Fire Destroys Johnny Cash Lake House

Posted on April 11, 2007

Johnny Cash ’s longtime lakeside home, a showcase where he wrote much of his famous music and entertained U.S. presidents, music royalty and visiting fans, has been destroyed by fire.
Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the 13,880-square-foot home from the late 1960s until their deaths in 2003. Barry Gibb, a former member of the Bee Gees, purchased the home in 2006 and had hoped to remodel it and eventually write songs there with his wife.
One firefighter was injured in Tuesday’s fire, authorities said.
“So many prominent things and prominent people in American history took place in that house – everyone from Billy Graham to Bob Dylan went into that house,” said singer Marty Stuart, who lives next door and was married to Cash’s daughter, Cindy, in the 1980s.
Stuart said the man who designed the house, Nashville builder Braxton Dixon, was “the closest thing [...]

Original post by Allie’s Gone Hollywood and a wordpress plugin by Elliott

Related Posts with Thumbnails  

    

Leave a Reply

counter