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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Becky Gilmore / Greg Wood REEL NUMBER: 4A/4B STAGE: Tenn. Narrative DATE: 7/5/86 PRESENTOR: Roby Cogswell GROUP NAME: Moonshine REGION/STYLE: Tennessee PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Ray Hicks CONTENTS 1. Intro. of Ray. 2. Ray - requirements to build still - "no lazy man's job" 3. ingredients - corn meal, sugar, rye malt, water. 4. let it ferment then put it in the still which separates alcohol 5. use of charcoal to clean water 6. marketing of whiskey to coal miners and whiskey running to other states 7. Bootlegger - whiskey cut to 90 proof by distiller, but bootlegger "watered it" down. 8. 180 proof comes out of the still: 9. moonshine - in the past, it was made to feed families 10. Pricing - gallon formerly for $2.25; now, $25.00 11. Characters. 12. 13.