In the early 1970s, Bob Dylan met future president Jimmy Carter at the governor’s mansion in Georgia. Carter was a fan of Dylan, a fact that he was not afraid to share when he met the musician .

Bob Dylan said he was uneasy to learn that a president liked his music From 1971 to 1975, Carter was the governor of Georgia. During this time, Dylan was playing a show in Atlanta, and Carter ...

“When I was governor, we had three sons of college age, so we were immersed in Bob Dylan, who was a hero of my children,” he said in the 2020 movie Jimmy Carter: Rock ’n’ Roll President ...

When Jimmy Carter was governor of Georgia, his three sons were “immersed in Bob Dylan,” who was one of their heroes. Son Chip even traveled to Woodstock in 1968, just to shake Dylan’s hand.

How Jimmy Carter's friendships with Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson launched his campaign : ... He had served in the Georgia State Senate and as governor of Georgia, but was far from a household name.

In May 1974, Governor Jimmy Carter delivered a blistering Law Day address at the University of Georgia to a distinguished audience of lawyers and public officials, along with members of the press ...

In January 1974, Jimmy Carter — then the governor of Georgia — hosted a post-concert reception for Bob Dylan at the Governor’s Mansion in Atlanta.

A successful activist governor, notably on civil rights and public education, but ineligible for reelection due to Georgia’s term limits, Carter began exploring the possibilities of running for ...

Create an account or log in to save stories. At Hibbing High School on Saturday, Governor Mark Dayton proclaimed Bob Dylan Day in recognition of Dylan's Nobel Prize in literature. In a statement ...

As Bob Dylan turns 70 on May 24, his fans in Georgia are remembering a few strange days in July 1985 -- days which their idol spent in Tbilisi, the capital of what was then the Georgian Soviet ...