Appalachias Moonshine King

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
    @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +87

    Support this channel by LIKING and COMMENTING. If you would like to donate to this channel , click the JOIN or THANKS buttons, thanks so much!

    • @DanaWallace-i4k
      @DanaWallace-i4k Год назад +9

      Another great story. Thanks JD for taking the time to research and write these stories, and help us remember our legacy, and give the flat landers and city folk a chance to wish they could claim to be from the tough stock that settled the Appalachians.

    • @semigoth299
      @semigoth299 Год назад +8

      Thanks for listing the music l was raised on good music like this bluegrass/country ones that you put with the stories

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +7

      yes sir!@@semigoth299

    • @nightlife7231
      @nightlife7231 Год назад +5

      Been a while remember me ?? Keep up the good work !!!

    • @icantcook9998
      @icantcook9998 Год назад +3

      👍

  • @beehungry6190
    @beehungry6190 11 месяцев назад +74

    America used to be so tough and rugged. Amazing stories and heritage.

  • @BuntingClipClop
    @BuntingClipClop 9 месяцев назад +27

    "I just couldn't get my mind right, knowing that $100 was layin in that lawman's pocket". What beautiful writing. Your whole narrative captures the era and the personalities. It's quite wonderful. Also, the production value is so high, with those precious vintage photos plus sound fx. You're far from a simple mountain man yourself, sir.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  9 месяцев назад +2

      Thank you for that! My father told me a million times when I was a boy “you gotta get cha mind right” that line was a tribute to his memory. Thank you for noticing ❤️

    • @BuntingClipClop
      @BuntingClipClop 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller Oh, that's wonderful! The wisdom of each dad is so distinctive and unique. I'm in Sydney, Australia, and I have to say, listening to your vernacular in that accent of yours transports every single time. Your pacing, dialogue and descriptions are as smooth as silk. What with the music, animations, photos...please tell me you have a team working on each episode and you're not just that bloody gifted!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  9 месяцев назад +5

      I wish I had a team, but every aspect of these stories are from my own creation. @@BuntingClipClop

    • @jillianmunday7640
      @jillianmunday7640 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller wow, that's amazing. How long does it take to produce an episode? Even the research must take weeks and weeks.

    • @paulrosebush9137
      @paulrosebush9137 Месяц назад

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller

  • @ricksrealpitbbq
    @ricksrealpitbbq Год назад +280

    As a relatively new resident of Appalachia I thoroughly enjoy these stories. I’ve met many old timers who have shared their stories and history. This place embodies everything I believe in. My only regret is I wasn’t born and raised here. But I’ll surely live my last days among those who live free.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +36

      Welcome Rick, some are born here, some are lucky enough to make their way here, it is a way of life, a way of thinking, and a state of mind. Glad you are here brother.

    • @JenAmazed42
      @JenAmazed42 Год назад +17

      Welcome home, sir.

    • @P_RO_
      @P_RO_ Год назад +26

      Glad to have you. You'll find us old-fashioned folks stick together and help each other like you will not find anywhere else. We may not have much but we're glad to share what we got.

    • @jeffreyfreeborn6879
      @jeffreyfreeborn6879 Год назад +8

      same here!

    • @sevenspecie592
      @sevenspecie592 Год назад +10

      What a nice comment, Rick! Something about it just warmed my heart & maybe b/c I was born & raised on a mountain in WV...lol❤️🕊❤️

  • @ericjohnson8571
    @ericjohnson8571 11 месяцев назад +31

    Having grown up in south eastern Kentucky, these stories bring back memories of stories I heard as a child in the early 1960’s where moonshine was still the most important part of the local economy. The schools I attended had outhouses and were heated by pot bellied stoves. My friend’s fathers plowed their garden and tobacco fields with a mule because often it was too steep for a tractor.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 месяцев назад +2

      thanks for sharing that memory!

    • @EuleneWages4644
      @EuleneWages4644 7 месяцев назад +1

      Yes even in the 70s and 80s there were still alotta corn liquor and bootleggers across southeastern Kentucky.I was becoming a teen by this time and they began to make alotta cities legal to sell.But yet several did not and so the bootleggers remained.💯

  • @madcrabber1113
    @madcrabber1113 10 месяцев назад +43

    Need more people like him now.

  • @charliepc56
    @charliepc56 Год назад +78

    Hollywood made the Wild West famous, but Appalachia was a much wilder place. Great story! Thanks JD!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +12

      you said it Charlie, and those outlaws in the Wild West came from Appalachia.

