David Allen Coe Edit Meaning

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sometimes spelled as David Allan Coe

country singer-songwriter who peaked in the late 1970s

personified outlaw country music with tattoos, ear rings, long hairand a connection to motorcycle gangs

Coe served time in an Ohio state prison

wrote the song Take This Job and Shove It, which became a #1 hit in 1978 as covered by Johnny Paycheck

wrote several racist, sexistand homophobic (the trifecta of anti-liberalism - yet funny) songs released as underground or X-rated albums

his underground album is difficult to find today and rare

among his underground songs is the classic "Fvck Anita Bryant"

"They tell me I look like Merle Haggard, but sound a lot like David Allen Coe," Longhaired Redneck (1976)

David Allan Coe is one of the funniest racists in country music.

If you think Ice Cube is OK but hate the lyrics of David Allen Coe, you're a hypocrite.

See racism, dac, country music, outlaws