David Allan Coe

Biography

6 September 1939, Akron, Ohio, USA. From the age of nine, Coe was in and out of reform schools, correction centres and prisons. According to his publicity handout, he spent time on Death Row after killing a fellow inmate who demanded oral sex. When Rolling Stone magazine questioned this, Coe responded with a song, ‘I’d Like To Kick The Shit Out Of You’. Whatever the truth of the matter, Coe was paroled in 1967 and took his songs about prison life to Shelby Singleton who released... Read more

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Comedy Movies Country & Bluegrass Country / Bluegrass Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock Western Movies

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country

outlaw country

southern rock

david allan coe

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