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The songs that any given 10 or 20-year period will more honestly or accurately reflected what happened. ♪ well i think the world changed since way back then ♪ ♪ and it's so good to be back home again ♪ ♪ not much left but the floor ♪ ♪ no one lives here will anymore ♪ ♪ except the memories of a coal miner's daughter ♪ [ applause ] >> carter had a lot of entertaining with his music friends he had. loretta lynn, conway twitty, tom t. hall. all the greats of that era performed in the east room of the white house to honor jimmy carter. ♪

It is the voicest soul. when you talk about heart and soul, i think he's the president in my mind of my living time that i can think of that brought it to the office. >> i think music is the best proof that people have one thing in common no matter where you live, no matter what your language is. in the future, i think we'll recognize that some of our religious beliefs, belief in the truth, belief in helping others and our faith in democracy and freedom, those are the kind of things that are similar to music that we can share and eventually will bring us together even after divisive era of con...

♪ dirty waters no more dirty waters no more ♪ ♪ no more no more hallelujah ♪ >> we were raise d d mihelia jackson. i guess that's why they called music the devil's music. the black sheep of the family was rock 'n' roll, right? >> but in the south, it was so connected because i grew up singing in the church choir, which was -- which was fine. it was traditional church songs. but i also grew up a huge elvis presley fan, and elvis was so influenced by gospel. >> gospel music is derived from deep within the heart of human beings. we have been to waycross,

>> it was kind of funny because i was on crutches at the time. i had just been to jamaica, i think it was, and i got busted down there. so i was so glad to get out of jail that i jumped off the porch and sprung my ankle. then the next day i had to go see the president of the united states. so it was really kind of funny. we laughed about it a lot. ♪ >> president carter has an encyclopedia knowledge of all music. not just rock 'n' roll. a deep, deep knowledge of classical music. he also knows a lot about blues and an awful lot about jazz. >> when i had this opportunity to produce music at the...

Congratulated me on my rhythm, not on my tone, but my rhythm. ♪ salt peanuts, salt peanuts! salt peanuts, salt peanuts! ♪ ♪ salt peanuts salt peanuts ♪ ♪ ♪ salt peanuts salt peanuts ♪ ♪ salt peanuts salt peanuts ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ >> wait, wait, wait, i just want to ask one question. would you like to go on the road with us? [ laughter ] >> i might have to after tonight. >> president carter loved jazz. he loved all kinds of music. but he really did love jazz. and i have always thought that music was our best ambassador.