A LIFE IN PICTURES
Be a brother: Barry Gibb, Bee Gee.
1 “You can’t follow a bunch of kids”: the young Gibbs in Australia (from left) Maurice, Robin and Barry acting up, early 1960s.
2 We had to go to Sydney: (from left) Barry, Robin and Maurice in the mid-’60s.
3 To love somebody: Barry with then-girlfriend Linda Gray, December 1968. They are still married.
4 In the event of something happening to me: now a band in the UK (from left) Barry, Robin, Maurice, Vince Melouney, Colin Petersen.
5 I had my mind on something else: two days into his honeymoon, Barry rejoins his brothers to record, September 1970.
6 They should be dancing: the Gibbs in 1977 – Saturday Night Fever will break out the following year.
7 “He was fantastic… one of the last great managers”: Gibb with Robert Stigwood.
8 “It was just the most incredible experience… hard to understand.” Barry basks in the glow, Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury, 2017.
9 “Nobody’s signing groups any more”: undiscouraged Barry, April 1967, not long after arriving back in Britain.