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Brian and Murdock dig into a question from an Ohio native who might be related to Johnny Paycheck - and they try to figure out what really happened when the outlaw legend was confronted with a gun, turtle soup, and a LOT of cocaine. Support the show on Patreon See the show on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Win Louder Than Life passes by sending us your “rock n roll origin story”! What made you the kind of nerd who listens to a show like this? Send us your story to wearethestoryguys@gmail.com to get in the running. See the Louder Than Life line-up! SHOW NOTES: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/flashback-johnny-paycheck-shoots-a-man-in-barroom-brawl-241285/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-johnny-paycheck/8704083/?locale=en-US https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/12/20/Singer-Johnny-Paycheck-charged-in-shooting/7153503902800/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck https://www.reddit.com/r/country/comments/1fzyme4/if_cocaine_were_a_person_it_would_be_johnny/ https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2015/08/04/breaking-legendary-producer-billy-sherrill-dies/31110363/ https://billybobstexas.com/artists/johnny-paycheck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Wynette https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sherrill https://www.alamhof.org/kelsoherston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Rich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville_sound#Countrypolitan https://davidbramsey.substack.com/p/honky-tonk-weekly-e2e https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2003/02/28/performers-shared-dedication-lifelong-love-of-music/62055630007/ https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/in-a-stratospheric-career-the-late-billy-sherrill-found-the-heartstrings-of-country-music/article_3a38c2da-0403-5819-8dee-56971b1768be.html https://alancackett.com/johnny-paycheck-biography https://thejohnnypaycheck.com/about https://groups.google.com/g/alt.obituaries/c/XMgP8UWSw_c?pli=1 https://fayfare.blogspot.com/2018/09/grand-ole-opry-921-922.html https://www.joedaly.net/features/the-turbulent-saga-of-johnny-paycheck-and-the-shot-that-rang-through-country-music Tales from the Tour Bus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOJcuCLFgmQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .