Johnny Paycheck - If You Think You're Lonely

This video follows my other Paycheck video "Old Violin" it was recorded on the same magical night at the opry.

[@letsfly7562]

Johnny Never got the recognition he deserved... One of the best...RIP my friend GOD BLESS YOU.... and your music lives on forever....

[@marythompson5458]

JOHNNY WASONE OF THE GREAT COUNTRY SINGERS HE SOUNDS SAD ON THIS SONG BING TRARS TO YOUR EYES RIP

[@christopherjohnson25]

My father Larry Wayne Johnson wrote this song for Jonny Paycheck. I miss him so much. He passed away in 2020 just before Father's Day. My father was a great man, I think about him every day. I miss spending time with him and my brother Joshua Wayne Johnson. Playing music together in the kitchen of our old house. It was the best time I have ever had in my life. And there's nothing I wouldn't give for just one more song together with him. Even though he is gone now I can still hear him singing in my mind. And I'm sure right now he is with God in heaven, singing with the angles. He wrote many songs throughout his life. The one that people most recognize is ( Don't Take The Girl ) performed by Tim McGraw. I can't wait until the day that I get to see my Dad in heaven. I Love You Dad. Larry Wayne Johnson 1950 - 2020

[@MrPopeye776]

Johnny Paycheck was the Real Deal. One of my most faves ever. Rip Paycheck.

[@garydelhaye9283]

Please put Johnny in the Hall of Fame

[@reality8605]

Sad fact is that they'll probably put Keith Urban in before Johnny in ..if they ever put him in at all. Dudes like Johnny Paycheck and David Allan Coe are what County is all about. These other types might as well be working retail in the clothing store at the mall.

[@Scott-ly2nk]

It is a shame he is not in the fame i guess they say he was to rough hell they all were and you could ask any member if there are any of the old ones left and they would agree country music was always singing from the heart and the crazy lifestyle the drinking all of that was how it was but for some reason paycheck who did every thing that could be done in the country music he lived it out a true country singer it is like watching a movie and they throw the stunt man in there to ride the horse paycheck was the real deal

[@MrJaa358]

​@@reality8605they went against the grain for sure lol.

[@billysikes1374]

He's like Pete Rose, will never get in HOF, shouldn't be a HOF for Country Music or baseball without the 2 greatest

[@SuzyQ1956]

@@reality8605 facts

[@MrJaa358]

Deserved to be in the hall of fame..yrs ago. What a shame!!!

[@rnigel1]

That performance should be preserved forever as the epic of what country music was in it's prime. I truly miss Paycheck.

[@allencathey6838]

sat on the bus with him, real country, rip paycheck.

[@bigbensteel]

Sadly you try to do something just as that, preserve it, and KZbin takes it down after it gets a million views.. I had old violin uploaded from the opry on here and it hit a million views then they took it down.

[@homerjarvis8352]

Paychecks personal appearances sounds better than the new singers recordings with all the modern bells and whistles, he was the real deal country music at its finest RIP JOHN

[@homerjarvis8352]

Back when they sang real country music on the opry. RIP Johnny Paycheck

[@haroldcox5214]

One of the greatest country singers of all time!

[@rudyebert4339]

The current crop of country singers don't know nothing about singing country music. This is the real deal

[@Docsjeff]

EXACTLY!

[@warninghippiewithcamcorder5456]

Johnny Paycheck is THE MOST UNDER-RATED Country Singer in his generation....every time I hear one of these slow ballads by him, within 10 seconds I already know and feel that it's better than most of the others...he brought a lot of feeling to the microphone...

[@toddwilliamswilliams4086]

I talked to Johnny about this song a few years before he passed. He felt this song would help him regain his past popularity and success. It should have! He sounded great right to the end.

[@johnjohnson2855]

Did he ever record this???

[@Grandmomma55555]

Damn.... Paycheck..you got into my heart with this one!!!!!!!!!! Always loved you, still do and always will, "Pearl"

[@bobbywallace1967]

now folks that is country music

[@EbenezarGold]

You knew he'd been there, wasn't no question that he felt these songs.

[@budmorgan64]

Always been a Paycheck fan. This one is a masterpiece , real country! Sounds great for a live performance. This is what country music is all about....Bud

[@andrewbowen6875]

Shame on me for once thinking Paycheck was a fringe player in the country scene. The man played with George Jones in the early days and every song I’ve heard is always so perfect from the pedal steel to his voice. What an awesome artist he was

[@freighthog3511]

That's alright friend, it hits different now, that's all that matters.

[@wabana1948]

THIS IS TRUE COUNTRY.........PURE COUNTRY........OMG...........WHO CAN SING IT WITH THIS EMOTION? ONLY JP............MISS YOU MAN.........SING WITH THE CHOIRS OF ANGELS IN HEAVEN.

