Barry Gibb to release first solo album since 2001

Barry Gibb, the last remaining Bee Gee will have his second-ever solo album and the first since 2001 coming out this fall.

“In the Now” is produced by John Merchant and recorded with Barry’s 2014 band in Miami.

This release is a coup for Columbia Records’ Rob Stringer. The Bee Gees remain one of the top groups of all time. But the tragic deaths of Barry’s brothers Maurice and Robin, each from cancer, seemed to put an end to any music from the Gibb family.

Barry did make an album of duets with Barbra Streisand a few years ago which suffered from insufferable orchestral arrangements. But a real Barry Gibb album should be full of life and hooks. The Bee Gees songbook has dozens of hits, most notably the “Saturday Night Fever” songs but lots of other terrific ones from “Lonely Days” to “Run to Me” and “You Should Be Dancing.”

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.