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It always blows my mind that the federal government decides that THESE are the kind of men who need to go to federal prison. Because a few hundreds gallons of booze that was made in a shed in his back woods didn’t get taxed.
He paid taxes. On his copper, sugar, corn, gasoline, jars. If anything he overpaid. He didn't use the generator gas and cooking gasoline for traveling down the road, so he paid unnecessary road taxes. The only thing not taxed was his work. It makes the federal government angry when they can't make you give them your work. In their minds they own all of us. Chew on that for a little while, and come back and tell me how you feel about THAT.
This man just made some 180 plus proof shiine….this dude was soo bad ass…as good and loyal as a man can become…the law had no buisness coming down on this mans tradition….
One thing i love about Popcorn he never let the popularity go to his head, he was just still a simple man with a simple life and very down to earth, which in my eyes makes him even more legendary! RIP POPCORN!!!!
A mans man, as the ol folks would say! The very best fellas in the world come from right where my ass's sittin, that Old Tar Heel State!! Rest Easy Popcorn
He took in my wife when she was a child to watch over and protect. Her parents had a crazy relationship, her dad was a violent drunk and her mom was too scared to leave. Her mom, Nancy, took her, Christy, up to Popcorn's. He watched her, fed her, clothed her, and treated her like gold, for what my wife remembers as a summer roughly. She said he was a funny man that loved to have her laughing too. She always felt safe there, and that was a rarity in her life up to that point. Her mom is gone now, so his her dad, so we can't get more details than that unfortunately. It would have been in the late 70's to early 80's. He probably lived in east Tennessee at the time, as that's where were all from. I've heard Cosby and Parrottsville both as potential places. If anyone who knew him then, remembers a little blonde haired girl staying with him for a bit, we'd love to hear any stories you might have. Thank you Popcorn for being there for them when I couldn't be. I was just a child myself, but I still feel like I should have been there. RIP to who I see as a kind soul. The world may think of him as a moonshiner because that's all they know about him, but because what I know of the man I think of him as a guardian of my wife when she was a child. He was there when I couldn't be, so I am eternally grateful. Ironically, the police never did much of anything, as they knew her daddy. Funny how the "outlaw" was doing the job that the "law" should have handled. You may or may not like the man over what he did for money. I understand that, you can feel however you want. But, you're a piece of work if you don't see him a bit differently after reading how he helped the child version of my wife and mother-in-law out. We are all more than what we do for a living!
The American government simply failed the Appalachians and when they took things into their own hands by trying to survive they get prosecuted for it bc its impossible to tax
@@hankbonner9718 Brother, everybody underestimates us and I'm just fine with that. That way, when we are pushed, they will never know what hit them. To steal a quote from Hank Williams Jr. " Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run! 'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns! We say grace, and we say ma'am! If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn!"
That's so cool that Popcorn did that for your wife. I'm sure most people wouldn't think of him as the type to save a little girl. Goes to show, we're all capable of greatness!!! We need more people like that in the world we live in today! Sad to say, They're pretty much extinct.
Popcorn lived in Cosby and Parrottsville also had a place at what he called the bend in the river(Pigeon it parallels interstate 40 at the state line..truth is he had a few women when he was young kept property in their names to avoid confiscation if caught he was a good man,neighbor and friend..I believe every word of it never seen a kid come in the store he didn’t buy something if their parents let him
@@jamescollins1578 I live in Waynesville,nc (Haywood ,Co) I would see Popcorn all the time a the Maggie Valley Restaurant "Carvers". He would tell me the dirtiest jokes you've ever heard. And i would see him at MAST General store on Main st in Waynesville. We both had an addiction to Braches Sour balls. He would use them and Shine to make Cough syrup.😁 We hear are very proud that the most Famous Moonshiner is from NORTH CAROLINA ! Not Tennessee or Kentucky. They make some great stuff like Makers Mark, Jim Beam. But Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton made the best Apple Likker on the Planet. PERIOD. Good Vibes 👣
@@cobyporschifer221 Man, that is so cool, i wish i would have been lucky enough to meet him, but i live about 6-8 hours north in Central Pa. I am planning a trip down to Tennessee next summer, but i plan to visit Maggie Valley also, i love this craft and just started doing it not long ago, so i wanna come down and learn as much as i can about it..
@cobyporschifer221 I never met Marvin or Floyd in NC but I did in Bybee Tennessee. We have a homestead in Newport and we'd run into popcorn every few months at Billy Pat's bar or at old store. Believe popcorn had a home in Bybee as well.
The old bastard can finally get some rest! My favorite lines from this vid is "gets harder than a preachers pecker" 😆 "hes like a sore pecker. Hes hard to beat" 🤣i had almost forgot those
Popcorn has to be one of the coolest guys to ever be on film or have lived lol Definitely a top contender, may he rest easy Pioneer in the real sense of the word
This gentleman is a legend in the 'moonshine' industry. He is the bench mark for making the finest product of its kind. He's a gentleman and a scholar in the art and science of this product. They should have made a statue of him in his home town.
