Saturday, July 18, 2009

Jimmy Carter Thought Born-Again Dylan Wasn't to Die For

From beliefnet via idolchatter.com:
Jimmy Carter, it seems, believes in the separation between church and rock. The former president, whose 1976 White House campaign saw both performances by the Allman Brothers Band and the introduction of the term "born again" to the Washington media's lexicon, has revealed in a new book that he became disenchanted with Bob Dylan after the singer was converted to Christianity. Writes Kevin Mattson in his history of Carter's "malaise" speech, "Jimmy Carter's favorite rock musician now refused to sing the songs the president most enjoyed . . . [those] written before Dylan found Jesus."
A surprisingly Overt take from Jimmy Carter. But then again, most Advanced Musicians side with the Republicans, so maybe this isn't so surprising.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Bowie ruined Pop music...interesting:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32011060/ns/entertainment-5top/

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