David Allan Coe

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A life-long renegade, singer/songwriter David Allan Coe was one of the most colorful and unpredictable characters in country music history. One of the pioneering artists of the outlaw country movement of the ’70s, he didn’t have many big hits — only three of his singles hit the Top Ten — but he was among the biggest cult figures in country music throughout his career.

Born in Akron, OH, Coe first got into trouble with the law at age nine. As a result, he was sent to reform school. For the next 20 years, he never spent more than a handful of months outside of a correctional facility — he spent much of his twenties in the Ohio State Penitentiary. Released from prison in 1967, the wild-haired, earring-wearing, heavily tattooed Coe went straight for Nashville, where he lived in a hearse that he parked in front of the old Ryman Auditorium, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Although he didn’t conform to Nashville’s professional standards, he soon gained the attention of the independent label Plantation Records, which released his debut album, Penitentiary Blues, in 1968. Followed within a year by a second volume, all of the songs on these albums were based on his prison experiences.

Coe then toured with Grand Funk Railroad, a signal that he drew as much from rock’s traditions as he did from country. Soon, he began performing in a rhinestone suit given to him by Mel Tillis, as well as a Lone Ranger mask, and began calling himself the “Masked Rhinestone Cowboy.

1	The Ride full track	124
2	Longhaired Redneck full track	102
3	Tennessee Whiskey full track	87
4	You Never Even Called Me By My Name	71
5	Please Come to Boston	54
5	Long Haired Redneck full track	54
7	Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) full track	48
8	Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile full track	45
9	Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat full track	42
10	Jody Like a Melody	36
11	If That Ain't Country	31
12	Willie, Waylon and Me	30
12	Divers Do It Deeper full track	30
14	I Still Sing the Old Songs	29
15	Son of the South full track	24

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tTdSeppel wrote:
last month

A rebel meets rebel

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blaise wrote:
last month

I'm new to David Allen Coe. Just got Longhaired Redneck / Rides Again and I liked it. Which albums should listen to too?

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Gratis666 wrote:
July 2008

Hot

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TheHagMan wrote:
July 2008

Where have all the DAC tracks gone??? A few days ago there were loads now there is just one?? What gives??

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liberty1313 wrote:
July 2008

my husband. Like an angel peein' in your ears......ahhhh

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RustyMcBlade wrote:
July 2008

Oh lord, pussy whipped again

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beckettw wrote:
July 2008

Revenge the second song on Longhaired Redneck is perhaps his best. The For the Soul and for the Mind demos disc that came out a few years back is totally worth checking out, has songs about labor struggles in the coal mines and a song against capital punishment.

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TheHagMan wrote:
June 2008

His best song is The Ride - in my opinion. DAC is an enigma. Capable of fantastic writing one track, and total dross the next. I love his work but about 50% of I wouldnt listen to. Long may he continue!

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bobbikins wrote:
June 2008

The Best.

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TheHagMan wrote:
May 2008

DAC has flashes of brilliance - some songs are amazing - The Ride, Please come to Boston, Tennessee Whiskey. As country as - Others fall flat. One of my favourites but with less releases he would have one hell of a catalog.

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J450nJ wrote:
April 2008

DAC Is still a music GOD! One of the real, original outlaws!

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moperyx wrote:
April 2008

I still cant figgur how a decent girl could do such a thang.

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ch32vs1 wrote:
March 2008

DAC Rules!!! Thank God we have him.

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hotdog963al wrote:
January 2008

Mmm yes, what a sexy bitch!

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trevor328 wrote:
December 2007

There's also the song Heavenly Father, Holy Mother on the Tattoo/Family album.

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ericdeniro wrote:
November 2007

2 dforce as far as i know the only song where he talks about his polygamy is on the longhaired redneck/rides again album it called the house we ve been calling a home the hook is me and my wives have been living our lives in this house we ve been calling a home in the lyrics he mentions 3 wives by name and different things about each i hope this helps

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DFORCEAMAZING wrote:
October 2007

Could someone name what songs of his TALK ABOUT, CONDONE OR SUPPORT POLYGAMY

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svenharald wrote:
October 2007

great country...please com to norway for a gig david

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ikhon wrote:
September 2007

longhaired redneck is probably one of my favorite vinyls.

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Nocnitsa wrote:
September 2007

doesnt he have dreadlocks? and hes a racist anyway his musics funny as hell

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