The moment was the first time he would tour without any of his three brothers, whom he had been performing with since the inception of the Bee Gees in 1958.
The beautiful moment happened at the famed Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, on June 4, 2014, when Barry sang the 1968 hit with son Stephen Gibb, a musician and member of the Gibb Collective – a band consisting the sons and daughters of the Gibb brothers.
The Mythology Tour, designed as a celebration of his brothers Robin and Maurice, kicked off in Sydney in October 2012 and saw Barry Gibb accompanied by not only his son Stephen, but also Maurice’s daughter Samantha, who also regularly joined Barry for duets on stage.
The song ‘I’ve Gotta Get a Message To You’, was a 1968 hit for the Bee Gees and became their second number-one record in the UK Singles Chart.
The song, written by Robin Gibb, tells the story of a man, sentenced to die, who is begging the prison chaplain to pass on a final message to his wife.
“This is about a prisoner on Death Row who only has a few hours to live,” Robin told The Mail On Sunday in 2009.
“He wants the prison chaplain to pass on a final message to his wife. There’s a certain urgency about it. Myself and Barry wrote it. It’s a bit like writing a script,” he said.
“Sometimes you can sit there for three hours with your guitar and nothing will happen. Then in the last ten minutes something will spark.”
Robin went on to explain the Bee Gees songwriting process, and revealed how they tried to enter the mind of the character to bring life experience to the song.
