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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
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.
meanwhile our border is being over ran and they are being let free inside our country ! But yeah we got Popcorn back then! Damn shame what our higher ups did to this man !!
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!!!
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
If this was 98 or 99 he would have been 52 or 53 if he was born October of 46. Looks like he's 70 or 80. That Moonshine will get you. Very cool thank you.
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….
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. 🙏
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
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
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.
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.
@@lamebritishman1 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
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
@@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.
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
Just to show yea. If you can make money of it no matter how honest and hard working it may be the government gonna come round and fuck you over somehow! R.I.P. popcorn
Well he have a illegal firearms possession. And was selling 1,000 gallon of moonshine to a undercover agent. No reason to kill himself tho, he just gonna be in prison for 18 months.
@@markjordan1765 THERES NO SUCH THING AS A SECOND CHANCE.AND O BY THE WAY..WHO MADE YOU GOD/// JUDGE NOT...LESS YOU BE JUDGED...💩🤠 RIP POP CORN..💯🙏✝️♥️
@@DANIEL-ky6br Wrong again Pop corn never did live a Christ like life. He's in Hell the word of God tells us that. he was never born-again John 3:3, John 14:6. I hope you repent and put your trust in Jesus Christ. God is very clear who goes to Heaven and who goes to Hell. god will not be mocked. Son, I hope this helps you, stop worshiping these godless fools and start with Jesus Christ. You know nothing about the word of God.
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.
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...
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!
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 🥃
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.
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.
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.
Token on a fatty of runts at this very exact moment brother.. I ain't never tried to make no liquor in my life but I can grow some of the finest green leaf on the face of the planet and thems the facts..
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.
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.
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
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
Did they ever find out who told in popcorn? Was he making these videos before or after he got told on.. I admire that old man and his tragic ending was not worthy of the man himself..he deserved a lot better
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😮
He got busted the last time because of a fire.. I wonder if he burnt his still house down trying to light the still? I can't believe he was using gasoline generators instead of pressurized propane..
At minute 51:49 Popcorn says he will make like at the Appalachian Museum October the 7th, 8th & 9th 1999. At 51:41 he says he ain't made no likker since 1997. LOL, Popcorn was clever as a fox. If there were 3 different calendars hanging, they would all have different dates & years
