Turning a common expression around on itself is a tried and true way to cook up the gravy in country music. The royalty checks are made out to William D. Johnson, but he's better known as just plain Bill Johnson. He was the pedal steel player for Marty Robbins for nearly 15 years, extending back before that charismatic balladeer was in the Army. The aforementioned checks might be covering residuals left over from that activity, but most of the doolah is for writing a single song.
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