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Barry Gibb on how Paul McCartney helped him while he was grieving the loss of Robin Gibb:
“He reveals that Paul McCartney also helped him through the grieving process.
’He always got me through everything,’ he says of the man who’s been a lifelong friend. ‘I met him for the first time at the Saville Theatre in 1967. He brought Jane Asher to see a show and he said: “You guys have got something, you should keep going, and I always found that very encouraging.”
‘The last time I saw him was at Saturday Night Live in 2013 when we were both playing. We had adjoining dressing rooms. We started talking about the time before we had any success. We talked about being naive. Not understanding what was happening. About being a great band and being happy and not competitive.’
Competitive with The Beatles? ‘No… about not being competitive with each other.’ He’s in a cloud of nostalgia now. ‘Those days of not understanding the business and not knowing why everybody wanted to know when for a long time they didn’t. That naivety.’”
From “'After Robin died I thought I would just fade away’: The last surviving Bee Gee Barry Gibb reveals how he got through the agony of losing his brothers - with a little help from Paul McCartney (and Downton Abbey)” by Chrissy Iley, September 3, 2016 (x)
Barry Gibb, Dolly, Kenny Rogers and manager Sandy Gallin. (Dolly’s real hair by the way!)
Tonight Barry will appear on the American entertainment programme, Entertainment Tonight on ABC (channel 7) at 7:00pm local time. Be sure to check it out!
