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While I was back in my Tennessee homeland in October of last year, my childhood friend Storm Taylor took me to visit an infamous old moonshiner by the name of Popcorn Sutton. Sutton had been arrested earlier in 2008 with 800 gallons of moonshine and a couple of firearms at his Parrotsville home. Long before that arrest, Sutton had already achieved a confusing bit of underground fame by making moonshining videos and penning a book called Me and My Likker. I say confusing because if you are doing something illegal, like makin’ and distributing corn liquor, don’t you think you would want to be completely off the radar? Well Popcorn didn’t think so and it ended up getting him busted by the law.

When I met Popcorn, he was awaiting sentencing and he was a contrite, scared old dude. He was also a ribald old codger and one of the most unbelievable som’ bitches I have ever met. I really wish I could look upon all your faces when Popcorn starts to discuss his wife. Shit howdy, here’s Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton.

Sincerely,

Knoxville

(photo by Lance Bangs; Parrotsville, Tennessee; 2008)