Barry Gibb burned down Johnny Cash's house ...
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... no, really.
FIRE DESTROYS JOHNNY CASH'S HOUSE
The lakeside Tennessee home of late country music superstar Johnny Cash has been destroyed in a fire.
It burned down on Tuesday while renovations were being carried out for its new owner, Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
The interior of the house, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was used in the video for Cash's final hit, his 2002 cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt.
Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the house from 1968 until their deaths, months apart, in 2003.
'Sanctuary and fortress'
The cause of the fire has not yet been identified. According to the Associated Press news agency, one firefighter was hurt tackling the blaze.
The agency said the fire spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the house during renovations.
After a few hours, little remained of the house except its stone chimneys.
"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," country singer Marty Stuart, a neighbour, was quoted as saying by AP.
"It was a sanctuary and a fortress for him," Stuart said. "There was a lot of writing that took place there. The Folsom Prison prison record came from there, the San Quentin record, The Holy Land, the Man in Black book came from there."
Another neighbour, Richard Sterban of country and gospel band, the Oak Ridge Boys, is quoted by the AP news agency as saying the fire may be "the good Lord's way to make sure that it was only Johnny's house".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/6543503.stm
Published: 2007/04/11 00:57:51 GMT
FIRE DESTROYS JOHNNY CASH'S HOUSE
The lakeside Tennessee home of late country music superstar Johnny Cash has been destroyed in a fire.
It burned down on Tuesday while renovations were being carried out for its new owner, Bee Gee Barry Gibb.
The interior of the house, in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was used in the video for Cash's final hit, his 2002 cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt.
Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, lived in the house from 1968 until their deaths, months apart, in 2003.
'Sanctuary and fortress'
The cause of the fire has not yet been identified. According to the Associated Press news agency, one firefighter was hurt tackling the blaze.
The agency said the fire spread quickly because construction workers had recently applied a flammable wood preservative to the exterior of the house during renovations.
After a few hours, little remained of the house except its stone chimneys.
"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," country singer Marty Stuart, a neighbour, was quoted as saying by AP.
"It was a sanctuary and a fortress for him," Stuart said. "There was a lot of writing that took place there. The Folsom Prison prison record came from there, the San Quentin record, The Holy Land, the Man in Black book came from there."
Another neighbour, Richard Sterban of country and gospel band, the Oak Ridge Boys, is quoted by the AP news agency as saying the fire may be "the good Lord's way to make sure that it was only Johnny's house".
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/entertainment/6543503.stm
Published: 2007/04/11 00:57:51 GMT
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Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
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Knowledge is not wisdom.
Wisdom is not truth.
Truth is not beauty.
Beauty is not love.
Love is not music.
Music is the best."
~ FZ ~
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"Another neighbour, Richard Sterban of country and gospel band, the Oak Ridge Boys, is quoted by the AP news agency as saying the fire may be "the good Lord's way to make sure that it was only Johnny's house"."
Thinking of it that way it kind of makes me happy
Lets all just pray that Jimmy Fallon doesn't make a guest appearance on SNL doing Barry Gibb again. It's a terrible show, but it doesn't need to be that bad.
Edit: Actually, thinking about the episode I saw where he did Barry Gibb, that poorly written skit was one of the funniest moments in the show (though that ain't saying much). Bring it on Fallon.
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seeing as barry gibb owned the place, he actually burned down his own house. mr cash has no need of a house where he's gone.
Fuck that's funny. Thanks for my daily gut buster.
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