Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President and RIP Stanley Booth, The Rolling Stones Chronicler

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot pay tribute to the late president Jimmy Carter by revisiting a discussion on his character and love for music with the director of the documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President. Plus, they will bid farewell to music journalist Stanley Booth, the most profound chronicler of the Rolling Stones.

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Bob Dylan, "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia, 1965

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

The Allman Brothers Band, "Ramblin' Man," Brothers and Sisters, Capricorn, 1973

Bob Dylan, "Maggie's Farm," Bringing It All Back Home, Columbia, 1965

Bob Dylan, "Gotta Serve Somebody," Slow Train Coming, Columbia, 1979

The Rolling Stones, "Gimme Shelter," Let It Bleed, Decca, 1969

The Rolling Stones, "No Expectations," Beggars Banquet, Decca, 1968

The Rolling Stones, "Street Fighting Man," Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Decca, 1970

The Rolling Stones, "Around And Around," 12 x 5, London, 1964

The Rolling Stones, "Honky Tonk Women," Honky Tonk Women (Single), Decca, 1969

The Rolling Stones, "You Gotta Move," Sticky Fingers, Polydor, 1971

The Rolling Stones, "Sympathy For the Devil," Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!, Decca, 1970

The Rolling Stones, "Wild Horses," Sticky Fingers, Polydor, 1971

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you're listening to this and you support us on Patreon, you can hear it via the Patreon page and free.
0:08.0	So now, ladies and gentlemen, it is start time. Are you ready for start time?
0:35.9	Woo! You're listening to sound opinions, and this week we're bidding farewell to the late president, Jimmy Carter.
0:37.4	I'm Jim D. Regattis. And I'm Greg Cott. We'll also say
0:39.5	goodbye to music journalist Stanley Booth, the most profound chronicler of the Rolling Stones.
0:45.0	But first, Jimmy Carter. President Jimmy Carter died on December 29, 2024 at the age of 100.
0:53.2	And to celebrate and reflect on his life, we wanted to re-air a conversation
0:58.4	we had about his love for music and musicians.
1:07.4	We're going to talk now to Mary Wharton, the director of this fantastic documentary, Jimmy Carter Rock and Roll President.
1:15.3	Mary, welcome to sound opinions.
1:16.9	Thank you for having me.
1:18.3	I'm so excited to be here.
1:19.8	Well, thank you for making this film.
1:21.7	Both Greg and I, when we thought, you know, Jimmy Carter, rock and roll president, we know Dylan, yeah.
1:26.5	But to dive deep for a really well-made
1:29.8	film into the connections that Carter had with music in the rock and roll world and also jazz.
1:37.6	Music was in this guy's soul.
1:39.4	Yeah, totally. And, you know, we were really surprised, in fact.
1:43.6	Going into this, we had heard about the Dylan
1:46.2	stories and the Willie Nelson stories and the Greg Alman and the Allman Brothers stories.
1:51.6	I didn't know about it until the producer, Chris Farrell, came to me with this idea for a film.
1:58.7	But that was pretty much the basis as of what we decided like, oh, this
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