David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe (* 6. September 1939 in Akron , Ohio ) is an American Outlaw - Country musician .
The beginnings
Coe spent most of his youth in prison . In contrast to other country and rock musicians, Coe's image as an outlaw is not just a show. His musical role model was primarily Hank Williams . In 1968 his first album "Penitentiary Blues" was released. In the same year he was on tour with Grand Funk Railroad . His concerts were considered wild and unpredictable. He did not appear on stage "normally" on foot, but on a motorcycle. He wore a rhinestone costume typical of the country and a mask. At the time he was also called the Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy .
Songwriter
Coe had his great success not so much as a singer, but as a songwriter . Here he rather showed his soulful side. He wrote songs for Tanya Tucker , Billie Jo Spears , George Jones and many more. One of his greatest hits was Take This Job and Shove It for Johnny Paycheck .
Another great success was You Never Even Called Me By My Name - the original is from Steve Goodmann . The song explains that a country song should definitely include mothers, trains, trucks, prisons or alcohol, otherwise it is not a real country song. In this sense the last stanza reads:
"Well, I was drunk the day my Mom got out of prison,
And I went to pick her up in the rain,
But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck,
She got run over by a damned old train."
success
Like Willie Nelson , Johnny Cash , Waylon Jennings , Kris Kristofferson and Merle Haggard, David Allan Coe was part of the outlaw country scene. He emphasized this affiliation with the song Willie, Waylon and me .
This image is also reinforced by some of his X-rated albums, i.e. albums aimed at adults. It's about sex and racism , which he portrays directly and subjectively. The most famous song is Nigger Fucker , a song that uses racist stereotypes. It is described how the first-person narrator is abandoned by his girlfriend, because she would love the big limb of a " nigger ". Coe himself says that you shouldn't take all of this so seriously.
A wide variety of fringe groups come together at Coes concerts: bikers , cowboys and hippies . Coe has written and interpreted over 280 songs over the course of his career. He had his greatest successes in the 1970s. He has released 28 albums, the most successful being Matter of Life ... and Death (1987).
He has been working with Steve Popovich for some time . He is the founder of Cleveland International, INC. who has worked with stars like Meat Loaf . Coe and Popovich founded their own record label COEPOP Records , on which albums such as Songwriter of the Tear and Biketoberfest '01 were released.
Discography
For releases with Rebel Meets Rebel see here .
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
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 US
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Country
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| 1975 | Once Upon A Rhyme | - |
Country8 (17 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Longhaired Redneck | - |
Country14 (10 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Rides Again | - |
Country26 (10 weeks) Country |
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| Tattoo | - |
Country38 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1978 | Family album | - |
Country47 (5 weeks) Country |
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| Human emotions | - |
Country45 (2 weeks) Country |
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| 1980 | I've Got Something To Say | - |
Country66 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 1981 | Invictus Means Unconquered | - |
Country67 (2 weeks) Country |
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| 1983 | Castles In The Sand |
US179 (5 weeks) US |
Country8 (29 weeks) Country |
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| Hello In There | - |
Country38 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1984 | Just divorced | - |
Country22 (24 weeks) Country |
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| 1985 | Darlin ', darlin' | - |
Country22 (17 weeks) Country |
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| Unchained | - |
Country49 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1986 | Son Of The South | - |
Country31 (24 weeks) Country |
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| 1987 | A Matter of Life and Death | - |
Country50 (16 weeks) Country |
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More studio albums
- 1968: Penitentiary Blues
- 1969: Requiem For A Harlequin
- 1974: The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
- 1977: Texas Moon
- 1978: Buckstone County Prison Soundtrack
- 1978: Nothing Sacred
- 1979: Spectrum VII
- 1979: Compass Point
- 1981: Tennessee Whiskey
- 1982: Underground album
- 1982: DAC
- 1982: Rough Rider
- 1990: 1990 Songs for Sale
- 1993: Standing Too Close To the Flame
- 1993: Granny's Off Her Rocker
- 1994: Lonesome Fugitive
- 1994: The Perfect Country and Western Song
- 1994: Truckin 'Outlaw
- 1996: 20 Road Music hits
- 1996: Living On The Edge
- 1997: The Ghost of Hank Williams
- 1998: Johnny Cash is a Friend of Mine
- 1999: Recommended for Airplay
- 2000: Long Haired Country Boy ... And Other Such Songs
- 2001: Country & Western
- 2002: Sings Merle Haggard
Live albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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Country
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| 2003 | Live at Billy Bob's Texas | - |
Country71 (1 week) Country |
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More live albums
- 1997: Live - If That Ain't Country
- 2002: Live From the Iron Horse Saloon: Biketoberfest '01
- 2003: Country Outlaw
Compilations
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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US
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Country
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| 1978 | Greatest hits |
US-  |
Country40 (9 weeks) Country |
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| 1985 | 17 greatest hits |
US197  (1 week)US |
- |
Chart entry only in 2014
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| For the Record: The First 10 Years |
US- |
Country46 (15 weeks) Country |
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| 1993 | 17 greatest hits |
US- |
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| 2004 | The Essential David Allan Coe | - |
Country72 (2 weeks) Country |
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More compilations
- 1981: Encore
- 1984: The Best of David Allan Coe
- 1986: I Love Country
- 1989: Crazy Daddy
