Jim Tom Hedrick Biography

Fast Facts

• Began his career as a moonshiner after being paid in the form of the drink as a teenager while working hard labor in the Smoky Mountains
• Is best known as the subject of the 1999 documentary film, "Moonshine"
• While making moonshine at night, he held several odd jobs by day, including that of a pilot, biker, ham radio operator and musician
• Managed to continue brewing moonshine while imprisoned