Popcorn sutton me and my likker
As a teenager, Sutton earned his nickname “popcorn” for attacking a bar’s popcorn vending machine for being faulty.
In his 62 years on Earth, Popcorn Sutton was convicted several times, not only for possessing and selling controlled substances (liquor mostly) but also for being in possession of firearms and other crimes. As he claims, he descended from a long line of moonshiners. As already mentioned, Popcorn Sutton became famous for producing moonshines, a class of high-proof whiskey, and for smuggling liquor illegally (known as bootlegging). He was a Scots-Irish American who was born and brought up in the South-Eastern Appalachian region of the United States. Marvin Sutton (popularly known as Popcorn Sutton) was born on October 5, 1946, and he died on March 16, 2009. Get to know more about this very unique personality below. Today, a popular whiskey – Popcorn Sutton’s Tennessee White Whiskey – is named after him. Interestingly, just a year after Popcorn Sutton died, moon-shining got legalized in the USA. His unique personality eventually made him the subject of many documentaries including one that won an Emmy.
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He also self-produced a home movie depicting the then illegal art. Not only did he become famous through the illegal trades, but he also wrote a self-published work (actually an autobiography) to teach people the art of moon-shining. Many people consider Sutton a one-off personality for having the courage to gain notoriety in an illegal business. He became famous as a moonshiner and bootlegger, at a time they were considered as illicit businesses in the US. Born at Maggie Valley, North Carolina, Popcorn Sutton lived and died as a rural Appalachian.