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In Focus: Johnny Paycheck
Nashville, 13.01.23
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.
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 - John Austin Paycheck
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 - Paycheck, Haggard
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
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