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In Focus: Johnny Paycheck
In Focus: Johnny Paycheck
13.01.23 · Nashville

In Focus: Johnny Paycheck

Focus on Johnny Paycheck

Born Donald Lytle in Ohio in 1931, country singer Johnny Paycheck was an outlaw before Willie Nelson, or Waylon Jennings, and before he was even a country singer. Moving to Nashville fresh out of the Navy in the early '50s, Paycheck spent almost two decades living life hard and fast, before finding success, even joining the Grand Ole Opry.

It could be said that Paycheck's life was that of a hard drinking, womanising, drug abuse, and criminality, occasionally punctuated by a successful music career. 1977's "Take This Job and Shove It" was his biggest commercial hit, and acts as a microcosm of worldview and songwriting. He was a man with a "fuck you if you don't like it" attitude to authority. A nihilist cowboy, weary of the ranch.

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Tracklist

  • Johnny Paycheck
    (Like Me) You'll Recover In Time
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Touch My Heart
  • Johnny Paycheck
    My Sweet Love Ain't Around
  • Johnny Paycheck
    I've Got Wine On My Mind
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow
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    I've Seen Better Days
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Turnin' Off A Memory
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Jukebox Charlie
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Ballad Of The Green Berets
  • Johnny Paycheck
    (Pardon Me) I've Got Someone To Kill
  • John Austin Paycheck
    I Sleep With Her Memory Every Night
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Motel Time Again
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Live With Me ('Til I Can Learn To Live Again)
  • John Austin Paycheck
    11 Months And 29 Days
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Barstool Mountain
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Living The Life Of A Dog
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    I Can't Hold Myself In Line
  • Johnny Paycheck
    6.Fifteen Beers
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Colorado Cool-Aid
  • Johnny Paycheck
    Take This Job And Shove It