    • @adrianaaraujo8634
      @adrianaaraujo8634 2 месяца назад

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller As a Brazilian, I don't know the real history of the USA.
      The history of Brazil was written with toilet paper, you can throw it in the trash, all heroes were manufactured and the discovery, in 1500, was a great historical fraud.
      I was struck by the subliminal message that, in much of farwest's films, cities were ruled by bandits: 'One silver dollar', for example.
      After 911, only an idiot does not realize that the government is controlled by criminals and, it is a company that acts against the people, alienating and enslaving them.
      I think that this episode of yours has a subliminal message to be perceived, as in the film I mentioned.
      Grateful for the registration.

  • @Hasselhoff25816
    @Hasselhoff25816 Год назад +16

    God bless that man and his people. And God bless America!

  • @musicsavessouls
    @musicsavessouls Год назад +17

    When Leo makes this into a movie,
    Everyone is gonna be making shine🥳

  • @marilynamy3823
    @marilynamy3823 Год назад +110

    Another great story. I loved how he outran the Marshalls and helped the poor with their taxes. Sounds like Redmond was a kind and amazing man. Thank You for this history story. Loved it.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +6

      Thank you so much ❤️

    • @davidgraham7325
      @davidgraham7325 Год назад +11

      Another Robin Hood not some greedy ass politicians 🙄 the hard working country people are what makes this world

    • @terrancemitchell3420
      @terrancemitchell3420 Год назад +3

      I understand the hard times and all that, but this discloses illegal activity and that is not something to be celebrated. My family was deep in the trade and I am not proud of that. There were ways to make a living. Not get rich but make a living.

    • @davidbrooks799
      @davidbrooks799 Год назад +1

      Oh yes. Another Robin Hood. Said he respected the authorities until he shot the poor hard working deputy in the throat. Typical story embellishing the scoundrel and disparaging government. Most folks have good in them, but the truly mean bastard is ready to stab you in the back. This dude was a scoundrel not some Saint whiskey of poor hill folk.

    • @laura6796
      @laura6796 11 месяцев назад +4

      A true Robin Hood. Great story!

  • @meltcmelinda4012
    @meltcmelinda4012 Год назад +16

    Thank you for sharing that glorious story about Major Lewis Redmond. What a life he lived. Hats off to all the Moonshiners. Thank You

  • @CassandraFay
    @CassandraFay 9 месяцев назад +8

    Another good one! My grandpa ran moonshine in the 50’a from northwest Arkansas Ozarks into southwest Missouri.

  • @ajarrell3919
    @ajarrell3919 Год назад +21

    I was born in the blue ridge. Had my first white lightening at 6. Granpaw and 12 uncles ran shine throughout the hills. They used the lightening to boost the cars horsepower in the 50's & 60s. Grandpa was a hate filled Dutchman. He froze high in the mountains, sitting in his chair in a camper holding his shine in a Mason jar. Buster Wardon. Meanest man I ever saw alive. Check my facts, lol. There are two Bluefields in the Appalachia. I was born in one of them. Thanks for this story.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +4

      Wow, what year did he freeze?

    • @burninforests4203
      @burninforests4203 25 дней назад

      Those were the days the cops couldn’t ever catch up to there fast suped up cars I Need some apple pie shine or some peach

  • @richardliles4415
    @richardliles4415 Год назад +16

    Oh, that is one heck of a story, so glad you told it.
    Thanks, JD.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      thank you Richard, hope all is well with you as we head into the cold fall nights. Thank you so much for your support the last couple years!

  • @skidooshizel
    @skidooshizel Месяц назад +8

    This is an account of a man who absolutely embodied the American spirit. I think it's one of the best I ever heard.

  • @donnahays1534
    @donnahays1534 Год назад +10

    I love your account of history and love and admire the spirt of community of these people.

  • @etiennejager8701
    @etiennejager8701 Год назад +7

    Your channel is a gem. I love listening to your stories as i drift off to sleep

  • @breebarry4422
    @breebarry4422 Год назад +90

    I'm so glad people like you have a platform on RUclips, instead of having to vie for airtime or documentary movie screens. You redeem this place🎉

  • @pinkywilliams8063
    @pinkywilliams8063 Год назад +64

    A great story JD. That hit close to my heart for my step father who was born and raised in the mtns of NC made his money as a teenager delivering shine mid 40's. His story was that's how he learn to drive like a bat out of hell. He taught me to drive on those mtn roads, scared the crap out of me but thru out my life I have avoided danger's on the road. I thank him every time. God rest his soul. He's buried up there in NC in a memorial cemetery Thanks for sharing JD...❤✌🙏

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +8

      Thanks for sharing your fathers story Pinky. Terrible how generations of men were persecuted by imaginary laws and now its legal...

