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Johnny Paycheck
The Honky Tonk Gift Shop is proud to feature Johnny Paycheck. All of Johnny Paycheck's books, CDs and videos we have reviewed are listed on this page for your
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Live at Gilley's
Johnny Paycheck
Price $ 11.98
It is only fitting that the troubled and troublesome honky-tonker begins this 1985 set with
George Jones's classic "I'm Ragged But I'm Right." This riveting document captures Johnny
Paycheck at the cliff's edge: only two months later, following years of drug and alcohol
abuse, his personal demons finally took over in an Ohio bar when Paycheck shot an
argumentative stranger in the head. What this all means in terms of the crude, coarse
music heard here is simple: his voice is shot to hell, his band is rough in spots, and yet the
overall performance becomes all the more compelling because of it. It would be difficult to
find music that is more unpretentious, genuine, and emotionally intense, especially on the
heart-wrenching ballads. The show, originally broadcast for the Gilley's radio show, mixes
Paycheck's own stark compositions, his biggest hits, and a number of select covers.
--Marc Greilsamer
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Live In Branson, MO, USA
Johnny Paycheck
Price $ 5.98
1. Heart Don't Need Eyes To See
2. Slide Off Of Your Satin Sheets
3. Ragged But Right
4. She's All I Got
5. Once You've Had The Best
6. Colorado Kool-Aid
7. Old Violin
8. A-11
9. For A Minute There
10. 11 Months And 29 Days
11. In Memory Of A Memory
12. I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)
13. Take This Job And Shove It
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The Real Mr. Heartache:The Little Darlin' Years
Johnny Paycheck
Price $ 14.99
The years have been unkind to the former Donald Eugene Lytle, who seems destined to be
remembered for his legendary travails with drugs, liquor, and the law rather than his vital
musical contributions. By the time the first of these 24 songs was cut for Hilltop in 1964,
Johnny Paycheck had already: run away from home at 15; hopped endless freight trains to
sing in dive bars across the country; received a court martial from the navy for fracturing
an officer's skull; escaped twice from military prison; toured alongside George Jones, Ray
Price, Porter Wagoner, and Faron Young; and been fired by all of them for excessive
drinking and a hot temper. Impressive credentials indeed for a honky-tonk singer. He
formed the Little Darlin' label with producer Aubrey Mayhew in 1966 and created some of
the world's most impudent, painfully genuine honky-tonk, distinguished by Lloyd Green's
pedal-steel pyrotechnics and his own agony-ridden vocals. His emotive pronunciations will
immediately call to mind George Jones, who he toured with on and off for six years (and
who, according to the liner notes, actually copped his inimitable vocal style from
Paycheck). Perhaps the most overlooked aspect of Paycheck's talent is his songwriting,
which shows a knack for turning a classic country phrase. He reprises hits he wrote for
Tammy Wynette ("Apartment #9") and Ray Price ("Touch My Heart") and offers such
startling titles as "(Pardon Me) I've Got Someone to Kill," "It Won't Be Long (And I'll Be
Hating You)," and "If I'm Gonna Sink (I Might as Well Go to the Bottom)." Play this at your
next dinner party. --Marc Greilsamer
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Sweet Country Road
Johnny Paycheck
Price $ 13.49
VHS, Rated NR. Buy it and let us know, please.
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