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David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. [2] Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville .
A Matter of Life…and Death would be Coe’s final album for Columbia, a partnership that stretched back to 1974 and produced 21 studio albums. Coe and longtime producer Billy Sherrill enjoyed their biggest commercial success together in the 1980s with Top 5 singles “The Ride” and “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile," but by the end of the decade a new generation of country singers were ...
Contains alternate versions of Coe's hits up to 1981, along with the original version of "You Never Even Called Me By My Name." [12] 1984 The Best of David Allan Coe — — 1985 17 Greatest Hits — 197 US: Gold; For the Record: The First 10 Years: 46 — US: Gold; 1986 I Love Country — — 1989 Crazy Daddy — —
The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy sets the template for many of Coe's albums throughout the seventies: an eclectic mix of original compositions and occasional cover songs steeped in Coe's self-aggrandizing personae with lyrics that ranged from braggadocios to deeply sensitive. Typical of latter is the sentimental “River,” the story of a ...
Son of the South is a summit of sorts, being the first time fellow outlaw legends Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Jessie Colter appeared on a Coe release. Coe composed “Willie, Waylon, and Me” for his 1977 album Rides Again, aligning himself with the outlaw movement (although some critics and fellow musicians viewed this as a dubious imposition), and maintained friendships with both ...
Coe also covers the outlaw classic "London Homesick Blues", popularised by Jerry Jeff Walker, and, more curiously, the Tammy Wynette classic "Stand by Your Man". Coe plays it straight on the song, which was written by Wynette and Sherrill, and is heartfelt and moving, taking on a new meaning in a man's voice - more of a plea than a declaration ...
Since the decade began, Coe and producer Billy Sherrill did their best to widen Coe’s audience and appeal to country mainstream country radio in a number of ways, such as using outside writers and inviting guests to record duets, but success remained elusive. Coe’s highest charting single during this period was "Get a Little Dirt on Your ...
Coe’s version became his first country Top 10 hit single, peaking at #8 in 1975, and includes a spoken epilogue where Coe relates a correspondence he had with songwriter Steve Goodman, who stated the song he had written was the "perfect country and western song."