If you can find it, check out Popcorn Sutton Hell of a Life. It's probably my favorite of all his vids and documentaries. It even has popcorn and JB paying ol Jesco a visit! 😁😆
@@theweakestlink2278 yeah I tried the other night found it, just gotta download it. Might do it tonight, after my BLUE DEVILS play a HUGE game against Gonzaga. The game isn't until 10:30 & either way, I will be 1 hyped Moe for afterward! Just hoped I'm hyped after a W, & not pissed hyped lol
I get it! I'm an Auburn fan but not real sure what to expect this season. Pearl had them in the final four a few years ago but not so much last season. They beat Syracuse today but it's still too early in the season to know what kind of team we've got this year.
This is True American History. 🦅🇺🇸 He was one of the best to ever do it. Rest in Peace PopCorn gone to soon. Just a simple Man trying to get by. Like the rest of us 👨🌾
Ain’t that the truth!! One cool azz mfer in my book! Wish I could of had a drink with him and listen to his stories!! That would of been the best! R.I.P. popcorn
So crazy on how this day in age that a jar of popcorn's shine probably would go for a fortune! Wish so much that he was here to collect on what he right fully deserved a lonnnnngg time ago.. rip brother. Your my hero...
Popcorn was a National Treasure. He sure was not living like a drug cartell head. The Feds ought to left him alone to do what he loved. His shine was important as saving this music.
@@lawhorndavid7687 because imbecile everyone has to pay to live in this great country. Nothing's free. That's why we have taxes. He didn't deserve to call himself an American
Popcorn Sutton was one of the very best modern day Moonshine distillers who ever lived. His technique and recipe, according to him, goes back 100 plus years. It's really neat to see Moonshine get made in the old fashioned way with the same type of antique style equipment. We are really getting a special treat by getting to see a legendary Moonshine expert at work, being a master of his craft. A friend of mine who has tasted Moonshine actually made by Popcorn Sutton said that it was among the very best available. Some people believe that when Popcorn Sutton passed away, the making of the best Moonshine died along with him. Rest in peace Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (1946-2009)
@@poboy942 Very true. It would be good to be more sanitary from the very beginning. Popcorn still managed to produce some high quality liquor, even though his product had dirty beginnings.
He never actually had recipes. Things varied at all times. His true passion was being left alone to do it old style like they did as he was taught as a child. It's definitely a lost art. . . . For instance his son SOLOMON was on Moonshiners with a few fellas and didn't know to toss heads. . . . So I'd say some rare secrets to the still have indeed died with the legend.
I loved this man . Ornery as hell but lots of laughs.Met him in TN . He called me little sunshine. He's apple pie moonshine was absolutely the best. RIP my friend 😘
Dawn, do you know if when he talked about Cosby, if he was referring to Cosby, TN? If so, I am very familiar with Cosby, as well as really well acquainted with Maggie Valley. I met Popcorn once, and talked a little to him.
Popcorn Sutton Making Likker A Long Time Ago is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I would have loved to had met Marvin Moonshine and sipped his corn moonshine.
What a beautiful nostalgic piece of History all these gentlemen wholesome people doing their thing not hurting anybody this is what our country was built on that I actually feel horrible where it's leading I hope people remember these times.. no body hurting no body, enjoying the moment. Our heritage.. this has me . Feeling patriotic
Well I hope you see where your big gov is takeing things. These are people that where used to doing everything themselves. Their food, their stuff, most of the stuff they had they made themselves and of course their medicine and recreation. Then the government decides it likes the tax it gets on whiskey and sees people who are self sufficient who make their own as a threat to their revenue. Like a gang. So they heavily criminalize something that was just simply a normal part of mountain life and mountain community. You think the scotch Irish settlers where all the way up in the holler because they liked people telling them what to do in the first place? It seems not even the most ardent independant isolationist are spared from tyranny. Especially now. They makeing us dependant and building a global totalitarian digital prison world. Well I'm glad popcorn has passed on. He what hate to see where this is going to lead us.
just growing up around this man was a learning exsperience, if he liked you he would say so and if he did not he might still speak to you just to be polite but he would not trust you enough to the point where he would let you hang around i thought he was a great person and i wanted to grow up and be just like him. my cuss and i once carried sugar to one of his still sites and he gave us a little money for doing so. im pretty sure that he only made one run there because he did not either like where it was or im thinking it might have been something to do with the water, anyway i watch these old vtdeos from time to time ,its kinda like digging up bones. i love you ole budy rest in peace.l
Popcorn was a lab technician, craftsman and true artisan who let us realise what a science the art of moonshine making is. One of the best and of course a real character. Health and safety people would have a heart attack in his distillery
I've had popcorn bring it to me right up on stage! Instead of a banjo or a guitar, I was playing a fleet of really high-tech synthesizers, about 11 of them! Popcorn called them all a gigantic Pie anna! He'd bring it right up to me on stage, in front of a couple of thousand people and said," here boy ,this'll make you play that Pie anna really great!" He was the closest thing I know to a rockstar!, just hanging out with him made you a better person! I was a classical musician and a rock musician musician from Asheville and knew nothing about bluegrass music, until I was introduced to popcorn when I played the Spring House. I was amazed that he would hold court all day long ,all kinds of musicians would come over to see him to pay homage to him, starting early in the morning! It's true, Popcorn never let his Celebrity Status get to his head, that's not to say that he couldn't ham it up for a camera, he knew people really liked him and he also felt a responsibility to be an ambassador of sorts, edumacating people about the mountain culture of the 20's and 30's! He was priceless Americana! Popcorn was right, after a couple of shots of his elixir I could really play that Pie anna! Lol😮
Such a gnarled looking spring chicken. This old coot taught me more than schooling ever did... Renee Descartes? dude.... absolutely useless to me but this guy here... priceless. Thanks whoever saved all these old films.
