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Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood perform at Jimmy Carter’s funeral

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January 13, 2025

Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood perform at Jimmy Carter's funeral

On Thursday, Nashville nation music couple Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood carried out at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C.

The couple carried out John Lennon’s track “Think about” to honor their pal Carter, the nation’s thirty ninth president, who died on Dec. 29 at 100 years previous.

Carter’s life and legacy was honored with a state funeral on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral by audio system together with President Joe Biden, Carter’s former adviser Stu Eizenstat, Carter’s grandson Jason Carter, the son of Gerald Ford, Steve Ford, and the son of Walter Mondale, Ted Mondale.

All 5 dwelling presidents had been in attendance at Carter’s funeral, together with President-elect Trump and former presidents Invoice Clinton, Barack Obama, and George W. Bush.

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Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood sing ‘Think about’ to honor Jimmy Carter

Brooks and Yearwood walked onto the cathedral’s stage after Reverend Andrew Younger delivered a homily. The duo wore all-black, and Brooks seemingly left the cowboy hat at dwelling out of respect.

Brooks and Yearwood started singing a young model of John Lennon’s “Think about,” a track that Carter requested Brooks to carry out at his funeral, CBS reported.

As Brooks performed emotive acoustic guitar, he crooned the verses whereas movies of Carter spanning his profession had been proven alongside.

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Yearwood joined in with harmonies through the refrain, singing: “You might say I am a dreamer / However I am not the one one / I hope sometime you will be a part of us / And the world might be as one.”

All through the efficiency, the digicam panned to a somber President Joe Biden, who was proven closing his eyes and taking within the music. President-elect Donald Trump was additionally proven attentively concerning the tribute efficiency.

How did Trisha Yearwood and Garth Brooks know Jimmy Carter?

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood turned mates with Jimmy and his spouse Rosalynn Carter, who died in 2023, by volunteering with the couple at Habitat for Humanity builds.

Famously, Brooks admitted to not having the ability to sustain with Carter on the builds. Brooks even mentioned that after Carter referred to as him out for taking a break, saying: “You want one thing to do, Garth?”

Yearwood and Brooks spent Carter’s a centesimal birthday in October in St. Paul, Minn. for Habitat for Humanity’s 2024 Jimmy & Rosalynn Carter Work Week Challenge. They constructed 30 houses for a 1,200-home group.

Brooks additionally paid tribute to Carter after his dying.

“President Carter, the legacy you and Rosalynn have left us is as stunning because the life you lived,” he mentioned on Instagram, posting an image of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at a Habitat for Humanity construct.

“Thanks in your lifetime of service to our nation and the world. You impressed us not simply by what you mentioned, however by what you constructed. We love you.”

Audrey Gibbs is a music reporter with The Tennessean. You possibly can attain her at [email protected].