Popcorn Sutton by Ali Randolph Band
Song available on iTunes and other music sites. For more info on the band, check out their website at www.AliRandolph.com
In 2009, legendary mountain moonshiner Popcorn Sutton sold an undercover ATF agent hundreds of jars of moonshine. When the agent returned to buy more, he brought a posse of state and federal agents with him. Popcorn was sentenced to prison for making and selling his illegal "likker." But instead of serving time in a penitentiary, he chose to end his own life.
Singer-songwriter Ali Randolph immortalized Popcorn's life in a song that she first performed at his memorial service. Later she recorded the song at Hollow Reed Studio in Asheville with her band. The video was shot on location at Popcorn's home, and at the site of his last moonshine operation.
Many thanks to Pam Sutton, Popcorn's widow, for her help and support in making this video. The documentary footage of Popcorn was shot by Neal Hutcheson, and is available in a feature-length movie at SuckerPunchPictures.com. Before Popcorn died, he signed a deal with a Nashville distillery to sell his moonshine, which is now available as Popcorn Sutton's Tennessee White Whiskey. The life of Popcorn may be over, but not the legend. That lives on.
22 апр 2012
