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The Rough and Rowdy Times of Johnny Paycheck’s Real Life Were Mirrored on His 1977 Outlaw Hit “I’m the Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)

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Johnny Paycheck (1938 - 2003) (C) holds a teamsters union sign while joining a group of striking bookbinders, 1977.By 1966, Johnny Paycheck already hit the top 10 on the Country chart with his single “The Lovin’ Machine,” followed by “Motel Time Again,” and “Jukebox Charlie.” In December of ’66, Tammy Wynette also landed her first single on the Country charts with a cover of PayCheck’s “Apartment #9.” Throughout the 1970s, and in the […]

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