President Jimmy Carter had an appreciation of the musical heritage of the south that extended beyond gospel and rock. In 1978, he and the first lady, Rosalynn Carter, held a party at the White House for the 25th anniversary of the Newport jazz festival. Carter, accompanied by Dizzie Gillespie and Max Roach, performed (what else?) Salt Peanuts.
John Keenan
Of all the compliments paid to the man from Plains, none will ring truer, nor come back to us more tellingly, over the next four years, than that of Joe Biden: “Can you imagine Jimmy Carter referring to someone by the way they look or the way they talk?”
Tom Stubbs
