The rebellious working-class anthem became one of country music’s most unforgettable hits.

When people talk about the Outlaw Country movement of the 1970s, they bring up names like Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings. More informed fans will point to the likes of Billy Joe Shaver and David ...

The country music world is a small one. This is especially true when one looks into the history of the genre. It’s not rare to see seemingly odd pairings. For instance, Waylon Jennings and Buddy Holly ...

Hard-drinking, hard-living country singer Johnny PayCheck, known for more than two dozen hits, particularly the 1977 working man’s anthem “Take This Job and Shove It,” died Tuesday Feb. 18 in a ...

Nashville, Tennessee - Country singer Johnny PayCheck has died in his sleep.PayCheck had been bedridden in a nursing home last year because of emphysema and asthma. PayCheck was 64.A spokeswoman for ...

Q: In my younger days, I used to attend every Johnny Paycheck concert in my area. I have more than a dozen of his albums and an autographed picture. I doubt that Johnny Paycheck is his real name. What ...

The late Johnny Paycheck was many things: an iconoclastic honky-tonker, a limber country-soul crooner, a self-made musical "outlaw" and a wickedly tragicomic songwriter. He was also a brawler and a ...

Chris Janson lives life like an old school country outlaw. He and his whole family live in Tennessee on a giant farm. He has told me in the past that he was trying to purchase two things for his ...

In 1977, a brutally honest country song about workplace frustration struck a nerve with millions of Americans and turned into one of the biggest outlaw country hits of the decade. "Take This Job and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country singer Johnny PayCheck, the hard-drinking hell-raiser best known for his 1977 working man's anthem "Take This Job and Shove It," has died at 64. PayCheck had been bedridden ...