All I can say is I love ❤️ 💯 this old man. He reminds me of my grandfather in the hills of the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 . He was not a CRIMINAL, he paid taxes on everything else except on this damn liquor 🥃
I met Popcorn Sutton, and he was manerable. Not until a few hours later, did I hear what folks said his main job was. However, it was his bragging to an "Undercover Agent" that got him caught. He was aways SO careful WHERE he put his stills(out of sight,) and then bragged to the unknown Agent. When you make Likker, first rule of thumb...1) Trust NO strangers or people whom you don't know their background. 2) Keep your mouth shut. Your mouth can UN-DO everything you have done. Also, if he'd stayed in N.C., he would have never been caught. Too many people looked out for him. TN was an entirely different story. The Officials there got it in for Popcorn, and weren't going to stop until they caught him. HE just made it finally possible for them, and led them STRAIGHT TO the Likker, supposedly to buy some of it. With all the murder, stealing, rape, etc..going on, the years spent and money spent trying to catch a MOONSHINER was ridiculous!
He was one of a kind always joking dancing playing around. Very ornery liked to flirt . He was a straight shooter told you like it was. I autistic and child like .he always made big deal when he saw me. He's apple pie moonshine was absolutely the best . You would of loved him
We were all out here for a reason, live free from the laws of other men all this is control by other men who think have right to rule other people and we let them people been doing these things long before some bureaucratic said it’s illegal.I’m glad he lived by his own rules won’t be forgotten
Awesome singing I know I have Appalachian blood in me I never knew my real father but he was up from there in the mountains I love it I feel it the music the moonshine everything more power to you my kind of people!!!
This guy reminds me of my OG Bobby. He was 87 years old looked like your typical white grandpa but could get his hands on any drug I could possibly want. He wasn’t no bum either, he retired from oak ridge where they made the fuel for the nuclear bomb they dropped in Hiroshima and said they were trying to figure out how to treat cancer and were purposely giving dogs leukemia..saw a lot of things in his life. He was loaded but lived in a little trailer out here in Nashville and drove an 86 maxima..I was throwing parties to make money and he supplied me with moonshine from someone he knew in the smoky mountains out here in TN. I have never had anything like it again, it literally tasted like apple juice with no burn whatsoever but 2 shots would have a person with a high tolerance completely wasted. He got me the gallon for 40$ and I would sell it for 5 bucks a shot. Made so much money I stopped counting the shots at a certain point lol he died in 2021, man I miss you Bobby you were the realest man I have ever met and I will never forget you.
That calendar said May 1987. I was 1 year old! Then Popcorn says"Just in case some nosey sum itch is a wondering when this was made, it Ain't nobody's god-damned business when it was made nohow!!!" LMFAO
A tremendous injustice was done to our friend Popcorn Sutton, he committed suicide rather than do a lengthy prison sentence at an old age. Learn the story of Popcorn, you'll be angry at the US Government after you do. Rest easy Popcorn, sip some Heavenly Shine. 🙏
idk what 'he forgot about 99' means, but in 'the last one' (i think it's called), which was filmed in 02 or 03, he says he hadn't made moonshine since 97 because he got into legal trouble for it in 98. how that works idk, but that's what he said.
That'd be fascinating as hell but I'm not sure they'd mesh. They were both southerners who loved alcohol, but other than that they were vastly different. Hard to say.
I’ve never seen this before and really love it and feel the real country feeling better than ever!!!❤❤❤ Wish one day I could come and try some best moonshine with you!😘❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏💕
I'm happy my father taught me how to make that "Tennessee whisky" and the Lincoln county process, from raw cured maple to proper charcoal, and how to run it, cut the hearts out, oak it, temper it ,and set it down
moonshiners die but moonshiner legends never die. Popcorn knew his likker and there was nothin wrong with that. man bought every thing legit but the higher up says "..you cannot.." but Popcorn's mind was "..we shall.." RiP Mistah Popcorn Sutton.
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It always blows my mind that the federal government decides that THESE are the kind of men who need to go to federal prison. Because a few hundreds gallons of booze that was made in a shed in his back woods didn’t get taxed.
