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Born in 1946, Marvin “Popcorn” Sutton was living in one of the few but self-proclaimed “moonshine capitals of the world,” Cocke County, Tenn. He grew up around stills set-up in the woods where he cut an enormous stock of hardwood used to fire the boiler, mostly during the night so they weren’t as readily spotted, working by moonlight and the glow of the fire. Continue reading →