    • @jujumulligan43
      @jujumulligan43 Год назад +1

      Great story to tell! I hope so much that we can hold on to these stories and the history of The Appalachian mountains! We are from Western North Carolina too! I love it here. And unfortunately so many people are moving to the area. We have always cherished the beauty of the mountains and the quiet of a life, away from the big cities! Hang on to your heritage!

    • @jujumulligan43
      @jujumulligan43 Год назад +1

      I love this documentary about the beautiful mountains of my home here in Western North Carolina! Thank you for presenting this video. It's a time now past, in many ways, but a time worth memorializing. Thank you so much for sharing this with me. Much obligated.

    • @gamingandmore8252
      @gamingandmore8252 11 месяцев назад +2

      My papaw Williams and great grandpa Williams and 2nd grandpa Williams were all moonshiners in NC/TN Mountains. They ran through Blount county and Monroe county Tennessee into yellow Creek Graham NC. My 2nd great grandpa Onley was also a preacher.

    • @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul
      @MarlinWilliams-ts5ul Месяц назад

      That's how stock car racing started.

  • @juliefoord262
    @juliefoord262 11 месяцев назад +5

    OMG! I loved this story! Why hasnt a movie been made about major Lewis?! It should be! A modern day robin hood, to be sure! Keep the stories comin - i cant get enough of them!

  • @scott236
    @scott236 Год назад +6

    Finally, a lewis redmond video!!! He's one of my top favorite.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +3

      Its a heck of a story!

    • @scott236
      @scott236 Год назад +3

      ​@@TheAppalachianStorytellerI didn't know his mother was part Indian. I know his fathers line was irish, I believe.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +3

      I got the info about his mother being part Indian from an interview with Lewis Redmond in a newspaper back in the 1880s@@scott236

  • @reneenicholson9089
    @reneenicholson9089 Год назад +6

    He most definitely was one of the baddest!!!!moon shining king one tough SON OF A GUN.....LOVED IT.

  • @sandrae4515
    @sandrae4515 Год назад +6

    Yes Sir! This is a GREAT Story. Yes Sir! ONE of the BEST! Keep um coming JD.

  • @TroyFutureExpat
    @TroyFutureExpat Год назад +37

    Good Saturday morning to you JD. That was a awesome tale. He was the most famous outlaw I never heard of, but he's now one of my favorites. Listening on my lunch break doing the night shift. Take care JD.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Thanks so much Troy!

    • @donnahays1534
      @donnahays1534 Год назад +5

      Never heard of this outlaw before but I think I will remember this history now. Enjoy the freedom that us like minded Canadian's no longer have under the most demonic sell out of a leader.

  • @davidsavage2650
    @davidsavage2650 Год назад +8

    Love it. These are the stories Hollywood should be making movies from. Instead of recycling the same stuff over and over. P.S. The music is awesome. Keep it up and thank you.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад

      Hey, I appreciate that, especially them music comments, I work just as hard on that as I do the story

    • @davidsavage2650
      @davidsavage2650 Год назад

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller Well it shows for sure! Is there a place where we could hear the full song?

  • @arvettadelashmit9337
    @arvettadelashmit9337 Год назад +6

    This is a Great Story. I have never heard anything like it before. Thank you.

  • @piratepete1961
    @piratepete1961 Год назад +12

    never heard of this man but being someone who likes to make his own shine i love it

  • @dlkline27
    @dlkline27 Год назад +5

    What a surprise ending. I sure didn't expect that! I love these stories. Thank you!

  • @ezekielmoorejr3145
    @ezekielmoorejr3145 Год назад +7

    Another great story of our colorful history, thanks for sharing Major Lewis R. Redmond story! May he R.I.P.

  • @randallbreason8322
    @randallbreason8322 8 месяцев назад +11

    That was an INCREDIBLE story. I loved it!!! R.I.P Major Lewis Redmond!!!

  • @rubypayton4539
    @rubypayton4539 Год назад +9

    This has got to be one of the best stories I've ever heard. The ending cracked me up. Thank you for my morning giggle.

  • @timknotts4752
    @timknotts4752 Год назад +6

    I absolutely love this story.