Yet they allow millions of illegals to roam the streets.
He paid taxes. On his copper, sugar, corn, gasoline, jars. If anything he overpaid. He didn't use the generator gas and cooking gasoline for traveling down the road, so he paid unnecessary road taxes. The only thing not taxed was his work. It makes the federal government angry when they can't make you give them your work. In their minds they own all of us. Chew on that for a little while, and come back and tell me how you feel about THAT.
This man just made some 180 plus proof shiine….this dude was soo bad ass…as good and loyal as a man can become…the law had no buisness coming down on this mans tradition….
One thing i love about Popcorn he never let the popularity go to his head, he was just still a simple man with a simple life and very down to earth, which in my eyes makes him even more legendary! RIP POPCORN!!!!
Krazzy stuff
Right on!
He live in an area that didn’t have a choice
A mans man, as the ol folks would say! The very best fellas in the world come from right where my ass's sittin, that Old Tar Heel State!! Rest Easy Popcorn
AMEN brother
Long lost art of the old timers called minding your own damned business
Ppl in my part do they know the like of wat happens u go pokin where ur nose don't matter
@@rickylong2570 your pretty cool, dude. Reminds me of the cook on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, "you kids don't need to be messin round in ole house".
@@ghostwriter1415 right on man. Pawpaw and mama used to say that to us kids so ingrained in me speach...lol
You god damned right
This is a tradition that's as old as America itself. 🇺🇸
RIP Popcorn! 🙏
Old as ' America' ? Settlers....
@@tomdetemmerman878just out of curiosity. Can you name any continent that wasnt settled or taken over by someone? And if so when?
@@riglodawnstar41 Antarctica i guess
@@tomdetemmerman878 tou che
He will live on forever.
He took in my wife when she was a child to watch over and protect. Her parents had a crazy relationship, her dad was a violent drunk and her mom was too scared to leave. Her mom, Nancy, took her, Christy, up to Popcorn's. He watched her, fed her, clothed her, and treated her like gold, for what my wife remembers as a summer roughly. She said he was a funny man that loved to have her laughing too. She always felt safe there, and that was a rarity in her life up to that point. Her mom is gone now, so his her dad, so we can't get more details than that unfortunately. It would have been in the late 70's to early 80's. He probably lived in east Tennessee at the time, as that's where were all from. I've heard Cosby and Parrottsville both as potential places. If anyone who knew him then, remembers a little blonde haired girl staying with him for a bit, we'd love to hear any stories you might have. Thank you Popcorn for being there for them when I couldn't be. I was just a child myself, but I still feel like I should have been there. RIP to who I see as a kind soul. The world may think of him as a moonshiner because that's all they know about him, but because what I know of the man I think of him as a guardian of my wife when she was a child. He was there when I couldn't be, so I am eternally grateful. Ironically, the police never did much of anything, as they knew her daddy. Funny how the "outlaw" was doing the job that the "law" should have handled.
You may or may not like the man over what he did for money. I understand that, you can feel however you want. But, you're a piece of work if you don't see him a bit differently after reading how he helped the child version of my wife and mother-in-law out. We are all more than what we do for a living!
The American government simply failed the Appalachians and when they took things into their own hands by trying to survive they get prosecuted for it bc its impossible to tax
@@hankbonner9718 Brother, everybody underestimates us and I'm just fine with that. That way, when we are pushed, they will never know what hit them. To steal a quote from Hank Williams Jr. " Cause you can't starve us out and you can't make us run! 'Cause we're them old boys raised on shotguns! We say grace, and we say ma'am!
If you ain't into that, we don't give a damn!"
That's so cool that Popcorn did that for your wife. I'm sure most people wouldn't think of him as the type to save a little girl. Goes to show, we're all capable of greatness!!! We need more people like that in the world we live in today! Sad to say, They're pretty much extinct.
Popcorn lived in Cosby and Parrottsville also had a place at what he called the bend in the river(Pigeon it parallels interstate 40 at the state line..truth is he had a few women when he was young kept property in their names to avoid confiscation if caught he was a good man,neighbor and friend..I believe every word of it never seen a kid come in the store he didn’t buy something if their parents let him
@@chadro_g1145 This! ☝🏽
Idk if any two things will ever go better together than banjos and moonshine
Great stuff ❤🎉🎉😂😂😂🎉🎉😂🎉🎉🎉
It’s sadly been replaced by nascar and spousal abuse
Biscuits and gravy :)
This recording was made in May 1987. I thought it was lost in somebody's attic in Waynesville. Glad to see it up on the RUclipss. R.I.P Pops
When i seen that calender on the wall that said May of 87, i was like dam i turned 6 on the 30th of May that year..
