In "Okie from Muskogee", what is "white lightning"?

I'm guessing it's not a type of low-quality strong cider favoured by desperate alcoholics and students.

Moonshine continues to be produced in the U.S., mainly in Appalachia.[11] The product is often called "white lightning" because it is not aged and is generally sold at high alcohol proof, often bottled in canning jars

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Download the song "White Lightning" by George Jones, it explains all

Hill people milk.

That'd be a good mashup--"Ride the White Lightning."

watched this a few months back, not bad. george jones song was featured, although i had heard the fall's version of it first

http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/Whitelightning.jpg

eh muskogee has been probably been overrun with crystal meth by now

Once upon a time, Mountain Dew was not a foul-tasting high-caffeine soda, but instead the product of illicit distillation of corn squeezins.

mighty mighty pleasin' at that

It's the stuff that makes your eyes bug out and your face turn blue.

still pretty foul tasting, but high in alcohol rather than caffeine. But yes, mighty mighty pleasin'.

Just don't go disrespectin' the college dean after you drink some.

i had some last christmas, it was really good, even smooth and yes totally illegal - it looks like water

before I heard the George Jones song I thought Merle was referring to cocaine, which made the song's knock on hippies seem less "they're freaks" than "they're pussies"

that would have made the song so stupid.

Yeah, but the image of all the pro-Nixon rednecks doing bumps in the men's room of their favorite honkytonk is pretty lol.

I misread thread title as
TS "Okie from Muskogee" vs "white lightning"

good idea

Hill people milk.

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http://www.tvguide.com/images/pgimg/jack_mccbrayer01.jpg

Here's what you do:

1.) Find out from a local where the nearest shine tree is.
2.) Go find said shine tree and place a $10 bill on the stump.
3.) Return to car. Go home.
4.) Come back next day. Jar of shine will be waiting for you.

Is that from The Jerk?

Once two strangers climbed ol' rocky top,
Lookin' for a moonshine still.
Strangers ain't come down from rocky top,
Reckon they never will.

The corn won't grow at all on rocky top,
Dirt's too rocky by far.
That's why all the folks on rocky top
Get their corn from a jar.

Rocky Top, you'll always be,
Second in the S-E-C,
Lame Old Rocky Top
Second in the S-E-C,
Second in the S-E-C.

Personally, I root for UNCA.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h_XqeK0mwVYALet1vAn8WLLifYFgD90L62IG0

unberieveable

Tyler is proud to be an Okie from Muskogee.

It's corn whiskey. Fundamentally, it's crap, virtually the same thing, only a bit watered down, as the ethanol from corn in the current US biofuel craze, boon to the Corn Grower's Association. Might as well buy undenatured reagent grade ethyl alcohol and dilute to taste with whatever you want, which is what some do, or used to, anyway. Not much of a sipping drink, more suited to a chug and get your stomach pumped before you croak from alcohol poisoning kind of big night out.

I prefer original brand Listerine.

Didn't the Big Bopper write "White Lightning"?

http://www.hulu.com/watch/17458/white-lightning

good moonshine is really good. smooth, like tracer says, usually a little fiery on the backend but in the way of any good whiskey. if it tastes harsh it's just bad moonshine. i've had both clear and amber-colored. also varieties with fruit steeped in it -- berries, apples, etc. -- which makes it sweet like infused vodka. there's also the moonshine-grape thing, where you steep grapes in it and then freeze them and eat them as snacks. pretty good.

i'm just guessing, but i have a feeling that the average moonshine you get now is a lot better than it used to be, because now it's mostly hobbyists making it in small batches for friends and family, it's not so much a commercial enterprise. it's become something more like craft brewing.

one of my favorite interviews i ever did was with an old smoky mountain hillbilly, sitting on the porch of his little house. the story was about local d-day veterans on the 50th anniversary, and another guy i talked to had pointed me to him. this guy had had a tracheotomy and was sitting out on his rocking chair in overalls, total mountain-man typecasting. he was a farm kid who'd gone off to war as a teenager and then come home to the farm and pretty much just stayed there. anyway, by the time he got in the army he was already a pretty good moonshiner because it was a sideline his family was in. after d-day, in the campaign through france and belgium and wherever he ended up going, he became the designated distiller for his unit, which gave him a certain amount of prestige and popularity. but one day some senior officer came up to him and said, "i hear you're making moonshine." and he got all scared and said, "no sir, not me. i don't even know how." and the officer said, "c'mon, all you tennessee boys are moonshiners." and he said, "no sir, not me." and the officer, frustrated, said, "look, son, i'm not busting you. you just make sure you make some for the officers in your next batch." and he said, "yes sir!" the guy was laughing through his tracheotomy hole telling this story, in that mechanical tracheotomy voice. and it was just like, i felt like i'd seen this scene in movies or on m*a*s*h or something, but this guy had really actually lived it.

Yeah, sure.

this gorge is a fun fellow

what I've had, in East Tenn., whew! just harsh, and can be invigorating. rough shit, actually. moonshine, that is. I really have mixed feelings about "Okie" the song itself, as Merle Haggard was just knocking off a sendup that typically straddles the fence. a canny novelty song that made him a lot of money, pretty good song.

I mean, I barely drink whiskey any more. one of those things good once in a great while, like a cigar or a cigarette you smoke at Christmas every year--I knew a lady in Shreveport who smoked exactly one Marlboro and had one martini every day at 5:45. basically, the thought of drinking shine or smoking makes me sick to my stomach any more, which is a good thing.

nah, i mean, i've had moonshine that was sippin'-smooth. potent, but not in any way unpleasant. but there's a lot of variation, obviously.

Anybody got a spare 5 gallon carbouy laying around the house? I think I want to start homebrewing again.

I too have had excellent moonshine, brewed by West Virginia crusty-punks.

Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Makes ya wanna holler hi-de-ho
Burns yer tummy, don't ya know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug

Grape wine in a Mason jar
Homemade and brought to school
By a friend of mine an' after class
Me and him and this other fool decide that we'll drink up what's left
Chug-a-lug, so we helped ourself
First time for everything
Mmmm, my ears still ring

Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Makes ya wanna holler hi-de-ho
Burns yer tummy, don't ya know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug

4H and FFA on a field trip to the farm
Me an' a friend sneak off behind
This big old barn where we uncovered a covered-up moonshine still
And we thought we'd drink our fill
And I swallered it with a smile
BLBLBLBLBLB!!! I run ten miles

Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Makes ya wanna holler hi-de-ho
Burns yer tummy, don't ya know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug

Jukebox and sawdust floor
Somethin' like I ain't never seen
And I'm just going on fifteen
But with the help of my finaglin' uncle I get snuck in
For my first taste of sin
I said "Lemme have a big old sip"
BLBLBLBLBLB!!! I done a double back flip

Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug
Makes ya wanna holler hi-de-ho
Burns yer tummy, don't ya know
Chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug

I know some guys who drop by some place every year some time and bring by some peach brandy that is something fierce. Can you drink kool-aid? Yeah you're not gonna remember anything tomorrow.