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 11 месяцев назад +6

    I'm from South Carolina and have lived here all my live...over 60 years. Never heard this story. Thank you for posting.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  11 месяцев назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed

    • @Thoreau-e4l
      @Thoreau-e4l 7 месяцев назад

      What county?

    • @michaelcribb7205
      @michaelcribb7205 4 месяца назад

      Me either i was born and raised in charleston south Carolina this is my first time hearing about him i live in camden now

    • @laserbeam002
      @laserbeam002 4 месяца назад

      @@Thoreau-e4l spartanburg

  • @DD-mp9ok
    @DD-mp9ok Год назад +6

    YES! Nothing makes my day any better than when "David slays Goliath" LOL. Hat tip to Major Redmond! Another awesome story, JD!

  • @tracicomstock3489
    @tracicomstock3489 Год назад +7

    This story fills my chest with a pride for my roots, my Country and Freedom!!

  • @riverbender9898
    @riverbender9898 Год назад +6

    Another great story, with fine pictures! Thank you.

  • @mitologijaiokultizam7608
    @mitologijaiokultizam7608 Год назад +8

    Greetings. You, my good sir, are one of the best storytellers I've ever heard. I'm a historian and an anthropologist, and even that I'm living on the other side of the world, literally, I have always been fascinated with the history of the US. North Carolina's, and mountain history, people, and customs especially. And again, as an historian and anthropologist, I'm amazed how vividly and with how much spirit you are telling each and every one of your stories. My bow and respect to you sir, and all the best wishes from Serbia, southeast Europe. Igor🙏😇🇷🇸❤️🇺🇸🍻🌄

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Greetings from the mountains of East Tennessee. Thank you so much, I really appreciate that! Im so glad you found your way here, stay tuned, many more stories on the way!

    • @mitologijaiokultizam7608
      @mitologijaiokultizam7608 Год назад +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller Thank you so much, from my whole heart, my good sir. I will certainly do that. Truth to be told, I was searching some historical information about North Carolinian history, and among the you tube suggestions was your channel. And after I listened to just one story, I knew that I'm not going anywhere. And until now, I watched more than half of your videos. But I'm truly looking forward for your wonderful new stories my friend. Thank you once again, for bringing the amazing history of the Appalachian Mountains, and it's wonderful people and customs to the world, to all of us who enjoy it so much. I'm planning a trip to North Carolina for some time now, and after hearing your stories, I'm looking forward for it more then ever. Much love, respect, and the warmest greetings for you my brother, and all good people of US, North Carolina and East Tennessee from Serbia.🇷🇸❤️🇺🇸🍻😇🙏🌄

  • @EverettJames
    @EverettJames Год назад +8

    Thanks man. Appalachia's Moonshine King made me smile and laugh more than once, I love the history, and I paused on those old photos of the cabins and the people and just studied them, because it takes me back in time. You truly are The Appalachian Story Teller.

  • @melissavancleave8686
    @melissavancleave8686 Год назад +39

    Good morning JD. You did it again with your fine writing skills. Major was just a hard working good man. Everyone feels the same about those taxes. If they left him alone, they wouldn't have been embarrassed. Your video with all the shots and smoke was really exciting and made story come alive. Thanks for all the hard work.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +3

      Thank you Melissa! And thanks for noticing the shots and smoke and such! There is so much work to those little things, but it helps bring the story to life. You're right about everyone feeling the same about taxes... as I wrote that section, the words came to me very easily!

  • @jae6335
    @jae6335 Год назад +5

    Your heartwarming stories are true celebrations of the strength of the human spirit! Thank you!

  • @JohnDavis-yz9nq
    @JohnDavis-yz9nq Год назад +4

    Wow. Another amazing story. Glad to see the stories are longer. It’s like when I am listening to your stories I don’t want them to end.

  • @lisalayne4335
    @lisalayne4335 Год назад +6

    I love stories like this. Lots of history. Feels like you’re there.

  • @D-A-1776
    @D-A-1776 Год назад +5

    Great story, glad i came across it. Love the old moonshiner stories i grew up and lived in the Appalachian mountains my whole life in east Tennessee

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Greetings from Anderson Co. TN

    • @D-A-1776
      @D-A-1776 Год назад +1

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller . Greetings, I've been through Anderson County. I'm from Sullivan County but live in sevier now.

