'A Hero for Me': Peter Gabriel on His Long Friendship With Jimmy Carter

[malaise]

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https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/peter-gabriel-jmmy-carter-elders-1234735227/

From there, similar personal missions took both men from their family farms to untold corners of the Earth: Carter became POTUS; cavorted with rock stars; co-founded the Carter Center with his wife, Rosalynn; won the Nobel Peace Prize; and visited more than 145 countries. Gabriel wrote megahits, put global music on the map with the WOMAD festival, innovated a citizen video project called Witness, became a Nobel Man of Peace, and was inducted twice into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

Neither Gabriel nor Carter imagined the other would appear on his dance card. Then the two met.

In the summer of 2006, Gabriel and Virgin Records founder Richard Branson cajoled the then 81-year-old former president from his one-story ranch house in Plains, Georgia, to a bungalow on Necker Island. “He was absolutely on the short list from the word go,” Gabriel says of Carter’s inclusion in the formation of the Elders, a council of former heads of state that he and Branson assembled with the blessing of Nelson Mandela to broker peace and solutions to countries in crisis.
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Nice read

[NullTuples]

1. Peter Gabriel has always seemed to have a strong social conscience & acted on it

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

Bookmarking for later. It's a rainy day so I don't have to water the garden and have a chance to catch up on the past couple days' reading. And I can hardly move right now anyway!

[CousinIT]

3. Fixed link:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/peter-gabriel-jmmy-carter-elders-1234735227/

[malaise]

5. Thanks

[MagickMuffin]

4. All good people

[ancianita]

13. Madiba holds hands with his second wife after Winnie -- Graca Michel of Mozambique -- with whom

my South Africa travel group of eight got to have an hour-long meeting in Capetown. Quite an experience. She looks so pretty here. Thanks for the photo.

[Martin Eden]

6. I have a fervent wish related to Jimmy Carter

I want him to outlive TFG.

[AZ8theist]

7. MAN OH MAN AM I WITH YOU ON THAT!!!

[pandr32]

9. + infinity

[malaise]

18. Not if Carter isin any pain

On the other hand, I wish The Slobfather the worst possible end.

[Martin Eden]

23. If Jimmy must pass quickly

Then TFG even quicker.

[IbogaProject]

8. Peter Gabriel is my favorite

I always loved his music plus the activism.

[aggiesal]

10. My brother-in-law tells a story about the time he met Jimmy Carter. ...

They were both working on a Habitats For Humanity house and he knew that
Carter was on site. But he didn't run into him until they were finished and
showering up, when Carter walked in & started showering.
They were both naked saying hello to each other.

I don't think there's a better story about meeting someone famous.

[malaise]

15. Just one of the guys

That’s Carter - no special treatment.😀

[aggiesal]

21. That's what my B-I-L said, Jimmt Carter is very down to earth. n/t

[electric_blue68]

11. Back in the late '80s Peter Gabriel was the headliner for an outdoor concert at The UN...

I was there and we had to wait bc Youssou N'Dour one of the guest singers on PG's album So had been held up at the Airport...

They did a number of songs including "In Your Eyes" where Mr N'Dour does his fabulous singing. My other favorite was "Freedom (No More Apartheid)".

Both in particular rang out across the open park acreage that is part of, and north of the UN Buildings complex sort of bouncing off the buildings across north if it. Quite Wonderful!

[malaise]

16. Quite Wonderful

Sounds about right😀

[electric_blue68]

20. 👍 🙂

[Sky Jewels]

24. I love Peter Gabriel.

I had a big crush on him in the 80s.

I wish I'd seen him live back then.

[electric_blue68]

27. I was lucky with a lot of concerts.

[ancianita]

12. Quite a nice read. Thank you for posting it.

[Brother Buzz]

14. The Allman Brothers became huge fans, too, and an Elmore James record cemented the deal

Jimmy Carter was deep into the weeds with music, and when he invited the Allman Brothers into the Governor's mansion to listen to his newest score, an Elmore James record, they were impressed and knew he was the real deal.



News that Jimmy Carter, 98, has entered hospice care sparked an outpouring of appreciation and admiration from many corners, including the fans and surviving members of the Allman Brothers Band. The group played a crucial role in his bid for the 1976 Democratic nomination and then the presidency. “The Allman Brothers helped put me in the White House by raising money when I didn’t have any,” Mr. Carter said in the documentary film “Jimmy Carter: Rock and Roll President.”

-more-

https://archive.is/7VNZK

[malaise]

17. Thanks for this - very cool 😭

Funny how all the musicians and singers of note hate the Slobfather😀😀

[Brother Buzz]

19. Artists are not keen on assholes who steal/pirate music

Note: Jimmy Carter was not wearing that shirt for a photo op; it's been washed more than once.

[calimary]

22. NICE!!!

[Sky Jewels]

25. Elmore James --

My main association with him is George Harrison telling John Lennon "Elmore James's got nothing on this, baby!" on For You Blue.

[Brother Buzz]

26. Recorded while Lennon was playing a slide guitar, Baby!

An "I knew Jack Kennedy, and you're no Jack Kennedy" moment, for sure.

Elmore James was a slide guitar player, extraordinaire

[Sky Jewels]

28. Oh yeah!