How Jimmy Carter became known as the 'Rock & Roll President'

How Jimmy Carter became known as the 'Rock & Roll President'

Carter's ascension from salt-of-the-earth peanut farmer to rock star favorite is the subject of the documentary film, "Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President."

How Jimmy Carter became the Rock ’n’ Roll President

The late 39th President of the United States had deep connections to musicians like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers. Kevin E G Perry looks back at how rock and roll shaped Jimmy Carter and helped carry him to the White House

How Jimmy Carter became the first rock ’n’ roll president

Jimmy Carter was a music fan way before he considered a career in politics, and it helped him pioneer a road to the White House.

On Jimmy Carter’s Deep and Historic Connection With Musicians: Why He Is Remembered as the ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll President’

Jimmy Carter loved music enough that he was the subject of a documentary titled 'Rock & Roll President,' but his tastes covered a gamut of America.

The Rock & Roll President

B efore Bill Clinton wailed on a saxophone on  The Arsenio Hall Show or Barack Obama …

Jimmy Carter's smiling face is not the first thing that comes to your mind when you think about the tumultuous relationship that rock and roll and politics have maintained over the past six decades. However, when it comes to reviewing the legacy of the thirty-ninth president of the United States it becomes difficult to ignore the importance that he had in the approach between two worlds that until then seemed doomed to turn their backs: the mell…