Yeah he was the real deal of Outlaw Country for a long time. Until that one December night where things almost went really bad. I guess that's when his rebel days were over. The night he almost accidently killed a man.
Deep inside, this man is good. He spent many years battling himself and his demons, it took a jail sentence to make him realize what he needed to do. And after that he has just been an incredible man up until his death.
Prison sometimes, to somebody that thinks back, is extra clarity. I was an extreme addict cooking meth shooting meth. It wasn't what I was doing to myself, it was what I was doing the other people. I was destroying families. Shooting dope with people that had children. When I finally sobered up it broke my heart. People would tell me they will just get it somewhere else. Not from me, never again.😞.
So talented and still underrated! Everyone knows him for that one song but he has so many that are so much better! Real outlaw bluesy sad country is my favorite music! RIP paycheck
Paycheck was one of the greatest raw talents ever. He was a man with so many natural blessings who seemingly did everything he could to squander them. As if he couldn't help himself and that in his heart he felt like he didn't deserve anything good in life. How is that possible with all those hits that he died broke? George Jones had to pay for his burial.
So if he did this in 85, then he got pardoned 2 years later, that would be 87, he said after that he quit drinking, smoking and doing any drugs for 10 years, so that means this interview was set in 1997. Am I correct anyone? Still, amazing story, I can't believe how bad it must have been for him to almost go to prison for 9 years and probably never return to a career he worked for decades to achieve, but luckily he had support from all of the fellow artists in the industry and that says alot about the time back then compared to now. Johnny was one of the good ones, country music will never be the way it was when he was singin. R.I.P. Johnny paycheck.
He was sentenced in 1985 but he appealed the sentence for four years until his appeal options ran out in 1989. He was sent to Chillicothe, Ohio's prison in 1989 and he was in prison until Richard Celeste, then the Governor of Ohio, commuted the sentence in 1991. If the commutation from the Governor wouldn't have happened Johnny would've gotten released in 1994.
Pardoning Johnny Paycheck was probably the most constructive thing Dick Celeste did as a governor of Ohio. Governor Celeste never met a tax he didn't like.
Cigarettes are worse than liquor and other drugs legal or otherwise put together - and to think about all of the people who has been in jail or had their lives ruined because they were deemed "criminal" for smoking weed - unbelievable - who keeps pushing this false narrative ? Well here in KY you can bet your ass Brown Foreman Distillery and the big tobacco companies has fed millions of $$ to political figures thru lobbying efforts - local and national - you can bet your ass they don't want to compete with weed - so keep it illegal - the cartel wins , lawyers win and the people who run the penitentiary system win- it's a win win win
@@zachmartin1458 I don’t know whether folks out here cared for him or not. I heard the guy tried to come onto to paycheck in the bathroom but again I don’t know if that’s true or not. I’m out in Adam’s county close to highland county and Hillsboro. I think I saw interviews with paycheck where he said the guy was trying to basically pick a fight or something.
@@bigdaddyj452 Adams County, all right. I heard it was the guy made an innocuous comment, Donny overreacted, instead of trying to deescalate with a paranoid cokehead the guy argued back and it went from there. Just another night in Southern Ohio. Thanks for sharing that story.
@@zachmartin1458 no problem. I used to deliver beer there for coors when they had a place out in Batavia. I always liked paychecks music. And yeah southern Ohio can be a bit rowdy. I always tell folks northern Ohio is another state compared to southern Ohio
Here is the story I heard Johnny had been on a cocaine bender and had been up for days. He stopped to drink and 2 drunk men recognized him and offered to buy him a drink then they exchanged hats. Then the guys offered Johnny turtle soup. Johnny in his cocaine psychosis thought the guys were making fun of him for being a hillbilly so johnny shot one in the head. As one of the guys was running away outside Johnny went outside and yelled come back Jim I won't shoot you no more. Johnny picked up the bloody hat threw the gun away and drove off. My story might not be 100% right for one thing i don't remember the victim's name but it's probably closer to the truth than johnny's story.
I heard Paycheck and the man he shot were arguing about the best way to make turtle soup. The victim called Paycheck a damn hillbilly so Paycheck pulled out his gun and shot him. That story came from a waitress at Pizza Hut in town who's husband was on the Hillsboro police force and first on the scene after the shooting incident.
Thanks all good friends thanks when I met him Ricky Frame he got out buy areal friend I really miss Glenn Fergusan THATS when I got to know and my wife Darlene Frame thanks a lot
People thinks David Allen Coe is an Outlaw - Waylon , Willie - Well this guy doesn't need embellishments - he is the real thing - similar to Merle Haggard if anything , he hid some of his transgressions because instead of trying to perpetuate an image - he wanted to go down as a good singer - if you're real - tattoos and acting like a bad ass ain't necessary - you just are
Genesis 12:3 “And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.” Romans 10:9 King James Version 9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved John 3:16 King James Version 16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 1 Corinthians 15 The Resurrection of Christ 15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures
Still lying trying to claim it was a barroom fight. Watch Mike Drudge cartoon stories called Tales from the Tour Bus and they interview his mates and lawyers. Very interesting true story of what happened. He was still lying about it in this video.
