Le Journal de Chambly - Edition du 13 janvier 2004

Steve Barry on a disc homage to Maurice Gibb

Andre Corbeïj
One year almost day for day after the death of Bee Gees Maurice Gibb, Steve Barry takes part in the launching of a second opus, Everybody Clap, International Tribute to Maurice Gibb, A CD homage to Bee Gees deceased at the time of an operation for an obstruction of the bowels, in January 2003, in Miami.

Steve Barry is this Chamblyen, which had taken share at the end of 2002 with a first project of disc of the same kind entitled Ordinary People, Living Ordinary Lives, a plate homage to Bee Gees, which was carried out little time before the death of Maurice Gibb.  The sudden disappearance of Maurice Gibb had struck the members of the fan international club of Bee Gees.

"The death of Maurice completely astounded us.  Especially as on January 11, 2003, we were in liaison with a friend who regularly called the hospital to have news on his health.  His death deeply wounded us.  Maurice died on January 12 and two weeks later, the project to pay homage to him took form.  Much emotion and love traversed the realization of the disc ", mentions Steve Barry, which without hiding it, dedicates a worship particular to Maurice Gibb.

A production of quality
The collective work Everybody Clap, An International Tribute to Maurice Gibb is inspired by the repertory of Maurice Gibb, who would have of alive sound composed and recorded forty songs.

The CD hardly has just left the presses.  It contains 17 parts interpreted by artists of any horizon.  One finds participants of England there, of Canada, of Peru, of Australia, of Uruguay and the United States.  The production is finished and according to Steve Barry, better than the first recording launched to the autumn 2002, which is verified by the author of these lines.

"With the death of Maurice, the participants in the first project decided to make by mutual agreement CD homage to Maurice Gibb to underline the work that he achieved during his career.  Maurice never had a solo hit.  He wrote, for Bee Gees and other artists also.  He was not popular success.  His material is relatively rare and sometimes obscure.  But within the group, Maurice was a significant pillar.  It is him that arranged the songs of Bee Gees, which made the vocal harmony most interesting.  We made the album to underline the work of Maurice, to put it at the apron, to make known it with people.  Andrew Môn Hughes, a friend of Bee Gees which carried out the first disc, worked on the second ", continues Steve Barry.

The first song of Maurice Gibb
The collective of artists joined together on Everybody Clap, year International Tribute to Maurice Gibb is, with three exceptions, the same one as one finds on Ordinary People, Living Ordinary Lives.  Steve Barry interprets there Trafalgar, a song in charge of significance for the follower of Bee Gees.

"The choice of the songs was left with the discretion of the participants.  Andrew told us first arrived first used!  I chose the Trafalgar part, because it is the first that Maurice wrote, sung, produced and where he plays all the instruments.  Maurice was Bee Gees most unobtrusive of the group on the level of the composition and it tried to thread time with other between his two brothers Robin and Barry.  With Trafalgar, Maurice wanted to impress his brothers.  He was locked up to only compose his song.  When he presented it at his brothers, they are remained by it stops bée and retained it to be reproduced on the album of the same name.  The Trafalgar song is outstanding in the career of Maurice since as from the year when it was made up (1971), the two other Gibb brothers left a little more place to Maurice on the level of the composition.  One found thereafter one to three songs of Maurice on the subsequent albums of Bee Gees ", tells Barry.

On this disc homage to Maurice Gibb, Chamblyen made all arrangements of its song.  Voices, the guitar, the low one, the piano and programming of the battery.  Lorraine Piché, flutist of Montreal, collaborative piece.

The joint one of Barry, Lucie Bélanger, also collaborates in the disc with the Wildflower part, a song which already speaks about overseas.

"The part of Lucie was selected to turn in a station of radio in the island where were born Bee Gees.  Each morning, the national anthem sung by Bee Gees turns in this station.  The organizer that interviews regularly Bee Gees received the disc and chose the Wildflower song interpreted by Lucie.  It found that she was most accessible on the radiophonic level.  That made us a small velvet learn it ", continues Barry.

Another musician of Quebec collaborated in the disc, Yves Lamoureux, Luçois originating in Marieville and member of the Group D.O.M of which Steve Barry forms part.  Lamoureux interprets the song, Railroad on the disc.

Collector's item
The disc Everybody Clap, year International Tribute to Maurice Gibb is a collector's item.  It is not available in store.  Steve Barry is the distributor indicated for North America.  One can order his specimen with www.dom.ca.tc.

Although it is associated Bee Gees since its adolescence, Barry is defended well to do only that.  Its group D.O.M has knocked about the world with original material for 17 years and several projects are in preparation.

"One hopes with our two discs homages outward journey to seek a base of new fans.  D.O.M has demonstrations loans to be sent to producers.  We also compose of the material for other artists.  There are many interesting things which are come from there for us ", concludes Barry.