Maurice – Barry and Robin Gibb Brothers in mid ‘Stayin Alive’ strut

 

Andy :      Andrew Roy Gibb (5 March 1958 – 10 March 1988) 

Maurice : Maurice Ernest Gibb CBE ( 22 December 1949 – 12 January 2003)

Robin   :  Robin Hugh Gibb CBE (22 December 1949 – 20 May 2012) 

Barry:Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb AC CBE (born 1 September 1946 – )

 

* Robin Hugh Gibb was born on 22 December 1949 in Jane Crookall Maternity Home in Douglas, Isle of Man, to Barbara Gibb (née Pass) and Hugh Gibb.  He was the fraternal twin of Maurice Gibb and was the older of the two by 35 minutes.  Apart from Maurice, he had one sister, Lesley Evans, and two brothers, Barry and Andy.

 

Maurice – Barry and Robin Gibb

 

 Loving these sculptures of Maurice, Barry and Robin Gibb, who were born on the Isle of Man

 shows the Gibb Brothers in mid ‘Stayin Alive’ strut

and these gorgeous bronze sculptures  are placed for all to see on Loch Promenade in Douglas.

 

The 7ft (2m) design has been created by Andrew Edwards,

who previously made statues of The Beatles and Cilla Black in Liverpool.

 

The base of the statue is in the shape of a record inscribed with lyrics from ‘Ellan Vannin’,

a song the Brothers recorded to raise funds for a Manx charity back in 1997.

 

A statue of the music trio Bee Gees has been unveiled in the Isle of Man, where the brothers were born.

Thursday 8th July 2021

 

 

Bee Gees statue is unveiled on Isle of Man, near to where the Gibb brothers were born

Thursday 8th July 2021

Artist Andy Edwards created the statue, which is inspired by the video for the group's 1977 classic song 'Stayin' Alive'.

Bee Gees statue in Isle of Man. Picture: Douglas Council

 

Douglas City Council@DouglasCityC

 

At a ceremony held on Thursday 8th July His Worship the Mayor, Mr Councillor Jonathan Joughin JP unveiled the Statues in honour of one of the world’s most famous vocal groups, the Bee Gees.

9:40 PM · Jul 9, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

Isle of Man Bee Gees statue unveiled on Douglas seafront

Thursday 8th July 2021

 

Image caption,

The statue of Gibbs brothers stands on the seafront in the island's capital

 

A statue of the music trio Bee Gees has been unveiled in the Isle of Man, where the brothers were born.

The bronze depiction of Barry, Maurice and Robin Gibb on the seafront in Douglas would "go viral very quickly", council leader David Christian said.

The £170,000 project was commissioned in 2019  but was delayed due to Covid.

Artist Andy Edwards said the statue, inspired by the video for the group's 1977 disco hit  Stayin' Alive, had been "huge fun from day one".

 

 

Mr Edwards, the man behind The Beatles statue in Liverpool, said the location on Douglas Promenade was important to show the group "walking back into the town, coming back from across the sea".

 

Image caption,

Sculptor Andy Edwards said he felt "quite emotional" about the unveiling of his work

 

Mr Edwards said he had aimed to "capture that swagger" of the three brothers in the statue.

He said the most challenging part of the project was recreating  the trio's "very distinctive hair".

"That's one of the nicest things to do in sculpture because that kind of captures some of the movement and spirit that music normally gives," he added.

"I wanted to make it feel like something like that is moving through them, and they're walking in time, they're walking to a rhythm, the boys have returned".

 

Image caption,

Maurice, Barry and Robin Gibb were all born on the Isle of Man

 

Mr Christian said "many tens of thousands of pictures" had been taken by visitors alongside similar statues of George Formby and Norman Wisdom in the town and interest in the new sculpture would probably be "tenfold again".

It would be a "great added attraction", he added.

The birth of the iconic brothers on the island was previously celebrated with a blue plaque at their former home in St Catherine's Drive in the town 2013.

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