  • @jeffreybunch3959
    @jeffreybunch3959 Год назад +6

    I live here in Raleigh West Virginia , I love these stories. 👍 Popcorn here.A good men.👍

  • @janetconnors3113
    @janetconnors3113 Год назад +7

    Another great storytelling, I think a lot of people would sympathize with him during these times. Thank you

  • @tommygulley2260
    @tommygulley2260 Год назад +6

    What an awesome story of a moonshiner.

  • @torsandmore
    @torsandmore Год назад +5

    WOW WOW WOW WHAT A LEGEND!! Brilliant tale!!

  • @rachelrichards2999
    @rachelrichards2999 Год назад +7

    Great story enjoyed a lot so much history in your stories . Thanks for the hard work you do in getting these story God bless have a great weekend

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад

      Thank you Rachel, I do work to make these stories the best I am able to. Thank you so much for your kind words!

  • @EricHeffner
    @EricHeffner Год назад +3

    This has been my favorite today. The Harper brothers come in at a close second thank you for everything you do.

  • @teereetina
    @teereetina Год назад +12

    Love this guy, we need a few more Like him around today

  • @debralee1401
    @debralee1401 Год назад +6

    Awesome story, and history lesson! Love the music!!

  • @pam190
    @pam190 11 месяцев назад +5

    I love love these stories with such good endings.

  • @janeyhazelwood9894
    @janeyhazelwood9894 Год назад +5

    Sure do love all your stories. I never miss one. Thank you for these stories of where my kin came from.

  • @pamhoosier8592
    @pamhoosier8592 Год назад +5

    Another great story! You just draw me in with these stories!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      I do my best to bring them to life and make the listener feel like they are there

    • @pamhoosier8592
      @pamhoosier8592 Год назад +1

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller you sure do. And they're excellent stories! I love true stuff. I will always listen to your stories.

  • @Autobodyscotty
    @Autobodyscotty Год назад +2

    That was an EXCELLENT STORY !.

  • @karenroot450
    @karenroot450 Год назад +19

    Wow what a turn of events for the ‘notorious’ outlaw! This was a riveting story JD! I love the stories. I really loved how Redmond paid his neighbors back taxes! He was a slippery criminal then hired to take over a legal distillery! I hope he lived a long prosperous life after this turn of events! Thank you JD! Love all your stories!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +7

      Thanks so much Karen, he never fully recovered 100% from those 6 bullets he received, had to use a cane after that and he struggled with his health, but he had a house full of young'uns and a loving wife. That's as good a life as any.

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 Год назад +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I’m glad he had a family!

    • @karenroot450
      @karenroot450 Год назад +1

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I’m glad he had a family!

    • @davidgraham7325
      @davidgraham7325 Год назад +3

      But I and many other people don't consider 😕 him criminal he was just doing what it took to survive in the wild country and to take care of the family and friends which many would not have survived without his kind heart

    • @davidbrooks799
      @davidbrooks799 Год назад +1

      Nobody is a hero in this story. Robin Hood is a scoundrel just like any criminal that would shoot somebody in the throat. He was a lying scoundrel.

  • @nancybode6159
    @nancybode6159 Год назад +15

    I did an internet search and apparently you can purchase Lewis Redmond Bourbon Whiskey from a distillery in South Carolina. I wonder if it's as good as the original recipe!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +5

      yes you can purchase it, I didn't mention it in the video. Maybe I should have offered a sponsorship with them. 🤔

  • @ruthrecord8196
    @ruthrecord8196 Год назад +5

    Puppies woke me again at 3:00 am. Thankfully for your stories in the dark hours of morning ❤

  • @janellejanjan
    @janellejanjan Год назад +6

    I sent this to daddy for him to listen. When he was young but could drive he was a runner ;)

  • @bettyfeliciano7322
    @bettyfeliciano7322 Год назад +5

    What an awesome story! I love hearing your narration of these amazing stories of the Appalachian people! Blessings always! ❤️✝️

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад

      Thank you 🙏!

    • @bettyfeliciano7322
      @bettyfeliciano7322 Год назад +1

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I absolutely love your voice and I have never seen the Appalachian mountains except in videos from Donnie Laws. What a beautiful place! God’s handiwork abounds!

  • @AnnacolleenEtters
    @AnnacolleenEtters Год назад +29

    It was their corn! They should've been able to do what they wanted to do with their crops! I suppose I've never agreed with the feds, still hate the tyranny of the IRS. I have absolutely no respect, given what is going on even now.
    Thank you for this wonderful story. I feel so strongly about taxes and the wars our money is going for, instead of helping our people. God Bless you for telling the stories of what could very well be my ancestors.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      Thanks so much for sharing that, lots of good points

    • @hillbilly4christ638
      @hillbilly4christ638 6 месяцев назад +3

      Popcorn Sutton said: I paid tax on that copper, sugar and so on, so I don’t reckon I owe them any tax on what I am making. Think about it, you go through all that trouble and someone comes along wanting a cut of what you have done. That is some mafia stuff right there.

