Paycheck's bedridden, but his musical spirit isn't Country music hit-maker releases a 23-song CD of his best work By JIM PATTERSON Associated Press Saturday, April 20, 2002 Nashville, Tenn. -- Johnny Paycheck, one of country music's true outlaws, is short of breath and struggling to concentrate on the conversation. His emphysema and asthma have worsened, and he's now bedridden in a nursing home. A bout with an infection of his lower intestine a few years ago made it all the way to his lungs, and the 63-year-old singer has never fully recovered, explained his manager, Marty Martel. "We'r...