- 1990: 18 x-rated hits
- 1991: Biggest hits
- 1993: The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy / Once Upon a Time
- 1994: 20 greatest hits
- 1994: Longhaired Redneck / Rides Again
- 1995: Best of the Best
- 1995: Compass Point / I've Got Something to Say
- 1995: David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck & Others
- 1995: Headed for the Country
- 1995: Human Emotions / Spectrum VII
- 1995: Invictus Means Unconquered / Tennessee Whiskey
- 1995: The Original Outlaw
- 1995: Tattoo / Family Album
- 1996: Super Hits, Vol. 2
- 1996: You Never Even Called Me by My Name (with Johnny Paycheck )
- 1997: Truck Drivin 'Songs
- 1999: 16 biggest hits
- 1999: Castles in the Sand / Once Upon a Rhyme
- 2001: Songwriter of the Tear
- 2002: The Original Outlaw of Country Music
- 2005: At His Best
- 2005: Castles in the Sand / Hello in There PLUS
- 2005: For the Soul and for the Mind: Demos of '71 -'74
- 2005: Just Divorced / Darlin 'Darlin' PLUS
- 2005: A Matter of Life ... and Death PLUS
- 2005: The Ride
- 2005: Rough Rider / DAC PLUS
- 2005: Ultimate Collection
- 2005: Unchained / Son of the South PLUS
- 2007: Country Hit Parade
- 2007: Early Years
- 2010: DAC's Back
- 2013: The Mysterious David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1974-1978
- 2014: The Illustrated David Allan Coe: 4 Classic Albums 1977-1979
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
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Country
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| 1974 | (If I Could Climb) The Walls of This Bottle |
Country80 (6 weeks) Country |
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| 1975 | Would You Be My Lady Once Upon a Rhyme |
Country91 (4 weeks) Country |
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| You Never Even Called Me by My Name Once Upon a Rhyme |
Country8 (17 weeks) Country |
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| 1976 | Longhaired Redneck Longhaired Redneck |
Country17 (11 weeks) Country |
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| When She's Got Me (Where She Wants Me) Longhaired Redneck |
Country60 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Willie, Waylon and Me Rides Again |
Country25 (11 weeks) Country |
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| 1977 | Lately I've Been Thinking Too Much Lately Rides Again |
Country49 (8 weeks) Country |
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| Just to Prove My Love to You Tattoo |
Country82 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Face to face tattoo |
Country92 (3 weeks) Country |
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| 1978 | Divers Do It Deeper Family Album |
Country86 (3 weeks) Country |
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| You Can Count on Me Human Emotions |
Country85 (5 weeks) Country |
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| If This Is Just a Game Human Emotions |
Country45 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1979 | Jack Daniel's, If You Please Human Emotions |
Country72 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1980 | Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands I've Got Something to Say |
Country46 (17 weeks) Country |
with Bill Anderson
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| 1981 | Stand by Your Man Invictus Means Unconquered |
Country88 (3 weeks) Country |
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| Tennessee Whiskey Tennessee Whiskey |
Country77 (5 weeks) Country |
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| 1982 | Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat Rough Rider |
Country62 (5 weeks) Country |
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| Take Time to Know Her Rough Rider |
Country58 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1983 | The Ride Castles in the Sand |
Country4 (19 weeks) Country |
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| Cheap Thrills Castles in the Sand |
Country45 (10 weeks) Country |
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| Crazy Old Soldier Hello in There |
Country85 (6 weeks) Country |
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| Ride 'em cowboy |
Country48 (13 weeks) Country |
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| 1984 | Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile Just Divorced |
Country2 (22 weeks) Country |
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| It's Great to Be Single Again Just Divorced |
Country44 (11 weeks) Country |
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| She Used to Love Me a Lot Darlin ', Darlin' |
Country11 (19 weeks) Country |
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| 1985 | Don't Cry Darlin ' Just Divorced |
Country29 (12 weeks) Country |
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| I'm Gonna Hurt Her on the Radio Unchained |
Country52 (8 weeks) Country |
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| 1986 | A Country Boy (Who Rolled the Rock Away) Son of the South |
Country44 (10 weeks) Country |
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| I've Already Cheated on You Son of the South |
Country56 (8 weeks) Country |
with Willie Nelson
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| 1987 | Need a Little Time Off for Bad Behavior A Matter of Life and Death |
Country34 (16 weeks) Country |
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| Tanya Montana A Matter of Life and Death |
Country62 (5 weeks) Country |
More singles
- 1969: One Way Ticket to Nashville
- 1969: Play All the Sad Songs
- 1970: Monkey David Wine
- 1971: Tobacco Road
- 1972: Two Tone Brown
- 1973: How High's the Watergate, Martha
- 1973: Keep Those Big Wheels Hummin '
- 1979: Fairytale Morning
- 1979: X's and O's (Kisses and Hugs)
- 1979: Loving You Comes So Natural
- 1980: Great Nashville Railroad Disaster (A True Story)
- 1980: I've Got Something to Say
- 1980: If You'll Hold the Ladder
- 1980: Hank Williams Junior Junior (with Kris Kristofferson and Dickey Betts )
- 1981: Dock of the Bay
- 1981: Juanita
- 1982: What Made You Change Your Mind
- 1982: Whiskey Whiskey
- 1985: My Elusive Dreams
- 1986: Son of the South
- 1986: Take My Advice
- 1988: Love Is A Never Ending War
Audiobooks
- 2002: Whoopsy Daisy
literature
- Erlewine, Michael and others: All Music Guide to Country . San Francisco, California: Miller Freeman Books, 1997, pp. 95f. (There also short reviews of some albums).
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Web links
- Official website
- David Allan Coe at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coe, David Allan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American outlaw country musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Akron , Ohio , USA |