  • @jamesdeen3011
    @jamesdeen3011 Год назад +58

    Stories of the underdog prevailing against all odds has always been my favorite. It strikes me that when the government passes a law against a particular thing like shine, gambling {lottery} that they would pass another law making it legal as long as they get thier cut. This feels like something organized crime would do you know, a shake down. No wonder everybody hates the government.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +11

      That’s exactly what it is James!

    • @thegrey8643
      @thegrey8643 Год назад +1

      It is organized crime. But when you write the “laws” theft and ransom are called “taxes”.

    • @ravenzyblack
      @ravenzyblack 9 месяцев назад

      It IS organized crime. That is WHY they wanted to get rid of the competition.

    • @dehypnotizebroadcast14
      @dehypnotizebroadcast14 6 месяцев назад

      It is organized crime. The government is run by the tiny hat mafia. They invented usury...

    • @richardwhitten531
      @richardwhitten531 4 месяца назад

      Exactly

  • @deecooper1567
    @deecooper1567 Год назад +2

    WOOOHOOOO Mr. Redmond 👍👍. The tables sure turned in this one 🤪🤪🤪🥃👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

  • @KathysTube
    @KathysTube Год назад +9

    I have to admit I liked his attitude (not the killing, but...🤫) especially how he helped his neighbors. Great story JD 😎👍

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      Thanks Kathy, he just wanted to be left alone, and the government just wanted his money or he would have to fight for his freedom and his life to keep it. Crazy how taxes work.

    • @KathysTube
      @KathysTube Год назад

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller I think it's beyond crazy and into the realms of criminal 😁👍

  • @jamtraveler1
    @jamtraveler1 Год назад +5

    This is the best story that I have watched....Thanks

  • @lindabriggs5118
    @lindabriggs5118 Год назад +20

    Great story! I live in the Appalachian's near many of the places Redmond lived. It's wonderful to hear about the old timers and what they got up to.
    But you're correct, I'd never heard of Major Lewis Redmond. Maybe because he and his band were east of the Mississippi and not part of the west. He was a "Robin Hood" of the Southwestern Appalachian's. Thank you for the history and I love the background music you play. ❤️

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Thanks Linda! Lots of folks don't know it, but im a lifelong musician, I put a "major" (pun intended) emphasis on music in these stories :)

    • @lindabriggs5118
      @lindabriggs5118 Год назад +1

      @TheAppalachianStoryteller I'm a history buff. In high school I remember having to write a paper of a significant time in the Civil War. I wrote about the Battle of Shiloh.
      You should do a video about the last skirmish of the Civil War. It's a bit humorous, as the Confederate forces in the area around Sylva, NC had not heard of the recent surrender of the Confederacy and encountered a group of Union Soldiers and fought them. What makes it humorous, is not that their skirmish was after the surrender, it was the the Confederats actually WON the battle! 😁
      Oh, I should mention, I don't know about others, but I would love for you to do a full video playing some of the music of the Appalachian's with possible back stories. Such as Celtic origins or religious.

  • @philm7017
    @philm7017 11 месяцев назад +3

    TRUTH can't be beat ! , Thanks! , Phil James Manley, Seneca, South Carolina !!!

  • @jaynaswenson6570
    @jaynaswenson6570 Год назад +2

    I randomly found you and have to say HAPPY that i did! Ur voice is what sold me , as i normally just listen and not watch but...I love the old photographs used for these! So educational , KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

  • @RunIt615
    @RunIt615 Год назад +5

    The outlaw spirit from that region will always stay alive. Thanks for the story

  • @hrhqueene
    @hrhqueene 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is one of your best! Transports me right back to the coal country of WV, where I was born & grew up. We would’ve loved Major Redmond!

  • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
    @StuartAnderson-xl4bo Год назад +6

    Another beautifully narrated great story sir thankyou

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад

      Thank you so much Stuart! preciate you watching and commenting. Hope everything is going well in your neck of the woods

  • @nicholasmonahan7102
    @nicholasmonahan7102 Год назад +2

    What an awesome story demonstrating the perseverance of the Appalachian people and their will to survive and fight for what they believe in.