[@jimreeves5212]

DAAAAAMN, can this man sing!! Holy moly, Johnny Paycheck belted that one outta the park!!

[@buster6819]

If that song don`t tug on your heartstring nothing will....LOVE IT AND MISS IT!

[@johnjohnson2855]

When Country Music was still country.

[@cathysinspirationalshortvi3231]

Country music as it should be.

[@SleepyUncleSam]

He sings like he means it. So much music today lacks that special touch.

[@Docsjeff]

Absolutely

[@robkyzer6695]

Johnny Paycheck, what’s left to be said. Wrote and performed his life arguably unmatched in country music.

[@michaelwinton981]

A truly wonderful song.....a brilliant artist and most of all no ONE can sing them like ole Paycheck!!!! His prison sentence came at a bad time in his life....but Johnny still refused to sit around and feel sorry for himself. Instead he embraced his music career again and did what he did the best....SING the ole tear jerkers.

[@lindaframe5791]

Okay love y’all thanks so much

[@wally60able]

THIS SONG IS REAL COUNTRY THANK FOR THE UP LOAD RIP JOHN

[@adambroussard6175]

thats call good old country music.

[@barbaracroft3085]

YOU ARE SO RIGHT

[@gbuffaloe1]

Great singer and great songwriter. He wrote Touch My Heart, one of my all-time favorites

[@letsfly7562]

Were losing our country or heritage our music #MakeCountryMusicGreatAgain

[@mikelinneman]

You can feel the pain. A great live performance

[@Docsjeff]

There’s a WORLD of difference between singing a lyric from a pc of paper,& singing it from your heart. I could see him in that situation in his real life. This song should’ve been WAY UP in the charts…..if not #1. THAT my friends is REAL COUNTRY MUSIC!

[@mikemcelhaney4051]

THE REAL DEAL,not the stuff we have today

[@judiekleng]

Great singer, too bad he messed up his life. One of my favorites

[@keithhunter0975]

At this point in his life he could barely breathe and still out did anything today

[@millieyantis9960]

You know that Johnny Paycheck always had an "old man" voice full of pain and suffering. Even in his early recordings, he sounded like the old man you find in a neighborhood bar in the middle of the day--always on the same stool, always playing the same sad song on the juke box. Always trying to get over the girl he lost years ago. He was such a treasure.

[@DellaTerry-ec4su]

Listen to him every night

[@gymjim100]

Thank You for posting. Johnny is probably the most underrated country starts of all time. His sound is classic, original. One of my favorites always!!! Having some Colorado Kool Aid right now but I don't need knife proof ear muffs!

[@commonsense1649]

I wish he did years back. Well done and the best I've heard.

[@barrygioportmorien1]

Great tune by Johnny, he got better with age. Always enjoyed him on his Crook and Chase appearances

[@barbarabutler9171]

I love this song. Barbara butler

[@johnmacleod921]

Great singer one of the best singers in country music. Mar

[@joshuabiddix2923]

The song that'll make a cowboy cry..

[@patricklorraine9951]

That's nothing but real country awesome steel

[@latokatn506]

RIP Johnny Miss Your Talent !!!!

[@jamesbrown9148]

"Love Johnny!!! Steel Guitar and Fiddle!!! Super!

[@margieglenn5135]

I am starved to hear True Country!!!

[@ThePoolGal]

HE SANG IT SO BEAUTIFULLY

[@bobvanover7786]

Knows how to sing a country song he lived it my name is Bob vanover

[@tbirdfan93]

His best performance ever and he put all into this song perhaps best song he ever did

[@johnland1528]

Gone but never forgotten we still have ur songs to listen to rip johnny paycheck

[@TheUsaalways]

to bad there aint anymore true outlaws to make REAL country music

[@marilynkopecky8294]

JP was the Real Deal of outlaw, the others only talked outlaw, JP lived it...... Plus JP had only one wife, still married to each other till his death, the others had swinging door for wives....lol

[@johnjohn9639]

Old Violin is my life.

[@movietime333]

Still looking good and sounds excellent!

[@ThePoolGal]

Try to listen to his songs everyday that is how much I enjoy them.

[@MrGrxxx123]

dam good music!!!! the jacket he wears looks great!

[@caputo350]

Solid country gold

[@gregdavis19]

He was one of the greatest.

[@denisroberts2937]

This is a great song and a wonderful singer he is one of the all time greats sadly he has left us but we are lucky we will always have his music

[@erictipton1904]

The great Johnny Paycheck. Need I say more. Perfection to the teeth.

[@marydominguez8833]

I love it.#1. Good song. Brought back old memories. Love you jhonny paycheck

[@foghorn25]

Country as it should be. The best.

[@jimreeves5212]

WOW!!! Son, THAT IS COUNTRY TO ITS CORE!!!

