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 ...

Willie Nelson’s upcoming tour is fairly minimal and does not sprawl across the whole country. Rather, it will take place over two April weekends and transpire in Mississippi, Georgia ...

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.

Here’s what to know: The state funeral: The nation bade farewell to Mr. Carter with a majestic state funeral for a man who was anything but, remembering a peanut farmer from Georgia who rose to ...

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 ...

Thursday will conclude six days of national rites that began in Plains, Georgia, where Carter was ... the Allman Brothers Band, befriended Willie Nelson and quoted Bob Dylan in his 1977 inaugural ...

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 ...

Steve Ford gave his father’s posthumous elegy for Carter at Washington National Cathedral. “I’m looking forward to our reunion,” the 38th president wrote. “We have much to catch up on.” ...

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 ...

Thursday will conclude six days of national rites that began in Plains, Georgia, where Carter was ... the Allman Brothers Band, befriended Willie Nelson and quoted Bob Dylan in his 1977 inaugural ...

By Rick Rojas and Emily Cochrane The surviving Carter family includes more than 30 people and they have traveled between Georgia and ... Plains City Council. Willie Nelson shared in a book and ...