Hello.
I just found this site and forum while searching for info on Jim Murphy after reading about his passing, and this is my first post, so here goes.

It's funny how you can sometimes find answers to questions in unusual ways. I am a big Johnny Paycheck fan and have a web site dedicated to his memory. I didn't know about Big Jims passing until someone mentioned it to me with regards to the association between Murph and Paycheck.

Now onto the interesting part. I have a video of Johnny Paycheck and his band playing in New York at the Lone Star Cafe around the late 70's. I expect it is around 77 - 79. It is definately during the time Johnny was experiencing all the glory he got from 'Shove it'.

Anyway, in the band is this fantastic steel player.

I'm sitting and watching this great video and really enjoying the steel playing and thinking this guy is about as good as Lloyd Green from Paychecks earlier stuff and the next thing you see is the steel player getting up and blowing on the Sax!

There is no info on the video box about who is in the band, but if Murph played with Paycheck, this guy must have been Murph.

He has a tattoo on his left arm.

There are still copies of the video available on eBay. Levon Helm and Bo Diddley play as well on it as well.

Just thought I'd drop in and pass on the info.

Matt.

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