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

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.

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

I can feel his pain and regret .Such an awesome gentleman❤ Much admiration.and respect for him👍

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.

Humility

It changed him. Takes a wild rider and tames him

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

A true outlaw! Can’t find em now days! Nor would you find a court/judge forgiving the charges

Johnny, that's good on you . Make right with the Lord as best you can however you can . It matters.

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.

That boy was me..an you know what I still love Johnny an his soul is with the Lord..geniensis 4:18..

That was real remorse. Bless him.

You beat the devil Johnny.....RIP.....

God bless Johnny Paycheck...

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.

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.

He was our neighbor years ago. Quiet guy always nice to us but one of the few real outlaws in country music.

So I am wondering.. he quit smoking and stayed that way for 14plus years and still emphysema took his life? That’s so sad!!

I’ve lived out near hillsboro for 50 plus years now. I used to deliver beer to the bar where this occurred.

Geez...

Love ❤️ this man 😢

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.

Rural Ohio: John Deere Tractors. Urban Ohio: Fellers gettin’ shot in the head.

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.

My brother was in the joint with him

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

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..

I feel thats what it takes to overcome, Forget about them days. An lose track of time.. Find a hobby and find yourself

He was one of the real ones.

Pardoned.....the freemason connection kicks in.

So did the guy die that he shot? How long was he in prison?

😢

The Charles Manson of outlaw country music

Champ

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

Jesus is what it’s all about

“Gun went off” Nah, you shot him

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

This interview almost makes it sounds like he is the victim lol

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.