I admire him for being strong enough to stay sober the last 14 years of his life🙏🙏🙏
An outlaw country singer who was actually an outlaw. Old school.
Well I’m glad you told people now because it’s probably helping someone you don’t know. Thank you
He was rough stock and wilder than hell, ran with the devil and then out ran him! Hell of a musician and I imagine a hell of a good man
He raped a 12 year old girl. I would say not a very good man...
Yeah he was the real deal of Outlaw Country for a long time. Until that one December night where things almost went really bad. I guess that's when his rebel days were over. The night he almost accidently killed a man.
Him showing up to court high af on coke and drunk is like the funniest shit ever
Nothing funny about showing up in court high. Addiction is the devil. And the Devil isn't funny.
Some claim to be what he really was, OUTLAW COUNTRY.
Deep inside, this man is good. He spent many years battling himself and his demons, it took a jail sentence to make him realize what he needed to do. And after that he has just been an incredible man up until his death.
Prison sometimes, to somebody that thinks back, is extra clarity. I was an extreme addict cooking meth shooting meth. It wasn't what I was doing to myself, it was what I was doing the other people. I was destroying families. Shooting dope with people that had children. When I finally sobered up it broke my heart. People would tell me they will just get it somewhere else. Not from me, never again.😞.
The great Johnny Paycheck, what more can say!
I love all his music. A Great musician and family man.
I can feel his pain and regret
.Such an awesome gentleman❤
Much admiration.and respect for him👍
So talented and still underrated! Everyone knows him for that one song but he has so many that are so much better! Real outlaw bluesy sad country is my favorite music! RIP paycheck
Sharon Rae is my favorite paycheck song
Humility
Great musician!! Tough guy, sadly missed
I met him. I knew him to be decent soul. Always loved his music.
I miss Johnny Paycheck
Love to supporters
It changed him. Takes a wild rider and tames him
A true outlaw! Can’t find em now days! Nor would you find a court/judge forgiving the charges
Paycheck was one of the greatest raw talents ever. He was a man with so many natural blessings who seemingly did everything he could to squander them. As if he couldn't help himself and that in his heart he felt like he didn't deserve anything good in life. How is that possible with all those hits that he died broke? George Jones had to pay for his burial.
Johnny, that's good on you . Make right with the Lord as best you can however you can . It matters.
Might as well
That was real remorse. Bless him.
He is lying about what happened. Was never a bar room fight or brawl.
@@bendean4255 True, he was just drunk and being an asshole
That boy was me..an you know what I still love Johnny an his soul is with the Lord..geniensis 4:18..
What boy?
God bless Johnny Paycheck...
You beat the devil Johnny.....RIP.....
So if he did this in 85, then he got pardoned 2 years later, that would be 87, he said after that he quit drinking, smoking and doing any drugs for 10 years, so that means this interview was set in 1997. Am I correct anyone? Still, amazing story, I can't believe how bad it must have been for him to almost go to prison for 9 years and probably never return to a career he worked for decades to achieve, but luckily he had support from all of the fellow artists in the industry and that says alot about the time back then compared to now. Johnny was one of the good ones, country music will never be the way it was when he was singin. R.I.P. Johnny paycheck.
That's a ftm invert its a woman....
He was sentenced in 1985 but he appealed the sentence for four years until his appeal options ran out in 1989. He was sent to Chillicothe, Ohio's prison in 1989 and he was in prison until Richard Celeste, then the Governor of Ohio, commuted the sentence in 1991. If the commutation from the Governor wouldn't have happened Johnny would've gotten released in 1994.
He was our neighbor years ago. Quiet guy always nice to us but one of the few real outlaws in country music.
When the judge gave him the 9 years as Johnny left to go to prison johnny allegedly said I'll be out in 2 weeks.
Love ❤️ this man 😢
Pardoning Johnny Paycheck was probably the most constructive thing Dick Celeste did as a governor of Ohio. Governor Celeste never met a tax he didn't like.
Rural Ohio: John Deere Tractors. Urban Ohio: Fellers gettin’ shot in the head.
Hillsboro Ohio isn’t Urban Ohio it’s in the middle no where 17 miles from his hometown of Greenfield 60 miles from Cincy Columbus and Dayton
So I am wondering.. he quit smoking and stayed that way for 14plus years and still emphysema took his life? That’s so sad!!
