The Resume

(February 17, 1935-October 16, 2020)
Born in Houston, Texas
Birth name was John Bush Shinn III
Singer, drummer, and guitarist
Member of the backing bands of Ray Price and Willie Nelson
Recorded the singles ‘What a Way to Live’ (1968), ‘Undo the Right’ (1968), ‘You Gave Me a Mountain’ (1969), ‘Each Time’ (1969), ‘I’ll Be There’ (1972), and ‘Whiskey River’ (1972)
Inducted into the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame (2003)

Why he might be annoying:

He got his stage name when an announcer accidentally dropped his last name while introducing him.
Steve Earle said, ‘He fired pretty much every musician in the state [of Texas] at some point. To the point where he’d forget he’d fired you and then he’d rehire you.’
His wife and his girlfriend both attempted suicide when he cheated on them with a third woman.
When he began losing his voice after the success of ‘Whiskey River,’ he thought God was punishing him for his sins.
He developed performance anxiety.

Why he might not be annoying:

Willie Nelson provided him with the money to record his first album.
He wrote ‘Whiskey River,’ which became one of Willie Nelson’s signature songs and Nelson’s usual concert opener.
’Whiskey River’ was also the first song performed on the long-running country music show ‘Austin City Limits.’
His vocal troubles were eventually diagnosed as the result of a rare neurological disorder, spasmodic dysphonia.
Through therapy and botox injections to his throat muscles, he regained 70% of his voice.
He became a spokesperson for people with vocal disorders and received the Annie Glenn Award from the National Council of Communicative Disorders (2002).

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 79]
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2171935)
• Country Music Stars
• I am a Texan
• I Died in 2020 (Ranked: 85)
• I Married in 1988
• Known By a Middle Name
• Look at Me, I Got a Microphone
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Cowboy Hat
• Look at My Guitar
• People with John or Mary in their Names
• Profiles 47501-47750 (Ranked: 47610)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20201016)

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 33 Votes: 93.94% Annoying