He had served in the Georgia State Senate and as governor ... vote was his friendships with musicians like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers. "I was practically a non-entity ...

He had served in the Georgia State Senate and as governor of Georgia ... was his friendships with musicians like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers. "I was practically a non-entity ...

President Carter’s body has arrived for a second, more intimate service at Maranatha Baptist Church, the small congregation on the outskirts of Plains, Georgia, where he long taught Sunday school.

Carter asked Conlon to organize a 2004 free Willie Nelson concert in Plains ... was looking forward to the next thing," he said. Georgia governor and US presidential candidate Jimmy Carter ...

When Jimmy Carter ran for president, he was barely known outside of his home state. He had served in the Georgia State Senate and as governor of Georgia, but was far from a household name. What gave ...

He courted the music industry as early as 1973 while still Georgia’s governor ... Carter hosted country acts like Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, funk masters The Commodores and jazz luminaries ...

After the public funeral, which all five living presidents are expected to attend, Carter's coffin will be flown to Georgia ... performed a cover of Willie Nelson's "Crazy," and Aretha Franklin ...

It was April 1975, about halfway between the time of the first resignation of an American president and the time when a relatively unknown Georgia ... music star Willie Nelson, who notoriously ...

Jimmy Carter was born on October 1, 1924, in the farming community of Plains, Georgia. Carter went on ... Linda Ronstadt performed a cover of Willie Nelson's "Crazy," and Aretha Franklin performed ...

He displayed that honesty throughout his life as a naval officer, state legislator, governor ... a duet of “On the Road Again” with Willie Nelson. Georgia wasn’t just on Jimmy’s mind ...

Jimmy Carter was also close friends with Bob Dylan, who he met at the Georgia governor's mansion ... Carter asked Conlon to organize a 2004 free Willie Nelson concert in Plains.

For young and old, straight and gay, believers and nonbelievers, Black and white and brown, Maranatha was a far-off-the-beaten path destination in southwest Georgia where Carter, well into his 90s ...