They were three bothers – Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb – who set the charts alight with their tight harmonies and disco tunes. And on Thursday the last surviving Bee Gees member Barry cut a lonely figure as he unveiled a tribute to the band in Redcliffe, Australia, where they first formed. Posing alongside a bronze statue featuring the group barefoot between the ages of nine to twelve, the 66-year-old officially opened a commemorative walkway, known as Bee Gees Way. Tribute: Barry Gibb unveiled a bronze statue of him and his brothers during their time in the Bee Gees Speaking to a large crowd who had gathered to celebrate the band, he said: ‘The thing I like best about it is that we're barefoot. That's how we all lived.’ The Philip Piperides sculpture was inspired by a photo of the trio making music in their backyard circa 1959, shortly after they emigrated there from Manchester. The walk way is a 50 metre lane linking Redcliffe Parade to Sutton S
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