The Bee Gees' Barry Gibb has bought the house Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash lived for thirty five years. The country retreat in Hendersonville, Tennessee, was put on the market in June with an asking price of $2.9million, later lowered to $2.5million. A Cash family lawyer confirmed that the house had been purchased by Balinda, a Florida-based company owned by Gibb and his wife Linda, but did not disclose the sum the couple had paid.
Gibb said the house would "always be the spiritual home for the Cashes", adding: "My wife, Linda, and I are determined to preserve it, to honour their memory. We fell in love with it. It's an incredible honour for us. We plan to use the home to write songs because of the musical inspiration."