  • @deletalunstrum86
    @deletalunstrum86 Год назад +5

    WONDERFUL STORY!!!

  • @tattoo5187
    @tattoo5187 4 месяца назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @jonni1960
    @jonni1960 Год назад +6

    loved it, he sounded like a Robin Hood!!! thanks again JD!!

  • @msbeth420
    @msbeth420 Год назад +7

    Loved the story

  • @bigiron8831
    @bigiron8831 Год назад +10

    Good morning JD, man that was a great story to start off my Saturday. Makes me wish my grandpa was still alive so he could share his moonshine history with me. Y'all stay safe my friends 🙏

  • @algentry1
    @algentry1 Год назад +3

    Some of my Uncles ran moonshine in South Carolina. Most of 'em finally grew up. They were hard men, and I still love 'em even though they're dead and gone. They taught me how to be, so I'm forever grateful. They used to put heavy springs in the back of the car so the cops wouldn't see it sagging under the load. But, they would see it raised up when it was empty, and keep an eye out for the car. Nobody had a spare car then. My Uncle Lander had a kerosene smoke screen rigged up to use when he was almost home, so they couldn't see where he went. There was already a dust cloud behind him, so the smoke, even though it ruined the engine kept him free. My Mother told me the stories but they never talked about it in front on the little kids. I'm 76 years old, so it was a long time ago. Chester County, S.C.
    Strike a blow for Liberty. Scots Irish Whiskey and Branch Water.

  • @GlamGam1964
    @GlamGam1964 Год назад +3

    Wow, that was a riveting story. Kept me on the edge of my seat.

  • @jcmass41
    @jcmass41 Год назад +9

    Great job, JD.
    It seems the more things change, the more they remain the same.
    Hats off to these men who’s vision remained clear, despite the unwelcome changes and encroachments of powers that be

  • @rebeccasblingingboutique4762
    @rebeccasblingingboutique4762 Год назад +7

    Wonderful story. My husband is a direct desendant of general. Robert E Lee ❤

  • @pamelabradford4728
    @pamelabradford4728 Год назад +3

    I love these stories. I love learning new information no matter what the content.

  • @StMiBll
    @StMiBll Год назад +12

    This may be my favorite story so far-or, if not, it’s the other one. I am rather ashamed I do not know Major Lewis R Redmond but I will be looking up some literature presently. Thank you for telling this hero’s story! Great work as always!

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Thanks so much, his story deserves to not only be remembered, but told again and again.

    • @StMiBll
      @StMiBll Год назад +3

      @@TheAppalachianStorytellerthat is the truth. Freedom is the greatest tradition of all Americans for sure! But none have exercised freedom so fully as the Appalachian people. They are an example to all.

  • @jbgibson2026
    @jbgibson2026 Год назад +5

    Incredible work, sir. My momma would've rightly enjoyed your storytelling. Much like I do.

  • @frostyfrances4700
    @frostyfrances4700 Год назад +4

    Loved that one too, JD. Fascinating days but so glad I wasn't born until 1946.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      Thank you Frosty! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods! JD

    • @frostyfrances4700
      @frostyfrances4700 Год назад +2

      @@TheAppalachianStoryteller - Hope I haven't said this too many times before, JD; but my best friend, a mere lass of 60, has been researching her family tree a lot lately and found out her own great-granddad ran shine in TN, and that his business ran a long ways up north - into the southern reaches of my own great-grandad's similar business. We might well have an earlier connection than we could've guessed.

    • @frostyfrances4700
      @frostyfrances4700 Год назад +2

      BTW, I still make my own wine in a glass jar with fruit juice, sugar, and yeast inside and a balloon for a stopper. Simplest thing in the world. When the baloon starts to swell, the brew's working. When it deflates, the wine's done although it doesn't hurt to leave it there a little longer too.
      At least when you make your own, you know what's in it.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      what a simple method! wow@@frostyfrances4700

  • @begbieyabass
    @begbieyabass Год назад +2

    Brilliant . I love how you tell the story I felt that I was there watching from the side.

