2020.10.08 - Blabbermouth - Duff McKagan And Jerry Cantrell Celebrate Birthday And Work Of President Jimmy Carter With 'A Satisfied Mind' Acoustic Cover

Duff McKagan And Jerry Cantrell Celebrate Birthday And Work Of President Jimmy Carter With 'A Satisfied Mind' Acoustic Cover

Guns N' Roses bassist Duff McKagan and Alice In Chains guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell have released a performance video of their acoustic cover version of "A Satisfied Mind", a song originally written by Joe "Red" Hayes and Jack Rhodes.

McKagan and Cantrell recorded the track as a way of wishing former president Jimmy Carter a happy 96th birthday as well as to highlight all the the longest-living president in United States history has done "to help create a sustainable future for mankind," including putting solar panels on the roof of the White House and pioneering the growing of Empress (Paulownia) trees, which happens to be the wood Duff's guitar is made from in the video.

Carter, who held office from 1977 to 1981, is also a Nobel Peace Prize winner and a Grammy Award winner. He was also awarded the Presidential Medal Of Freedom.

Last year, Carter underwent brain surgery. In 2015, he survived cancer.

McKagan played with Alice In Chains on the band's 2006 comeback tour and expressed interest in writing a biography on them.

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