Biography
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Johnny Paycheck
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Birth name :
Donald Eugene Lytle
Genres :
Country music
Outlaw country
Honky tonk music
Instruments :
Vocals
Electric guitar
Acoustic guitar
Bass guitar
Steel guitar
Labels :
Sony
Epic
Years active :
1953-2003
Born / Died
Born:(1938-05-31)May 31, 1938 Greenfield, Ohio, U.S.
Died:February 19, 2003(2003-02-19) (aged 64) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Donald Eugene Lytle (May 31, 1938 – February 19, 2003), known by his stage name Johnny Paycheck, was an American country music singer, multi-instrumentalist and Grand Ole Opry member notable for recording the David Allan Coe song "Take This Job and Shove It". He achieved his greatest success in the 1970s as a force in country music's "Outlaw Movement" popularized by artists David Allan Coe, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Billy Joe Shaver, and Merle Haggard. In the 1980s, his music career slowed due to drug, alcohol and legal problems. He served a prison sentence in the early 1990s and his declining health effectively ended his career in early 2000.
