PAYCHECK, JOHNNY
(*1938)
PAYCHECK, JOHNNY (b. Donald Eugene Lytle, Greenfield, Ohio, May 31, 1938) One of the orneriest of the OUTLAWS, Paycheck had a megahit in 1977 with the worker's anthem Take This Job and Shove It. Exposed to country music from his youth in Ohio, Paycheck began playing GUITAR and bass as a teenager, as well as writing countrified songs. He was working as a bass player in PORTER WAGONER 's Wagonmasters backup band in the late 1950s, followed by stints with FARON YOUNG , GEORGE JONES, and RAY PRICE…