Bob Dylan, Bono, Gregg Allman and Willie Nelson appear in the new trailer for Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll president, from 9 September.
Directed by Mary Wharton, the trailer opens with Carter listening to Dylan’s Bring it all home again on vinyl. “All right!” he says madly when “Mr. Tambourine Man” plays. “Sounds familiar.” Paul Simon dedicates a performance to the president while Carter introduces the Allman Brothers on stage.
“He was cool,” the late Allman recalls in the trailer. “He enjoyed our music and he became our friend.” Dylan adds: “When I first met Jimmy, the first thing he did was quote my songs to me.”
Footage of Nelson visiting Carter at the Oval Office is also on display. “With all the odds against him, he still did what he thought was right,” a contemporary Nelson tells the camera. “That’s not a bad pattern for all of us to follow.”
The documentary also includes interviews with Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Jimmy Buffett, Rosanne Cash, Chuck Leavell, Andrew Young, Madeleine Albright and others. Performances by Dylan, Simon, Nelson, Buffet, and more also appear.
Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll president will be released on September 9 in theaters and virtual cinemas, followed by a physical release on October 9. It will debut on CNN on January 3, 2021.
