Wow. Johnny Cash's legendary house in Tennessee-- a home that gathered the minds of Dylan and Roy Orbison under one roof-- burnt down last Wednesday. The Frank Lloyd Wright style architecture and a home that symbolized his most romantic years with his wife June, and the dark ones, are but stony remains smoldering in the breeze.

Irony is a word that usually comes to mind during such catastrophes in rock culture. Especially since one of Cash's most nationally honored song was, after all, "Ring of Fire". However, since his death it seems like the music world has been trying to honeymoon anything they can off his legacy. Unreleased recordings, more greatest hits, more documentaries-- the poor man's peace is forever immortalized in the swan-song video of "Hurt"....filmed in that house. But now this:

Meet Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees. A man partly socially responsible for setting a groove for John Travolta's butt, the song "How Deep Is Your Love", and as of late moving into Cash's home

with dreams of "remodeling it". Freak coincidence it burns down right after the fact, right? I guess real estate is the vortex where disco and country finally meet. And why would Barry Gibb want to live in Tennessee anyway?

-cwa