Bee Gees Fan Fever: July 2020

Monday, July 27, 2020

T.G. Sheppard Talks Elvis Presley, Barry Gibb and 'Midnight in Memphis

T.G. Sheppard returned in Sept. 2019 with his first solo country album in 22 years, Midnight in Memphis. Noteworthy songs include the title track, penned by the Bee Gee's Barry Gibb, and a comedic ode to Sheppard's mentor, "I Wanna Live Like Elvis."

Stories told on the album reflect a life blessed with famous friends and 21 No. 1 hits, dating back to Sheppard's debut country single, 1974's "Devil in The Bottle," and its follow-up, "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home."

The Gibb connection reminds us that Sheppard's success as a country artist positioned him to rub shoulders with music industry greats well into the 21st century.

"I met Barry 15 or 20 years ago," Sheppard told Wide Open Country at February's Country Radio Seminar in Nashville. "He was in the process of buying the Johnny Cash house here in Nashville, and then he wound up buying it.
We became friends, and we just stayed friends. When it came time to do my first country solo project in 22 years, he told me, 'I've written a song just for your album. If you don't record it, it'll never be heard.'
I said, 'Are you serious? Who's going to turn down an original Barry Gibb song?' I heard it, and it was titled 'Midnight in Memphis.' I liked it so much that I titled the album that."

Source www.wideopencountry.com

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Sunday, July 26, 2020

Update projects

GSI NEWS UPDATE
Source: GSI WEBSITE/ FACEBOOK GROUP
“I finally have time to update you again and give answers on lots of questions which arrived at GSI recently and even today.
-To begin with, many of you noticed the articles about Steve Gibb in the newspapers. I always wait with posting until I have more info, until I have checked whether it’s okay to post at all. This quite often happens with situations even a few times this weekend!! I just do not want to hurt anyone and I see GSI in the first place as a place to honour the Gibb music and the people behind the music. That being said:
I understand lots of you were quite shocked to read the news articles about Steve having had problems with drugs and alcohol.

I knew about that period in his past but I understand why a number of fans suddenly mailed me asking etc.
The story is a bit out of its context I heard and on top of that I understand that the last thing Steve thought was that the UK press would pick up on his podcast, but as it is out there now it’s okay. It’s been a rough time for him and now he’s even trying to help others who are in trouble. Great guy!!

If you’d like to follow his talks just visit these links which I already posted before on GSI.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5VlR8uY89I9Qa3rRLT_Gng
https://www.facebook.com/addictiontalkspodcast/

Concerning some other subjects you often ask me about:
Due to the whole corona problem world wide most activities, also those concerning The Gibbs, are ON HOLD.

Though I have good hope that the Bee Gees documentary will air in December of this year!! and Barry’s new album will be released in January 2021!!

The film won’t be ready before 2022/2023 and Barry has not long ago started working on a book about his life which we talked about already here on GSI quite some time ago. At that time an album did have priority for Barry. That album is finished now and waiting for a good time to get released. Barry will take his time to write down his live story and I expect the book to be ready in 3 to 4 years from now.

Also due to corona like previous mentioned there is delay of starting the special Legacy Shows: the celebration of The Gibb Music, which woud start this year. Robin John Gibb, family, business partner, friends and special guests are working on it for quite some time already and now use the corona time to do lots of on line / charity projects and the live concerts won’t be starting before somewhere next year with shows in Europe and outside Europe!!