personnel kenny rogers -- vocals barry gibb -- background vocals , guitar maurice gibb -- guitar , bass , synthesizer tim renwick -- guitar george terry -- guitar george bitzer -- piano , synthesizer albhy galuten -- piano , synthesizer ron ziegler -- drums joe lala -- percussion peter graves -- horns whit sidener -- horns ken faulk -- horns neal bonsanti -- horns barry gibb version barry gibb 's original version of '' you and i '' was the second song intended for kenny rogers ' new album .