John Wend Teresa Wisecup Jeff Cropper ... You come across stuff online and it makes you go, oh, wow! Instant memories. This songs transports me back to the kooky days at the Greenfield Daily Times. I covered the PayCheck trial and one of the editorial staff was actually a witness. Because he was a witness, and he was about to head into court, I couldn’t tell him what had transpired while I was there – although, ssshhh! – there is statute of limitations on this sort of thing, isn’t there?— I might’ve slipped a time or two. Head’s up, dude. I also went to CCI or RCI when PayCheck, a prisoner, and Merle Haggard performed. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that before. It was pretty cool and certainly memorable. I sat among a sea of male prisoners, all dressed in blue, if I call correctly. The newspaper staff members were repeatedly ‘treated’ to the editor’s version of this song. That editor was Roger Ross and he did a bang-up job of impersonating PayCheck, who he was personal friends with. Roger idolized Johnny. The more ‘hooch’ that was drunk (after hours, of course) the louder he sang. Here’s that song ...
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:48:18 +0000
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