Cigarettes are worse than liquor and other drugs legal or otherwise put together - and to think about all of the people who has been in jail or had their lives ruined because they were deemed "criminal" for smoking weed - unbelievable - who keeps pushing this false narrative ?
Well here in KY you can bet your ass Brown Foreman Distillery and the big tobacco companies has fed millions of $$ to political figures thru lobbying efforts - local and national - you can bet your ass they don't want to compete with weed - so keep it illegal - the cartel wins , lawyers win and the people who run the penitentiary system win- it's a win win win
The smoking took it's toll
He contracted emphysema and asthma after a brief illness
I’ve lived out near hillsboro for 50 plus years now. I used to deliver beer to the bar where this occurred.
I'm from nearby. Everybody I ever talked to who knew the guy he shot said they couldn't stand him. I wonder if you could shed some light on that?
@@zachmartin1458 I don’t know whether folks out here cared for him or not. I heard the guy tried to come onto to paycheck in the bathroom but again I don’t know if that’s true or not. I’m out in Adam’s county close to highland county and Hillsboro. I think I saw interviews with paycheck where he said the guy was trying to basically pick a fight or something.
@@bigdaddyj452 Adams County, all right. I heard it was the guy made an innocuous comment, Donny overreacted, instead of trying to deescalate with a paranoid cokehead the guy argued back and it went from there. Just another night in Southern Ohio. Thanks for sharing that story.
@@zachmartin1458 no problem. I used to deliver beer there for coors when they had a place out in Batavia. I always liked paychecks music. And yeah southern Ohio can be a bit rowdy. I always tell folks northern Ohio is another state compared to southern Ohio
@@bigdaddyj452 My wife is from up north. Her family thinks I'm from Georgia or some place.
Geez...
Here is the story I heard Johnny had been on a cocaine bender and had been up for days. He stopped to drink and 2 drunk men recognized him and offered to buy him a drink then they exchanged hats. Then the guys offered Johnny turtle soup. Johnny in his cocaine psychosis thought the guys were making fun of him for being a hillbilly so johnny shot one in the head. As one of the guys was running away outside Johnny went outside and yelled come back Jim I won't shoot you no more. Johnny picked up the bloody hat threw the gun away and drove off. My story might not be 100% right for one thing i don't remember the victim's name but it's probably closer to the truth than johnny's story.
You listened to "Tales From The Tour Bus" because this was every word the show told
@@rickyking1790 I saw it on a documentary or read it some where too.
I heard Paycheck and the man he shot were arguing about the best way to make turtle soup. The victim called Paycheck a damn hillbilly so Paycheck pulled out his gun and shot him.
That story came from a waitress at Pizza Hut in town who's husband was on the Hillsboro police force and first on the scene after the shooting incident.
Congratulations
Thanks all good friends thanks when I met him Ricky Frame he got out buy areal friend I really miss Glenn Fergusan THATS when I got to know and my wife Darlene Frame thanks a lot
My brother was in the joint with him
Everybody's brother was
Am going to be legendary 🙌
Some time's when you get so down the only way to go is up
If anyone deserves to be in the hall of fame, it's paycheck. The mans life was literally a country song..
Pardoned.....the freemason connection kicks in.
He was one of the real ones.
I feel thats what it takes to overcome, Forget about them days. An lose track of time.. Find a hobby and find yourself
So did the guy die that he shot? How long was he in prison?
That guy became a taxidermist, he stuffed and mounted my Mom's 13 inch crappie she caught at Rocky Fork lake just outside of Hillsboro
The only hell my momma ever raised
The Charles Manson of outlaw country music
😢
As a Jewish, atheist, communist man… I 100% agree with you. This is a beautiful and sad story. Good for him for making the change.
@@gstarwarmed6137 some people have to have religion in order to behave.
Jewish atheist? Wth?
People thinks David Allen Coe is an Outlaw - Waylon , Willie -
Well this guy doesn't need embellishments - he is the real thing - similar to Merle Haggard if anything , he hid some of his transgressions because instead of trying to perpetuate an image - he wanted to go down as a good singer - if you're real - tattoos and acting like a bad ass ain't necessary - you just are
Champ
“Gun went off”
Nah, you shot him
Jesus is what it’s all about
Lol say what???
This interview almost makes it sounds like he is the victim lol
Your wrong. He is just telling what it took to change is life around.
Really have u ever been locked up lmao
Genesis 12:3
“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.”
Romans 10:9
King James Version
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved
John 3:16
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
1 Corinthians 15
The Resurrection of Christ
15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures
Still lying trying to claim it was a barroom fight. Watch Mike Drudge cartoon stories called Tales from the Tour Bus and they interview his mates and lawyers. Very interesting true story of what happened. He was still lying about it in this video.
Well, it was a fight and it happened in a bar room. Lol