@@jamescollins1578 I live in Waynesville,nc (Haywood ,Co) I would see Popcorn all the time a the Maggie Valley Restaurant "Carvers". He would tell me the dirtiest jokes you've ever heard. And i would see him at MAST General store on Main st in Waynesville. We both had an addiction to Braches Sour balls. He would use them and Shine to make Cough syrup.😁 We hear are very proud that the most Famous Moonshiner is from NORTH CAROLINA ! Not Tennessee or Kentucky. They make some great stuff like Makers Mark, Jim Beam. But Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton made the best Apple Likker on the Planet. PERIOD. Good Vibes 👣
@@cobyporschifer221 Man, that is so cool, i wish i would have been lucky enough to meet him, but i live about 6-8 hours north in Central Pa. I am planning a trip down to Tennessee next summer, but i plan to visit Maggie Valley also, i love this craft and just started doing it not long ago, so i wanna come down and learn as much as i can about it..
@cobyporschifer221 I never met Marvin or Floyd in NC but I did in Bybee Tennessee. We have a homestead in Newport and we'd run into popcorn every few months at Billy Pat's bar or at old store. Believe popcorn had a home in Bybee as well.
@@contagiouslyfit1021 Very cool. Popcorn was one of a kind. He is very much missed.
The old bastard can finally get some rest! My favorite lines from this vid is "gets harder than a preachers pecker" 😆 "hes like a sore pecker. Hes hard to beat" 🤣i had almost forgot those
On another video...."I saved up $75. I was richer than 3 foot up a bull's ass."
I'm sure many people don't appreciate you calling him that, but maybe they shouldn't be sensitive.
@@kevintodd8195 wouldn't say anything I ain't said to his pretty face
@@kevintodd8195 I am pretty sure there was no disrespect it’s a common figure of speech in those parts plus he was an old bastard 🤣
What makes Popcorn think preachers were celebate, Catholic Priests are supposed to be celebatde, but we all know their pedos;
The world would be a much better place if there was more popcorns in it. Rest in peace my friend 🙏
Popcorn has to be one of the coolest guys to ever be on film or have lived lol
Definitely a top contender, may he rest easy
Pioneer in the real sense of the word
This would’ve been the best damn reality show the world ever saw! Think about the gems we got of Ozzy! Popcorn surely wouldn’t disappoint!
This gentleman is a legend in the 'moonshine' industry. He is the bench mark for making the finest product of its kind. He's a gentleman and a scholar in the art and science of this product. They should have made a statue of him in his home town.
Watched this whole thing through. Such a beautiful experience. Learned a bunch of stuff too. R.I.P. Popcorn Sutton
if a man that looks like this tells you "its kind of dangerous." its extremely dangerous.
So HAPPY I found this! Just finished watching "The Last Dam Run of Likker I'll Ever Make" for the now 4th time. Thank u
If you can find it, check out Popcorn Sutton Hell of a Life. It's probably my favorite of all his vids and documentaries. It even has popcorn and JB paying ol Jesco a visit! 😁😆
@@theweakestlink2278 yeah I tried the other night found it, just gotta download it. Might do it tonight, after my BLUE DEVILS play a HUGE game against Gonzaga. The game isn't until 10:30 & either way, I will be 1 hyped Moe for afterward! Just hoped I'm hyped after a W, & not pissed hyped lol
I get it! I'm an Auburn fan but not real sure what to expect this season. Pearl had them in the final four a few years ago but not so much last season. They beat Syracuse today but it's still too early in the season to know what kind of team we've got this year.
@@theweakestlink2278 I tell u 1 thing, a few yrs back when they put an ASS WHIPPING on the tarHOLES, for 2 & 1/2 hrs I was a huge Auburn fan too! 🤣
🤘😆🤘
This is True American History. 🦅🇺🇸
He was one of the best to ever do it.
Rest in Peace PopCorn gone to soon. Just a simple Man trying to get by. Like the rest of us 👨🌾
Ain’t that the truth!! One cool azz mfer in my book! Wish I could of had a drink with him and listen to his stories!! That would of been the best! R.I.P. popcorn
No the rest of us don't get by Selling illegal drugs,, and those that do take their time like a man
So crazy on how this day in age that a jar of popcorn's shine probably would go for a fortune!
Wish so much that he was here to collect on what he right fully deserved a lonnnnngg time ago.. rip brother. Your my hero...
Remember legends never die
I've got two heroes in my life, Popcorn Sutton and Jesus.
Lol the dance was just amazing. Loved it.
Popcorn was a National Treasure. He sure was not living like a drug cartell head. The Feds ought to left him alone to do what he loved. His shine was important as saving this music.
I couldn't agree more! I can't even begin to imagine the knowledge we lost when he left us
He should have paid his taxes
@@6an6ban6er9 Taxes on what? He paid his taxes on everything used to make the alcohol. Why should he then be taxed on the final product?
@@lawhorndavid7687 because imbecile everyone has to pay to live in this great country. Nothing's free. That's why we have taxes. He didn't deserve to call himself an American
@@6an6ban6er9 Poor trolling attempt.
I cannot believe I’m just now seeing this for the first time! He was a pure genius!!
