Johnny Paycheck: Hellraiser On The Way Up
John Morthland, Country Music, November 1976
WAIT JUST a minute here. Am I in the right place? I came down to the Other End, a club in New York's Greenwich Village, to see Johnny Paycheck. And the last time I saw him — admittedly, in 1972, when he was riding high with 'Someone To Give My Love To' — he had a full band and was wearing a suit and tie. So who's the bearded guy in the western shirt, Levi pants and jacket, and cowboy hat who's bounding onstage to sing with just a bass, drums, steel and his own guitar?
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