Tragedy: The Sad Ballad of The Gibb Brothers

Love the Bee Gees! Forever a fan. The book grabbed my attention from the beginning.

Was a very emotional look at the Bee Gees lives and all the ups and downs they faced. If you like the Bee Gees you will like this book.

I love this book and it's what I have been looking for. No complaints from me.

The backstory of one of the most underrated musical families.

Loved it! Love them..great book👍

Interesting to read & follow the Bee Gees journey from children to being the prolific song writers and performers they became. What could have been if they had they not fallen victims of Drugs and Alcohol!

Sad story, but great reading.

After five years of intensive research, I am now convinced that Barry Gibb was, and is, a master sorcerer. Not only with words, over which he had supreme power, but of occult forces. Barry was not only a highly-effective Bard; he was a Sorcerer.He wanted the Bee Gees (or at least him and Robin) to be on the top of the heap an unbelievable THIRD time!But he knew that he would have to pay for his misdeeds first, before he could conjure up the power. He deceived and debauched several young girls (about 10) in his youth, drove Maurice to drink, and Robin into (temporary) madness. The karmic price was just too high, and he knew it. He needed an advocate to step up while he did his own private penance.Therefore he arranged for Robin to meet, and eventually marry, Dwina, a witch. Barry wanted Robin to learn the arcane arts and ancient wisdom from this lady in order to get in touch with the powers that could put them (him and Robin) on top again. Robin, as a true artistic spirit, would have been able to safely navigate the rituals and wield the power with grace and supreme innocenceUnfortunately, Robin got cancer. He was conquering it and would have conquered it, but I think, from my research, that the hospital messed up, big time. They got Robin's medications wrong, with disastrous results.Anyway, as this book makes clear, there are solid indications that Barry was always attracted to the occult, from his youth. Maybe the other two, also. There are many references in their songs to this fascination with the occult. In addition, they were all largely Celtic---Scottish and Irish (also English)---- and Celtic mysticism had a HUGE impact on their lives and their songs.I am not condemning Barry, or any of the Gibbs, for this dalliance in the occult---it is in their blood, as in mine. When the Bee Gees came to my city in 1970, Barry and I locked eyes. He was on stage, and I was in the audience, but we locked eyes, and we both knew. I am just pointing out something that I noticed, and eventually hope to write a book about; tentatively titled, "Barry Gibb--Master Sorcerer."

Great read and informative biography. Lots of stuff in order of events. Only downside is sometimes it brushes through moments quite briskly like the late 60s and 90s. However never salacious it feels like some bits are missing. The childhood stuff is always sweet stuff before they made it and good and respectful Andy is not on the cutting room of this story. Needs a biopic. A big story needs telling...

Speedy delivery, Enjoyed this book very much,it was a Tragedy,Did not know the ammount of songs they had wrote for other Artists, Dionne Warwick,Kenny Rodgers,Diana Ross, Brilliant read.

Nothing to dislike

It's a difficult task to chart the lives of four individuals in one book. Of necessity Apter focusses on their careers, bringing in background details to add depth where necessary. Of course with the Brothers Gibb their careers are a family story anyway, so in many respects the family is automatically at the forefront of this story.I knew a little about their lives before reading the book, but now I have much clearer picture of them as individuals, and some questions I had were finally cleared up. There is a lot of clarification on the family dynamics and why they seemed to have spent so much time not talking to each other despite brotherly bonds running deep. In particular the book does chart Andy's rise and fall very effectively, and it makes for sad reading.Some biographies give the impression that the author has only a few main sources that they rely on for facts, and some go into too much detail about the author's researches, which I generally dislike. I didn't get either feeling with this book, which I appreciated. My only real criticisms are a couple of minor errors (Samantha Sang's name is misspelled, as is Tai Babilonia's), and not enough photographs.

I couldn't out this down. Fascinating insight into the troubled lives of one of Australia's most famous musical group.I felt attached all the way through and cried with genuine grief at each loss.A must read