Popcorn Sutton was one of the very best modern day Moonshine distillers who ever lived. His technique and recipe, according to him, goes back 100 plus years. It's really neat to see Moonshine get made in the old fashioned way with the same type of antique style equipment. We are really getting a special treat by getting to see a legendary Moonshine expert at work, being a master of his craft. A friend of mine who has tasted Moonshine actually made by Popcorn Sutton said that it was among the very best available. Some people believe that when Popcorn Sutton passed away, the making of the best Moonshine died along with him. Rest in peace Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton (1946-2009)
I heard the same thing but he sure wasnt as sanitary as youd think youd need to be lol ...obviously it didnt matter it was distilled anyway
@@poboy942 Very true. It would be good to be more sanitary from the very beginning. Popcorn still managed to produce some high quality liquor, even though his product had dirty beginnings.
He never actually had recipes. Things varied at all times. His true passion was being left alone to do it old style like they did as he was taught as a child.
It's definitely a lost art. . . .
For instance his son SOLOMON was on Moonshiners with a few fellas and didn't know to toss heads. . . . So I'd say some rare secrets to the still have indeed died with the legend.
I loved this man . Ornery as hell but lots of laughs.Met him in TN . He called me little sunshine. He's apple pie moonshine was absolutely the best. RIP my friend 😘
Theres nothing on the planet that taste better than his apple pie shine in my opinion
Dawn, do you know if when he talked about Cosby, if he was referring to Cosby, TN? If so, I am very familiar with Cosby, as well as really well acquainted with Maggie Valley. I met Popcorn once, and talked a little to him.
Ol’ Popcorn, such a blessing to folks. I keep you in my prayers Popcorn and look forward to seeing you in Heaven.
I live in New Zealand, I am trying to make his wash,the way he did it, his spirit will live forever. God bless him.
I am too I feel like havin a dabble at it north island Hawks Bay
Popcorn is one of the reasons why I got into the craft. I always hold myself to making the very best
Popcorn Sutton will go down in Appalachian mountain history. He will be missed , but his spirit will roam those mountains for ever. He taught us all
Popcorn Sutton Making Likker A Long Time Ago is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. I would have loved to had met Marvin Moonshine and sipped his corn moonshine.
Popcorn Sutton a Legend that we will never Forget in My Lifetime and Hopefully he will Live Forever.
I canr believe he never caught hisself on fire smoking a ciggarette. Rip legend
Especially with all that propane gas and plastic tarps.. looks like a accident waiting to happen
Popcorn was a crazy ol' coot, he'd been blown up, burned and scalded. Rest in Peace Popcorn
He never got seriously hurt. But he's been through fire a few times.
you need spark to light flammable liquid. A lit cigarette doesnt do anything
@@cvltzillaYou need a spark to light a cigarette 😂
He is the reason I learned how to make the healing water. Also like to drink it
What a beautiful nostalgic piece of History all these gentlemen wholesome people doing their thing not hurting anybody this is what our country was built on that I actually feel horrible where it's leading I hope people remember these times.. no body hurting no body, enjoying the moment. Our heritage.. this has me . Feeling patriotic
Well I hope you see where your big gov is takeing things. These are people that where used to doing everything themselves. Their food, their stuff, most of the stuff they had they made themselves and of course their medicine and recreation. Then the government decides it likes the tax it gets on whiskey and sees people who are self sufficient who make their own as a threat to their revenue. Like a gang. So they heavily criminalize something that was just simply a normal part of mountain life and mountain community. You think the scotch Irish settlers where all the way up in the holler because they liked people telling them what to do in the first place? It seems not even the most ardent independant isolationist are spared from tyranny. Especially now. They makeing us dependant and building a global totalitarian digital prison world. Well I'm glad popcorn has passed on. He what hate to see where this is going to lead us.
just growing up around this man was a learning exsperience, if he liked you he would say so and if he did not he might still speak to you just to be polite but he would not trust you enough to the point where he would let you hang around i thought he was a great person and i wanted to grow up and be just like him. my cuss and i once carried sugar to one of his still sites and he gave us a little money for doing so. im pretty sure that he only made one run there because he did not either like where it was or im thinking it might have been something to do with the water, anyway i watch these old vtdeos from time to time ,its kinda like digging up bones. i love you ole budy rest in peace.l
So sad all those old mountain folks are about gone you will never see men like that again
Popcorn was a lab technician, craftsman and true artisan who let us realise what a science the art of moonshine making is. One of the best and of course a real character.
Health and safety people would have a heart attack in his distillery
Banjo music during distillation process makes better likker .. hill Billy scientists proven:)
I've had popcorn bring it to me right up on stage!
Instead of a banjo or a guitar, I was playing a fleet of really high-tech synthesizers, about 11 of them!
Popcorn called them all a gigantic Pie anna!
He'd bring it right up to me on stage, in front of a couple of thousand people and said," here boy ,this'll make you play that Pie anna really great!"
He was the closest thing I know to a rockstar!, just hanging out with him made you a better person!
I was a classical musician and a rock musician musician from Asheville and knew nothing about bluegrass music, until I was introduced to popcorn when I played the Spring House.
