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Country Singer Johnny Paycheck Was a "Tough Guy with a Soft Heart"

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the honky-tonk artist Johnny Paycheck's "The Real Mr. Heartache," a reissue of his recordings from the 1960s.

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Other segments from the episode on January 22, 1997

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 22, 1997: Interview with Martin Mayer; Interview with Jeanne Jordan; Review of Johnny Paycheck's album "The Real Mr. Heartache."
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The New Direction of American Banking

Journalist Martin Mayer writes about finance, advertising, education and law, but his expertise is in finance. His written many books. His latest: "The Bankers: The Next Generation: The New Worlds of Money, Credit and Banking in an Electronic Age" is a rewritten, updated version of his best selling book on banking which he wrote 20 years ago.

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A Midwestern Family Tries to Save Their Farm from the Banks

Producer/writer/director Jeanne Jordan. She and her husband Steve Ascher's documentary "Troublesome Creek" is the story of her family's struggle to save their Iowa farm, which had been in the family for 125 years. The film won the Best Documentary and Audience Awards at Sundance in 1996. The film opens nationally in January

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