How cool is Jimmy Carter? Here's a guitar he made from a tree he planted

[underpants]

The headline at the link isn’t accurate

When Willie Nelson wrote his autobiography, he confessed that he smoked pot in the White House, one night, when he was spending the night with me," says the former president in the film, which is directed by Mary Wharton. "He said that his companion, that shared the pot with him, was one of the servants at the White House. That was not exactly true. It actually was one of my sons, which he didn't want to categorize as a pot-smoker like him. There were some people who didn't like my being deeply involved with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan and disreputable rock 'n' rollers. I didn't care about that because I was doing what I really believed and the response from the followers of those musicians was much more influential than a few people who thought that being associated with rock 'n' roll and radical people was inappropriate in a president."

https://ew.com/movies/jimmy-carter-documentary-willie-nelson/

[Raine]

1. Aw I love him so much 🥲🥰 nt

[SeattleVet]

2. He has a nice collection of guitars made for him.

The one in the photo has a hidden message on the back:




(A sly 'dig' that reads 'BEAT NAVY' in Morse Code)

Here's the background story on the collection:

https://www.worldtree.eco/president-carter-legacy-collection/

World Tree is proud to present The President Carter Legacy Collection: a unique collection of 12 stringed instruments made from a renewable timber resource, Empress (Paulownia), grown by President Carter on his farm in Plains, Georgia.

[Brother Buzz]

4. It's a cool Jason Kostal acoustic guitar

https://kostalguitars.com/

Little known factoid: Jimmy Carter plays the Ukulele, just like my mom who is a whopping two months older.

[Hekate]

3. The whole OP is lovely. 💕

[senseandsensibility]

5. Pretty cool

in so many ways. Love the man. He led a wonderful life until now, and I hope he finds peace as it comes to a close. He did so much good for so many and he has been an inspiration to me. I have to confess that I am feeling very emotional about this.

[niyad]

6. I remember the OP here on DU about that guitar, and the luthier who made it.

[AllaN01Bear]

7. cool, btw , the prez can choose his friends wo the rs help.loved the morse message aspect.

[malaise]

8. More cool - with Harry Belafonte

Link to tweet

Harry B will be 96 on March 1

[Tree Lady]

9. My first vote and most honest

President we ever had. I have always loved him. How can anyone not respect him? He truly lives what he believes. Rare in this day.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. Rare in any time.

Make no mistake.

[allegorical oracle]

10. Watched many years ago an interview with him that showed some of the furniture he made. The

pieces were gorgeous. As I recall, one was a large chest of drawers that looked extremely complex. A genuinely good man of many talents as well as humor, intelligence and grace.

[underpants]

12. Sears gave him a complete set of Craftsman tools when he left office

I remember that because my stepfather worked for Sears.