I was amazed that he would hold court all day long ,all kinds of musicians would come over to see him to pay homage to him, starting early in the morning!
It's true, Popcorn never let his Celebrity Status get to his head, that's not to say that he couldn't ham it up for a camera, he knew people really liked him and he also felt a responsibility to be an ambassador of sorts, edumacating people about the mountain culture of the 20's and 30's!
He was priceless Americana! Popcorn was right, after a couple of shots of his elixir I could really play that Pie anna! Lol😮
Tis Sweet to be
Remembered R. I.P. ❤️
Such a gnarled looking spring chicken. This old coot taught me more than schooling ever did... Renee Descartes? dude.... absolutely useless to me but this guy here... priceless. Thanks whoever saved all these old films.
Popcorn Flat foot'n absolutely awesome!
Missed by so many.
All I can say is I love ❤️ 💯 this old man. He reminds me of my grandfather in the hills of the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 . He was not a CRIMINAL, he paid taxes on everything else except on this damn liquor 🥃
That right brother! Amen!
Old man? He was only 62 when he died.
His shine was the best. I wish I could find more of it. He is the king of shine!!!!!!!!!
His wife has it but you're not getting a jar unless you're RICH 😂
@@samwhite414 I thought I read somewhere, that his wife and daughter actually ended up being able to license and sell his "Apple Pie" recipe!?
@@glennaskew3162 I’m not sure, it’s very possible but what you’d buy in the store won’t taste like homemade
I met Popcorn Sutton, and he was manerable. Not until a few hours later, did I hear what folks said his main job was. However, it was his bragging to an "Undercover Agent" that got him caught. He was aways SO careful WHERE he put his stills(out of sight,) and then bragged to the unknown Agent. When you make Likker, first rule of thumb...1) Trust NO strangers or people whom you don't know their background. 2) Keep your mouth shut. Your mouth can UN-DO everything you have done. Also, if he'd stayed in N.C., he would have never been caught. Too many people looked out for him. TN was an entirely different story. The Officials there got it in for Popcorn, and weren't going to stop until they caught him. HE just made it finally possible for them, and led them STRAIGHT TO the Likker, supposedly to buy some of it. With all the murder, stealing, rape, etc..going on, the years spent and money spent trying to catch a MOONSHINER was ridiculous!
Yes he was a great friend
He was a hoot !!! 😂
I would like to have
met him. 🌹
He was one of a kind always joking dancing playing around. Very ornery liked to flirt . He was a straight shooter told you like it was. I autistic and child like .he always made big deal when he saw me. He's apple pie moonshine was absolutely the best . You would of loved him
He kept talking about the gas fumes getting him. . Prophecy
Damn..🙏🕊🙏
I can tell by wour mouth you ain't no distiller
stfu and show the damn man some damned respect
@@mmmbbbccczzz that emoji is not praying hands it's actually the high 5 emoji
I can see now why them Southerners! could play Banj0 and sing so damn good 👍
Popcorn looked like he was 100 years old for 30 plus years lol
I think of popcorn as family and I never met him but we have the same values
Nigga just said he has the same moral values as somebody whom he never met LMAO you are cringe
lmao
what a way of life
Liquor companies can’t match what the wonderful popcorn could do
Quite literally they legally can't lol
We were all out here for a reason, live free from the laws of other men all this is control by other men who think have right to rule other people and we let them people been doing these things long before some bureaucratic said it’s illegal.I’m glad he lived by his own rules won’t be forgotten
Wow I never knew he basically chat coal filtered it, as if he wasn't already doing enough, This IS Popcorn.
High quality.
Turn that fire down you old coot! Damn Popcorn, rippin' through the fuel like hell.
Awesome singing I know I have Appalachian blood in me I never knew my real father but he was up from there in the mountains I love it I feel it the music the moonshine everything more power to you my kind of people!!!
Most likely you Mom and Dad are cousins.
He didn't say he was from the hood! He said Appalachia
@@claytonking70 lol,word!!
“KING TROLL” got trolled by Clayton King 😂
TRUE Americans!!
First time hearing about this guy, really incredible background with a talent in making some good liquor 🙌🏻👏🏻
you misspelled likker.
@@TiberiusRexx Thank you, meant to say likker🙂
@@BrainsandFaith lol ;P
The G.O.A.T
@@NeverDiesEver
Came for the video, stayed for the music
Lets all salute (middle finger here) the federal agents that raided popcorn . Useless government tax thugs
Love how he shares the smallest details that mean the most to him when making likker
This guy reminds me of my OG Bobby. He was 87 years old looked like your typical white grandpa but could get his hands on any drug I could possibly want. He wasn’t no bum either, he retired from oak ridge where they made the fuel for the nuclear bomb they dropped in Hiroshima and said they were trying to figure out how to treat cancer and were purposely giving dogs leukemia..saw a lot of things in his life. He was loaded but lived in a little trailer out here in Nashville and drove an 86 maxima..I was throwing parties to make money and he supplied me with moonshine from someone he knew in the smoky mountains out here in TN. I have never had anything like it again, it literally tasted like apple juice with no burn whatsoever but 2 shots would have a person with a high tolerance completely wasted. He got me the gallon for 40$ and I would sell it for 5 bucks a shot. Made so much money I stopped counting the shots at a certain point lol he died in 2021, man I miss you Bobby you were the realest man I have ever met and I will never forget you.
