Funny story.....A couple Hells Angels (Fu and Deakon) started Charlie Magoo productions back in the days and wanted Johnny to play but he was always a drunken mess, and they were concerned about him making them look bad. So they lined up a date for him to play, but....told him the gig was a week earlier than it actually was. When he showed up, they had a hotel room waiting with a club member to watch him 24/7 to make sure he didn't leave. No alcohol. No drugs. He was pissed......but he made it through the week and admittedly played one of the best shows of his career.
take this job and shove it starts playing over and over again in my mind when things go wrong at work. ive followed through with it a few times. the song helped me make up my mind i mean. hahaha!
I was watching the Globe Trotters on Wide World of Sports one Saturday and Johnny Paycheck was on the sidelines . They noticed him and was like please don't get him started damned if they didn't they liked to never got him off the court.
I met Johnny Paycheck after one of his shows at The Longhorn ballroom in Dallas Texas,he was so humble and a super nice guy,I guess because he was on that powder..
Was talking to a nice waitress who've I known for some time and she was telling me about one of her sons, a very good decent lad, who liked to live an exciting life. She shook her head and smiled. I said her story reminded me of a Johnny Paycheck song, "I'm the only hell my momma ever raised." Well she laughed, smiled and said she enjoyed Johnny's songs and this was definitely going to be her full of life son's signature song. Many of us working class can definitely relate to Johnny. RIP.
I guess I'm made of different stuff...if you attack me and shoot me in the ear, one of us is going to have to die. I also wouldn't work that job without carrying a hold-out piece. Something small, compact (7 to 8 round mag), and no one would know about it... until they did. I would practice retrieval and operation until it can be pulled on pure instinct alone. Addendum - Before anyone tries to question what I'm saying... I train on a regular basis with my concealed and carry. This is something I already do, so adding a hidden hold-out pistol in my daily ensemble is no big deal to me.
...and stocking grocery shelves so folks' families can eat isn't? I com from a long line of goal miners on both sides of the Atlantic & grew up in the rust belt being taught this stuff too. get over it bro. drowning sorrows in booze and beating the wife & kids goes hand in hand with "real work" and "real men"... it's bullsh*t ppl spout to justify being a c*nt.
I’m 100% with you here. Real country is now becoming a fashion statement for hipsters who couldn’t tell you a single Buck Owens song. But where do you see anyone being condescending? Or are you just speaking generally?
My band opened up for Johnny paycheck in 1995 and boy howdy was he a mess. The bus looked a lot worse than your drawing, and the band were barely able to setup their gear much less play. Johnny walked with a cane, played three songs and had his brother play the rest. Worst show I ever seen, was glad to leave.
When Paycheck was in his doldrums of his career and before his number one hit- him and some of his band made a stop in Dayton Ohio at the home of Bill Step. Bill was a sort of Appalachian gangster in the town known for his Grand Nationals race car Billy the Kid Dodge Duster and his Pittbulls he fought and gambled on. My sister was in Highschool and dating Billy Junior. The whole crew apparently got to doing speed and stayed up for three days playing and Johnny wouldn’t shower and smelled bad. But they played and played and then the rest became history.