[@debbiemathis1645]

He was a Legend

[@tulipesauiluma4125]

ONE of my favourite in country music Your the best brother will always be remembered thanks

[@vicarn1]

Him and George. Two of a kind. Who will fill the shoes?

[@jackhana7374]

Vic Arnold unfortunately no one can fill their shoes

[@Tom-jx6jf]

Talk about an Outlaw huh, love it ! How can you sing if you haven't lived it !

[@barbarabutler9171]

love this song.barbara bulter

[@rockyroad201012]

Lyrical Genius! My hero!

[@christopherjohnson25]

Thank you for saying Lyrical Genius. Because my father Larry Wayne Johnson was just that. My father Larry Wayne Johnson wrote that song and pitched it to Jonny Paycheck. It was Jonny Paycheck's last #1 hit before he died. My father passed away in 2020 just before Father's Day. He also wrote ( Don't Take The Girl ) performed by Tim McGraw. I miss my Dad so much. When I hear Jonny Paycheck sing this song, it reminds me of my Dad singing it to me while he was writing it in our old house in Ashland City TN. I'm really happy you liked it. Thank you so much.

[@patcoleman8443]

@@christopherjohnson25 where is the recording of this song by Johnny Paycheck? ..it sure would have been the best record by him EVER in my opinion 💟 his singing, the arrangement and his band were incredible with this one. It is said that he never recorded it ... and that this Opry performance was the only recording of the song and he was about to record it but his health was declining and did not get to make record😞

[@jerrybaker6247]

Great song by a great singer

[@lindaframe5791]

Thanks again love y’all

[@scottmcgibeny]

Paycheck was 1 of 4 TREMENDOUS COUNTRY JOHNNY's The other 3 are Cash, Bush, and Rodriguez. Daryle Singletary did THE OLD VOILIN tremendous credit and homage as did Tracy Byrd to SOMEBODY TO GIVE MY LOVE TO.

[@menudobucket9837]

Johnny Paycheck will be forever missed , he was one of THE VERY BEST. Rest In Peace sir. ❤😢❤😢❤😢

[@TheCoolGirls77]

sure miss him .he was areally great singer.

[@jkrichard1]

Never get tired of hearing him.

[@barbaracroft3085]

LOVE IT LOVE THE MUSIC ON ALL HIS SONGS SO SAD

[@tomasnilsson9406]

The very best!

[@bwillsiztheking]

Bone chilling lonely

[@bk6916]

Best ever

[@TheRonnie63]

JHONNY PAYCHECK WAS A TRUE OUTLAW BOTTOM LINE!! LOVE HIS SONGS ❤❤❤ THE TRUE OUTLAW G.O.A.T. !¡@!❤

[@tomfrith9671]

he was one of the best of all time he was so underated i will always remember him!

[@michaelcarroll4667]

That’s real country music ❤

[@Bytwohb]

Love this!! Good singing.

[@nanchu2151]

The mannnnh Johnny PayCheck..it's 2024.

[@aaaaa0000000000]

Solid country gold! Chilling!

[@janicerobison3637]

Love Johnny he has a very unique style.That always gets my attention.

[@letsfly7562]

All this pop country shit has nothing on this... Never will...

[@tacobill70]

Damn he could sing.

[@hippemama2000]

love this song

[@elainemoser3720]

Johnny Paycheck was inducted into the Hall in (1991) love him! Rip

[@leavicki1]

Wonderful

[@elishagrant1810]

great period,what a vocal mo pitney should do a remake!!!

[@BeMisty]

Love this song! One of my favorites... =))

[@bkambooboo]

Don't get much better. R.I.P. John.

[@libbybarton697]

That true song good music 🎵❤🎵

[@JoeB83135]

What great steel work.

[@80MK1]

I'm 60 now, but will still try and learn Steel. Just fills the soul.

[@dalebrandon7840]

Love this song ! ♥

[@libbybarton697]

That is a good song love it and that how I feel right now feel so lonely now ❤😂❤❤😂😂❤❤😂😂😂😂😂

[@libbybarton697]

❤ true good best music around ❤

[@elainemoser3720]

Love Johnny Paycheck! Rip

[@larrybehm8955]

He thinks the steel player is to loud on the chorus as he leaned back and nodded in his direction at 1:25. May have been on stage, but the mix for this vid is perfect. This is pure JP, got to love it.

[@xVWxPants]

It seems more like a nod of approval. Paycheck himself was a steel player and would feed off of the band. And man, does Jay Andrews play it great on this one.

[@patcoleman8443]

Looked to me as though Johnny was "loving" that steel guitar playing ... to me he was nodding his approval ... just as xVWxPants stated ....... awesome steel playing !

[@davidp6643]

Thanks!

[@lindaframe5791]

Love y’all all my friends thanks again