“Had to get outta there the gas was gettin to me” immediately stick’s cigarette in mouth
In think Josh will continue this legacy. He got generations of North Carolina skills in him. His grandpappy was famous for Cherry Bounce I think.
That calendar said May 1987. I was 1 year old! Then Popcorn says"Just in case some nosey sum itch is a wondering when this was made, it Ain't nobody's god-damned business when it was made nohow!!!" LMFAO
Love it ole popcorn will live on
A tremendous injustice was done to our friend Popcorn Sutton, he committed suicide rather than do a lengthy prison sentence at an old age.
Learn the story of Popcorn, you'll be angry at the US Government after you do.
Rest easy Popcorn, sip some Heavenly Shine. 🙏
For those who’ve never shook moonshine to get a ballpark of the proof. When he shook that first bottle us who have were like 😱😳
"5 fights to a pint." 😂
All he was guilty of bring people happyness I am sure he helped more than he hurt
Popcorn was smart he put a calender from 87 up and said 97 but he forgot about 99 he invited us to watch him so it was made around late 98
idk what 'he forgot about 99' means, but in 'the last one' (i think it's called), which was filmed in 02 or 03, he says he hadn't made moonshine since 97 because he got into legal trouble for it in 98. how that works idk, but that's what he said.
A master at his craft
How Dimebag never came across Popcorn whilst both legends were alive . . . Wouldn't yall love to see that ?
That'd be fascinating as hell but I'm not sure they'd mesh. They were both southerners who loved alcohol, but other than that they were vastly different.
Hard to say.
Looks like a fire hazard.
Popcorn is cool!
Legend has it he's up there in heaven still making the best damn moonshine 🤘😎 rock on sir rock on & on
I’ve never seen this before and really love it and feel the real country feeling better than ever!!!❤❤❤
Wish one day I could come and try some best moonshine with you!😘❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏💕
Popcorn Sutton legend man!
You gotta love how they all love each other, just like my grandma done, she was everyone's granny bet
Sais the ticktocker lmao cringe
@@skullclot420 what
@@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251 Sounds like he's been into the fire water himself😵💫
Good bless a country boy💙 RIP Popcorn💙
Old Timer.....knows his stuff....
Why does it only have 27 likes.. man people are lost in society so much it’s scary
I love how popcorns friend gives him an instrumental as hes firing up his still.
Same!!!
it sure does look like hard work, not a job for idiots! He really knows what he is doing..
The way he stares down the lens without saying anything 😂 what a guy he was, would have loved to have met him.
😂😂def has no clue how a camera works living like he did far away from much technology. Legend
@@cm6string naww he wasnt THAT far away from technology and stuff. He probably knew how they worked but aint know how to work em at least.
@@DaisyHead666 that’s what I’m saying brotha
I like how he explains how dangerous something is and then proceeds to do it.
Never missed a year sometimes 2 times a year going to visit popcorn, he and aunt letha use to make likker together, he was a good , hearted man
I'm happy my father taught me how to make that "Tennessee whisky" and the Lincoln county process, from raw cured maple to proper charcoal, and how to run it, cut the hearts out, oak it, temper it ,and set it down
That is the Elvis he's running
I'm not a Christian, but God Bless Popcorn Sutton.
Thanks for posting this! The only other clip of this vid on RUclips was really bad quality and only a few mins long.
Thank you for Popcorn Sutton,
LOVE IT!! Yes PopCorn we will miss you when you're gone... thanks for Sharing
He's Gone unfortunately..
He died march 16th 2009
Where have you been? Apparently your words don’t mean much or you’d at least known he had passed several years ago…🤷♂️🤔
I think he was referring to the song popcorn sang near the end. We all love and miss the man. RIP. Popcorn Sutton
The good old day's were hard day's and hard men made hard liquor
😎👍🇺🇸🥃🥃🇨🇮☘
No wonder his hearing was compromised later in life with that constant noise
I loved all his videos. I miss that old man...He was a cool dude.
Our united states government was founded on moon Shine. What the U.S. did to popcorn. Is tragic.
Don't lose this video. Priceless Americana right there.
I wouldn't trust RUclips preserving, being this is illegal an all
Popcorn Sutton was one of a kind he made the best shine he was the best
Damn str8 I reckon
moonshiners die but moonshiner legends never die.
Popcorn knew his likker and there was nothin wrong with that.
man bought every thing legit but the higher up says "..you cannot.."
but Popcorn's mind was "..we shall.."
RiP Mistah Popcorn Sutton.
World needs more popcorn Sutton's and less revenue men