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And rollers. but i didnt care about that. i was doing what i really believed. the response i think from the followers of those musicians was much more influential than a few people who thought that being associated with rock and roll and radical people was inappropriate for a president. ♪ ♪ >> one of the things that has held america together when we have been together has been the music that we share and love. i would say the common beat

He was going outside putting wild turkey whiskey in his iced tea glass. but he listened to my speech, and the speech made a great impression on him. >> i saw him push teddy kennedy around in atlanta. i had never seen kennedy pushed around in any room. i was stunned. i had never seen a politician do that before. he pushed teddy aside. out of the way. ive got -- ive got work to do. move aside. kennedy was stunned. i was stunned. >> hunter thompson spent three nights with me and rosalynn in our hou...

Educated, to travel on an equal basis in accordance with their own choice. >> there were souther earns who went to the ivy league s and cae back home. they were freedom riders. there was this camelot decade or two in the south that carter was part of. >> jimmy carter represented the new south. he represented hope for the south whereas the old slave as there would be room for all of gods children. he embodied it. ♪ ♪

While the rest of the allman brothers turned on gregg for his testimony in court, jimmy never did. he thought this was the moment to help somebody when theyre down. >> can you imagine? he is running for the office of the presidency of the united states. he could have easily said, look, sorry gregg, sorry capricorn, sorry allman brothers band, this is too big of a risk for me to take. i cant do it. i will go this way. love you, but good-bye. he didnt turn his back on any of us. >> i had problems ...

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Tonight. >> president carter loved jazz. he loved all kinds of music. he really did love jazz. and i have always thought that music was our best ambassador. and especially jazz because it is so identified with america and being very special to america, and music is one of the, i think, most vibrant, i think, parts of soft power. >> soft power is the use of culture, music, jimmy carter was i think the best ever at his understanding of it. mainly because he was a fan. he used music in a way that h...

Own choice. >> there were southerners who went to the ivy leagues and came back home. they started bipartisan think tanks. they were freedom riders. there was this camelot decade or two in the south that carter was part of. >> jimmy carter represented the new south. he represented hope for the south, where as the slaves used to say, there would be plenty of room for all gods children. and he did. he represented that and embodied it. ♪ oh, georgia ♪ my little georgia ♪ oh, no, no, no, no pe...

Categorize as a pot smoker like him. there were some people who didnt like my being deeply involved with willie nelson and bob dylan and disreputable rock and rollers. i didnt care about that. i was doing what i believed. the response i think from the followers of those musicians was much more influential than a few people who thought that being associated with rock and roll and radical people was inappropriate for a president. >> joining us now is mary wharton, executive producer. mary, its goo...

Because i was doing what i really believed. and the response, i think, from the followers of those musicians was much more influential than a few people who thought that being associated with rock and roll and radical people was inappropriate for a president. ♪ ♪ >> one of the things that has held america together, when weve been together, has been the music that we share and love. i would say the common beat people have within them, a desire for country music or

>> georgia is this interesting place. as a black musician, you cant help but be influenced by james brown lyrics. when james brown goes, the name of this place, good god, is augusta, ga, george in our heads has a different kind of vibe. music has the capacity to speak on multiple levels. theres the level of the word, the lyrics. thats there. sometimes theres a deeper level on what the music connects inside the brain and maybe better yet inside the soul. >> we were coming into a new era. the iall...