:: More than a Bee Gee...
The One Eyed Fan in the Butcher's Storeroom :
the Bee Gees at Ossie Byrne�s St. Clair Recording Studio, 56 Queens Rd., Hurstville
I rarely listen to the radio these days, particularly as I rarely drive anymore. So, wanting to know more about Maurice Gibb and the Bee Gee's beyond the repetitious Reuters/BBC releases, off I went to the web . I found various tributes -- not all of them simpering but one in particular
downright aggressive (is it a 30-something "I'm too cool" sort of thing that drives one to write
After all, when George Harrison of the Beatles and John Entwistle of The Who passed away last year, I didn't hear these kinds of testimonials. Perhaps children of the 1960s have already come to grips with their mortality. What a mean spirit that must rank the value of a death and cap that bromide with moral superiority.
Fortunately, the bitterness of that "tribute" was washed clean away on finding this wonderful project by the Hurstville Council librarian. More than a memory, it is darned good writing that goes beyond a chronical of a particular small Austrailian band of the 60s, the BeeGees. Bill Casey, the local studies librarian, has assembled details of the music minor leagues that makes for compelling reading. Anyone who has ever wondered about what goes on behind the scenes will be pleased.
