sentence: personnel kenny rogers -- vocals barry gibb - background vocals , guitar maurice gibb -- guitar , bass , synthesizer larry gatlin -- background vocals steve gatlin -- background vocals rudy gatlin -- background vocals albhy galuten -- piano , synthesizer fred tackett -- guitar mitch holder -- guitar john hobbs -- piano paul leim -- drums chart performance barry gibb version barry gibb 's original version of '' evening star '' was released on the eyes that see in the dark demos in 2006 .