BMI pop awards of May 15th (see GSI News of march 26th.) will The Brothers perform together during this show?

Answer
GSI has asked their managers / assistants
#   During the Bunbury Party only Robin will perform as Barry will not be able to attend on May 10th in London.
#   Barry and Robin are not planning to perform at BMI on May 15th.

(March 30th. - 2007)

Meet Sue Lindsay
Friend of Linda Gibb
Who's life changed after meeting Nicolai a boy from an orphanage in Prague. Read how she became interested in the UK based charity called: "Hope and Homes for Children" www.hopeandhomes.org Sue hopes to help where she can with assistance of her celebrity friends.
Read her story about fighting to give orphans a better life.

(by Sandra Dick of The Scotsman) http://living.scotsman.com:80

Marion / GSI

(March 14th. - 2007)

Open air concert "Massachusetts"
GSI received a request from Bee Gees fans (Lonneke,Yvonne and Janny) to pay some extra attention to the Belgium cover band "Massachusetts" through this website. They are enthusiastic about this band and would like to bring this cover band under the attention of more Bee Gees fans. You can visit the band and attend their free concert in Huy (near Liege in Belgium) on June 23rd. The concert starts around 8 p.m.

For questions please mail Lonneke at: lonneke@massachusetts-fanclub.com
Info about "Massachusetts" at : www.massachusetts-fanclub.com

Marion / GSI

(March 5th. - 2007)

Question: Luiz asked:
'Please let me know if the Bee Gees recorded some songs under the name of The Bunburys'?

Answer: Hello Luiz
Yes, they recorded a number of songs for The Bunbury project.

This project spans about six years, from the first single in summer 1986 to the CD collection The Bunbury Tails in 1992. One of the parts of the projects was a series of animated cartoons written by David English and drawn by Jan Brychta, the team who did the Bee Gees pictorial biography The Legend in 1983. The project promoted the playing of cricket and general good sportsmanship. David English and Jan Brychta were inspired with the idea while watching a cricket game and contacted Barry at his English home. Barry and David quickly wrote the song 'We're the Bunburys' and the children's story 'Record Breakers' that introduced the Bunbury team. For the B side of the single, David English told the story with excerpts of the song and with some character spoken vocals by both David and Barry. 'We're the Bunburys' was credited only as the Bunburys on the single, but as the Bee Gees on The Bunbury Tails.

The single:'Fight No Matter How Long' (with Eric Clapton) was issued by Arista as a single in the U.S. in 1989 The B. side was an instrumental versiom In Britain it was made into a book for kids with record like the first Bunburys single. The book again featuring a story by David English and illustrated by Jan Brychta. The single's B. side was 'We're The Bunburys' (not David reading the story but a reissue of the song for those who hadn't bought the theme song earlier) In Britain there was also the children's book issued with record and a TV series on British TV about The Bunburys The album: The Bunbury Tails was released in 1992 issued only in the UK and only for a limited time, and is now very collectible.

The album: The Bunbury Tails was released in 1992 issued only in the UK and only for a limited time, and is now very collectible. There were songs in cooperation with a.o. Eric Clapton and Elton John.

More about David English and The Bunburys in the Report section of GSI: www.brothersgibb.org/report
Details about the Bunburys Tails: www.columbia.edu

The Bunbury Tails
UK: Polydor, September 1992

01 Bee Gees : WE'RE THE BUNBURYS (1986)
02 Bee Gees : BUNBURY AFTERNOON
03 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich : LEGEND OF XANADU (1968)
04 Kelli Wolfe : EYES
05 George Harrison, Dhani Harrison, Ravi Shankar : RIDE RAJBUN
06 Shakatak : DOWN ON THE STREET (1984)
07 Tony! Toni! Toné! : OAKLAND STROKE (1991)
08 Eric Clapton : FIGHT (NO MATTER HOW LONG) (1988)
09 Cathy Dennis : EVERYBODY MOVE (1991)
10 Elton John : UP THE REVOLUTION
11 No Hat Moon : SEASONS

I hope this helps
Marion / GSI (with thanks to Joe Brennan's website)

P.S.
Also look at this: http://boss.streamos.com (Need RealPlayer)

(February - 2007)

Hello Marion and GSI

Attached is the first single from my upcoming album.
The album date isn't finalized yet but I'm working on the video for this single In Asia a song goes directly to MTV rather than radio stations. So video is crucial.
The song is dedicated to Barry as his work has influenced me and many artists internationally.

love Mahmood

Click for sound clip:   "For Us"  

(February 1st. - 2007)

It's time to vote again !!
Hello fans
The Dutch radio station Radio 2 is organizing another "Week Of The Sixties".
So go to: www.radio2.nl and vote for your favourite Bee Gees songs of the sixties.
The best 60 songs of the sixties will be aired Friday, February 16, between 12.00 and 16.00 hours (Dutch time).
By a double click you can put the title in your personal list.
If you cannot find your fave Bee Gees song title amongst the list then just type the title yourself. If you have combined your list then press: - verder - to continue.

Marion / GSI
(February 1st. - 2007)

Interview with Vince Melouney
A short while ago GSI has been approached by Steve Elliott who wrote an interview with Vince Melouney (former Bee Gee) and published it in the Italian music magazine Misty Lane. Steve as well as Massimo del Pozzo, the editor and owner of the "Misty Lane magazine", would like to give Bee gees fans the opportunity to read the article too. Anyone who is interested in obtaining a copy of the magazine with the interview can go to this web site: www.Mistylane.it which is in Italian and has a photo of the cover and info or you can go to this link which has info in English: http://crea.html.it/sito/nowsound.

Massimo can be emailed directly at mistylane@iol.it and he will be more than happy to answer anyone's questions and place the order for a copy. He accepts Paypal for payment, too. Massimo's street address: Misty Lane L.A. Pascucci 66 00168 Roma, Italy. The phone/fax number is 0039 06 3010191 The cost of the magazine according to the magazine in 10.00 Euros plus postage which is adjusted to where ever the person lives. The interview Steve did with Vince Melouney was done in Sept. and Nov. 2005 and was published in Sept. 2006.

Marion / GSI
(January 24th. - 2007)

Bee Gees Fan clubs
Late last year GSI received the message from the German fan club "One" that the club would stop to exist by the end of 2006. Now that "One" has stopped running there are no more international Bee Gees fan clubs. No more clubs that have paid members and do send out hard copy newsletters by snail mail to their members on a regular base.

GSI however continues to publish news and articles about the Brothers Gibb of course like before and all fans are able to visit the website and contribute to it as well as contact the GSI mailing address with questions and remarks, all for free. We do believe that for us, this is the best way to serve the fans in future and that the old type of fan clubs cannot be accurate enough anymore these days to send up to date news and info all the time to their members by snail mail.

Best regards
Marion / GSI  marion@brothersgibb.org
(January 24th. - 2007)

Bee Gees CD Rarity?!

These are some photos of a strange cd GSI recently found in a German CD shop. Called: "The Bee Gees The Collection", containing a number of The Bee Gees early Australian Festival recordings with a picture of the BG cover band 'Stayin' Alive' on front and back cover, instead of a photo of the real Bee Gees, and distributed by a Dutch company. Of course both the managers of The Gibbs and Stayin' Alive have been informed by us and the record company will be notified etc.


Marion / GSI