Across Carter’s term, artists including Nelson, Charles Mingus, Loretta Lynn, Bob Dylan, Sarah Vaughan, Cecil Taylor, Linda Ronstadt (who had campaigned against Carter with her then-boyfriend Jerry Brown), the Staple Singers, Cher (and her then-boyfriend, Gregg Allman) and Tom T. Hall either visited or performed at the White House. In Iran, 52 American hostages had endured more than a year of captivity. At the Democratic Convention, he was nominated on the first ballot. Also, they wanted to convey a more positive message, which was "how [Carter] used music, how it's impacted his life and how it impacts all of our lives. Inheriting a Vietnam War-embattled White House that for the eight years prior had been occupied by Richard Nixon and, after his resignation, Gerald Ford, Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter treated the center of power not as a fortified bunker but as a kind of People's Park. We got him to talk about it with the very fervent hope that this will happen again.". He'd been speaking to former members of the Carter administration about the Allmans' early fundraising support. The Carters have three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn. “We were well-rounded as far as music at the White House,” recalled the president’s son, James “Chip” Carter, during a recent phone conversation. The date was Sept. 13, 1980. Near the beginning of “Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President,” the new documentary that explores the 39th president’s connection to the music community during his four-year term, President Carter offers a revelation involving one of his children, country singer Willie Nelson and what Nelson once described as “a big fat Austin torpedo.”. Chief: Indiana police recruit fired for ties to neo-Nazis, Maria Sharapova Nets Pastoral Santa Barbara Ranch, Arthritis Treatments Your Doctor May Not Share, PHOTOS: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — A look back, Kirstie Alley responds to critics after saying she'll vote for Trump again: 'Don't think I've ever seen so much name-calling in my life', The Queen Reportedly Shut Down Prince Harry's Demand That Meghan Markle Get Her Way on Her Wedding Day, Eric Trump calls Jake Tapper 'so angry and smug' after CNN anchor abruptly ends tense interview with his wife Lara, Michigan Gov. "This is at about the height of the Black Power movement, the height of the women's movement. The second child of Jimmy and Rosalynn was 25 when his parents and his younger sister, Amy, moved into the White House. We just kept going up till we got to the roof, where we leaned against the flagpole at the top of the place and lit one up. Members of the Woodstock generation were out of college and getting haircuts. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. His expansion of the national park system included protection of 103 million acres of Alaskan lands. Jimmy Carter aspired to make Government “competent and compassionate,” responsive to the American people and their expectations. During both his 1976 run and his presidency, Carter leaned into the suggestion that he was more connected to music than his political opponents.