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| | Guardian | Johnny Paycheck |
 | | In 1977, he recorded Take This Job And Shove It, which became an anthem for the men Woody Guthrie called "poor working stiffs - truckers, miners, construction workers, blue-collar guys who have had enough". |
 | | At Christmas 1985, he was arrested after a bar room fight, during which he shot a man in the head, reportedly during an argument about the merits of turtle and deer meat. |
 | | The following summer, I was with a film crew making the Channel 4 series Hank Wangford's A To Z Of C and W, and Paycheck, out on bail, agreed to be interviewed. |
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