Unearthing an Uncommon Friendship with Fawn Weaver

One of the great things about a legacy that goes back more than
150 years is that there always seems to be one more story to
tell. In 2016, one of those stories captivated the world. It was
the story of Jack Daniel and Nearest Green, an enslaved man who
taught Jack how to make whiskey. Jack and Nearest had a lifelong
friendship that spawned Jack’s famous Tennessee Whiskey and
connected two local families for more than a century. On this
episode of Around the Barrel, we meet Fawn Weaver, an author who
was so captivated by Nearest’s story that she has devoted her
life’s work to researching, honoring and celebrating Jack’s
beloved friend.