Musicians, celebrities, and former presidents joined forces to celebrate Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta this week.
Carter, who turns 100 on Oct. 1., was at home in Plains, Ga., but that didn’t stop Angelique Kidjo, the B-52s, BeBe Winans, Carlene Carter, Chuck Leavell, D-Nice, Drive-By Truckers,, Lalah Hathaway, the War And Treaty, the Rickey Minor Band, and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus from celebrating what Carter’s life and presidency means to them.
Birthday dispatches from stars on video were interspersed throughout: the Indigo Girls sang “Happy Birthday”; Dave Matthews praised Carter “for your position of the Israeli /Palestine issue and your courage to speak to it”; Actor Sean Penn said the world needed a “shot” of Carter in order to keep going; and TV host Jon Stewart joked that he’d be sure to attend President Carter’s 200th birthday, “because...
On stage, Renee Zellweger talked about the love story between Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, calling their first encounter as infants in Plains, Ga., “a whole new spin on meet cute.” Monica Pearson, a longtime Atlanta TV anchor, spoke about exchanging notes with President Carter as they both battled cancer.
The duo of Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter, better known as the War and Treaty, stunned the crowd with their vocal prowess, blues vibes and cowboy-glam of “Hey, Pretty Moon” and “Called You By Your Name.” Gospel singer BeBe Winans, encircled by the Spelman College Glee Club, sang the praise tune, “All to Thee” as someone in the audience yelled out, “Glory!” The Drive-By Truckers, based in Athens, Ga.
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