  • @carolet17
    @carolet17 Год назад +5

    Loved the narration, felt like I was there

  • @davenee8799
    @davenee8799 4 месяца назад +1

    fekkin brilliant! Thanks Dude. That guy was, nae, IS a legend! Thanks so much for these stories about real men, who faced the odds, and often beat them.🤙

  • @arohacecil5235
    @arohacecil5235 Год назад +5

    A true hero. Love it❤

  • @davidlancaster8152
    @davidlancaster8152 8 дней назад +2

    The Appalachian Story Teller is awesome! Thanks delivering consistent quality content....consistently! Lololo

  • @drmarkintexas-400
    @drmarkintexas-400 Год назад +7

    Thank you for sharing
    🏆⭐🤗🇺🇸🙏

  • @jaaches
    @jaaches Год назад +1

    A wonderful story told by a real storyteller! Fantastic!

  • @davidhall-yq8rr
    @davidhall-yq8rr Год назад +3

    That's a good one JD, Milton Higgins used to put on a play called The prince of dark corners about Redmond

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      How bout that, I didn’t know that

    • @rowankeith
      @rowankeith Год назад +3

      I wondered if anyone was going to mention this. Also, most definitely worth mentioning, is that it was written by Sylva, North Carolina's own folklorist, storyteller and playwright Gary Carden.

    • @rowankeith
      @rowankeith Год назад +2

      Also, the play was recorded as a film version for PBS and used to run quite a bit. These days it can be found on RUclips as well as segments of Gary Carden talking about his research on Redmond prior to writing the play.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      thanks for sharing this! Ive never seen it!@@rowankeith

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +2

      Ill definately look into it, ive never heard of it! Thanks for sharing everyone!@@rowankeith

  • @dannyjenkins3672
    @dannyjenkins3672 9 месяцев назад +1

    Great mountain history and stories….thank you….

  • @333jarhead
    @333jarhead Год назад +4

    Heard this from my grandma,she was 1/2 Cherokee and she was proud of it. She was a Norton from Marshall N.C. and was a little woman, but mean as fire lmao. Great stuff, thanks JD just a old Marines opinion.

  • @debbiefrye7187
    @debbiefrye7187 Год назад +1

    Great story and I absolutely love the music you play hered. Thanks for the story J D.

  • @JenAmazed42
    @JenAmazed42 Год назад +18

    My ancestors were from a little place called Shelton Laurel in Western North Carolina. I'm just over the mountain in upper east Tennessee. Many of my ancestors had to rely on shine to eek out a living on that rocky soil. You did a great job of explaining how it came to that for many families. None of them willfully wanted to be on the wrong side of the law. Many, especially the wives, didnt thinking drinking to get drunk was the Christian thing to do. They just did what they had to do to get by and put bread on the table.

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +3

      well said Jen, btw... I replied to your other comment about your story recommendation, id be grateful if you could email it to me at theappalachianstoryteller@gmail.com For some reason, once I reply to a comment here on RUclips, I can never find it again as it gets buried in the comment section.

    • @davidgraham7325
      @davidgraham7325 Год назад +4

      Sensible people are what keeps this country alive and together ❤️

    • @Highlander9740
      @Highlander9740 Год назад +3

      Good to hear Shelton Laurel mentioned in the comments.

    • @JenAmazed42
      @JenAmazed42 Год назад +3

      @@Highlander9740 are you from there? If so, we're likely kin

    • @WNCBlueRidgeBlondie1
      @WNCBlueRidgeBlondie1 9 месяцев назад +2

      @@JenAmazed42 I think everyone from Madison county was related. 😉

  • @michaelcribb7205
    @michaelcribb7205 4 месяца назад

    This is my first time hearing of lewis redman i love to hear stories like theae about shiners i was born and raised in south Carolina and Florida for a while outlaw stories have been my favorite to listen to the most famous I've heard of quite a bit was popcorn sutton ,the bondurants so finding new people to hear about is always great

  • @archieadams4841
    @archieadams4841 Год назад +3

    Been a subscriber for awhile now and I love your stories and this was another great one. Thanks for all the interesting Appalachian stories

    • @TheAppalachianStoryteller
      @TheAppalachianStoryteller  Год назад +1

      Thank you Archie, really appreciate you listening, tuning in, and commenting. Thanks so much my friend!

    • @archieadams4841
      @archieadams4841 Год назад +1

      @TheAppalachianStoryteller you are welcome. I just moved to Tennessee a couple years ago to be around my biological dad who I just found after 56 years of life. My wife and I have been planning to move to the Appalachians for a few years now so it was the perfect time. We love these mountains and we'll never live anywhere else again. So hearing the stories, history and legends of the mountains from your channel make it feel more and more like home. I enjoy your channel very much and I hope you'll be around for a long time to come!!

  • @james9347
    @james9347 Год назад +2

    very good story and cool kept me on the edge of my seat