STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - JOHNNY PAYCHECK - TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT

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Good morning faithful readers, and welcome back to the Friday edition of Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we remember Ohio born,  outlaw country music singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and Grand Ole Opry member, Johnny Paycheck (real name : Donald Eugene Lytle) on this, the 18th anniversary of his passing. He died in 2003, age 64, from  emphysema and asthma. He is severely missed. Johnny's 17th album, Take This Job And Shove It, was released in 1977 on Epic Records and produced by Billy Sherrill. It is his most successful album, peaking at #2 on Billboard's Country Albums chart and producing three singles ;  "Colorado Kool-Aid" (#50 Country Singles), "Georgia in a Jug" (#17 Country Singles #6 Canada Country ), and his highest charting single, the title track, "Take This Job And Shove It" (#1 Country Singles, Canada Country).

"Take This Job and Shove It" (David Allan Coe) - 2:35

"From Cotton to Satin (From Birmingham to Manhattan)" (James Vest, David Chamberlain) - 3:05

"The Spirits of St. Louis" (Roger Bowling, Robert John Jones) - 3:03

"The 4-F Blues" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 2:37

"Barstool Mountain" (Donn Tankersley, Wayne Carson) - 2:50

Side Two

"Georgia in a Jug" (Bobby Braddock) - 2:41

"The Fool Strikes Again" (Stephen Allen Davis, Mark Sherrill, Gary Cobb) - 2:28

"The Man From Bowling Green" (Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes) - 2:49

"When I Had a Home to Go To" (Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton) - 2:14

"Colorado Kool-Aid" (Phil Thomas) - 3:35

Johnny Paycheck - vocals, guitar, bass, steel guitar

The Nashville Edition - background vocals
Pete Drake - steel guitar

All tracks produced by Billy Sherrill
Recorded and engineered at CBS Recording Studios by Lou Bradley
Bill Barnes - album design
Slick Lawson - photography