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Coe recorded two albums in the 1980s containing [[racist]] and [[misogynistic]] lyrics of extreme [[vulgar]]ity: "Nothing Sacred" and "Underground Album". Also available is a best of the x-rated albums compilation entitled "18 X-Rated Hits". For this reason, the earlier racist songs by the country musician known as [[Johnny Rebel (singer)|Johnny Rebel]] have been falsely attributed to Coe. Johnny Rebel is the pseudonym of Cajun/country musician Clifford Joseph "Pee Wee" Trahan (born October 3, 1938). Trahan has used this pseudonym most notably on racist recordings issued in the 1960s on J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label of Crowley, Louisiana.[1]<ref>[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=360 David Allan Coe rebuts racism charge – November 2000<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidallancoe/articles/story/7488543/coe_revisits_penitentiary Coe Revisits Penitentiary: David Allan Coe : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
Coe recorded two albums in the 1980s containing [[racist]] and [[misogynistic]] lyrics of extreme [[vulgar]]ity: "Nothing Sacred" and "Underground Album". Also available is a best of the x-rated albums compilation entitled "18 X-Rated Hits". For this reason, the earlier racist songs by the country musician known as [[Johnny Rebel (singer)|Johnny Rebel]] have been falsely attributed to Coe. Johnny Rebel is the pseudonym of Cajun/country musician Clifford Joseph "Pee Wee" Trahan (born October 3, 1938). Trahan has used this pseudonym most notably on racist recordings issued in the 1960s on J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label of Crowley, Louisiana.[1]<ref>[http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=360 David Allan Coe rebuts racism charge – November 2000<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidallancoe/articles/story/7488543/coe_revisits_penitentiary Coe Revisits Penitentiary: David Allan Coe : Rolling Stone<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |
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===Nigger Fucker=== |
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Coe's song "Nigger Fucker" is controversial because of its title and lyrics, but is regarded by some, including its author, as satire.{{Fact|date=December 2007}} The song describes in blunt terms the visceral disgust of a white man whose wife had a sexual relationship with a black man (for whom she left her husband and children) [http://www.lyricsdir.com/david-allan-coe-nigger-fucker-lyrics.html]. At one point the husband declares "there's nothing quite as worthless/As a white girl with a nigger". The song ends with: "So for all you nigger-lovin' whores/This song is just for you". |
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[[N.W.A]] performed a cover of this song at their 1993 Philadelphia concert. |
[[N.W.A]] performed a cover of this song at their 1993 Philadelphia concert. |
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David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939 in Akron, Ohio) is an American country music singer who achieved his greatest popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. He has written and performed over 280 original songs throughout his long career. As a songwriter, his best-known compositions are "Would You Lay with Me (in a Field of Stone)," originally recorded by Tanya Tucker, and "Take this Job and Shove It." The latter was a #1 hit for Johnny Paycheck, and it was later turned into a hit movie (both Coe and Paycheck had minor parts in the film.)
Coe was once a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club[1].
Style
In addition to humorous songs like "You Never Even Call Me By My Name", a Steve Goodman/John Prine composition, he also includes references to himself in his songs to self-promote himself through his music. He references big stars of country music in his lyrics in a way that makes himself their equal, such as in "Willie, Waylon, and Me," and on the line "Johnny Cash helped me get out of prison" in "Longhaired Redneck."
His long career has included twenty-six LPs, with 1987's Matter of Life... and Death being one of the most successful and critically acclaimed. He even put out a concept album, Compass Point, that threads his autobiography (or that of his persona) through an encounter with the famous Caribbean studio for which it was named and where it was recorded.
Rebel Meets Rebel
Coe sang lead vocals for Rebel Meets Rebel, a country-metal band consisting of Coe and Dimebag Darrell, Vinnie Paul, and Rex Brown from Pantera. The self-titled album was recorded between 1999 and 2001, but wasn't released until after Darrell's Death in 2004.
Controversy
Coe recorded two albums in the 1980s containing racist and misogynistic lyrics of extreme vulgarity: "Nothing Sacred" and "Underground Album". Also available is a best of the x-rated albums compilation entitled "18 X-Rated Hits". For this reason, the earlier racist songs by the country musician known as Johnny Rebel have been falsely attributed to Coe. Johnny Rebel is the pseudonym of Cajun/country musician Clifford Joseph "Pee Wee" Trahan (born October 3, 1938). Trahan has used this pseudonym most notably on racist recordings issued in the 1960s on J. D. "Jay" Miller's Reb Rebel label of Crowley, Louisiana.[1][2][3]
Nigger Fucker
Coe's song "Nigger Fucker" is controversial because of its title and lyrics, but is regarded by some, including its author, as satire.[citation needed] The song describes in blunt terms the visceral disgust of a white man whose wife had a sexual relationship with a black man (for whom she left her husband and children) [1]. At one point the husband declares "there's nothing quite as worthless/As a white girl with a nigger". The song ends with: "So for all you nigger-lovin' whores/This song is just for you".
N.W.A performed a cover of this song at their 1993 Philadelphia concert.
Coe refuses to acknowledge or play his own "X-Rated" controversial songs in concert. Coe does however, sell copies of his "18 X-Rated Hits" album at his concerts. [citation needed]
Selected discography
Songs and singles
Albums
- Penitentiary Blues
- Requiem for a Harlequin
- Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
- Once Upon a Rhyme
- Longhaired Redneck
- Texas Moon
- Rides Again
- Greatest Hits
- Tattoo
- Family Album
- Human Emotions
- Spectrum VII
- Compass Point
- Nothing Sacred
- I've Got Something to Say
- Invictus Means Unconquered
- Tennessee Whiskey
- Rough Rider
- D.A.C.
- Underground Album
- Biggest Hits
- Castles in the Sand
- Hello in There
- David Allan Coe or Else
- Original Outlaw
- The Best of David Allan Coe
- Just Divorced
- Why Me
- The First Ten Years
- Darlin Darlin
- Unchained
- I Love Country
- Son of the South
- Matter of Life and Death
- 17 Greatest Hits
- Crazy Daddy
- Hits Of David Allan Coe
- 18 X-Rated Hits
- Headed For The Country
- 1990 Songs for Sale
- Standing Too Close to the Flame
- Super Hits
- Granny's off Her Rocker
- Living on the Edge
- If That Ain't Country (live)
- Recommended for Airplay
- Songwriter of the Tear
- Live at the Iron Horse Saloon
- Live at Billy Bob's Texas
- For the Soul and for the Mind
- 16 Biggest Hits
- All I'll Ever Be (only available on his official website)
- Rebel Meets Rebel
BOOKS: Ex-convict The Book of David Psychopath Poems, Prose and Short Stories Just For The Record...the Autobiography Whoopsy Daisy (audio book)
Notes
- ^ David Allan Coe: Bike Week's pied piper Jim Witters, Daytona Beach News-Journal Online, retrieved 12 September 2007
- ^ David Allan Coe rebuts racism charge – November 2000
- ^ Coe Revisits Penitentiary: David Allan Coe : Rolling Stone
References
- Tucker, Stephen R. (1998). "David Allan Coe". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 102.