David Allen Coe - 11 X-Rated Greats

David Allen Coe - 11 X-Rated Greats



Tracks:



1) The Asshole Song

2) Cum Stains on the Pillow

3) Dear Penis

4) I Just Want to Fuck You One More Time

5) I Made Linda Lovelace Gag

6) Fuckin' in the Butt

7) Pick'em, Lick'em Stick'em

8) Little Susie Shallow Throat

9) Masterbation Blues

10) The Rodeo Song

11) Nigger Fucker





David Allen Coe BIO:

A life-long renegade, singer/songwriter David Allan Coe was one of the most colorful

and unpredictable characters in country music history. One of the pioneering artists

of the outlaw country movement of the '70s, he didn't have many big hits -- only

three of his singles hit the Top Ten -- but he was among the biggest cult figures in

country music throughout his career. Born in Akron, OH, Coe first got into trouble

with the law at age nine. As a result, he was sent to reform school. For the next 20

years, he never spent more than a handful of months outside of a correctional

facility -- he spent much of his twenties in the Ohio State Penitentiary. Released

from prison in 1967, the wild-haired, earring-wearing, heavily tattooed Coe went

straight for Nashville, where he lived in a hearse that he parked in front of the old

Ryman Auditorium, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Although he didn't conform to

Nashville's professional standards, he soon gained the attention of the independent

label Plantation Records, which released his debut album, Penitentiary Blues, in

1968. Followed within a year by a second volume, all of the songs on these albums

were based on his prison experiences. Coe then toured with Grand Funk Railroad, a

signal that he drew as much from rock's traditions as he did from country. Soon, he

began performing in a rhinestone suit given to him by Mel Tillis, as well as a Lone

Ranger mask, and began calling himself the "Masked Rhinestone Cowboy." Coe's concerts

became notorious for their unpredictability -- frequently he would roar up on-stage

astride his enormous Harley, swearing at the audience. He cultivated a large cult

following with his act, but he couldn't break into the mainstream. However, other

artists found success with his songs -- in 1972, Billie Jo Spears had a minor hit

with his "Souvenirs & California Mem'rys," and in 1973, Tanya Tucker had a number one

hit with Coe's "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)." After Tucker's hit, Coe

suddenly became one of Nashville's hottest songwriters; some of the biggest country

artists -- including Willie Nelson, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette -- recorded his

tunes, leading to his own contract with Columbia Records. Coe's first two singles for

Columbia didn't come close to the country Top 40, but his 1975 cover of Steve

Goodman's "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" cracked the Top Ten. Although a

string of moderate hits followed, he rarely cracked the country Top 40, although in

1977 Johnny Paycheck took Coe's "Take This Job and Shove It" to number one. During

his 13-year association with Columbia, Coe released 26 albums, including the

double-album set For the Record: The First 10 Years (1984), 1986's Son of the South

(featuring Willie, Waylon, Jessi Colter, and other "outlaws"), and the highly

regarded A Matter of Life and Death (1987). Although Coe had a successful career, it

was one plagued with many setbacks. The conservative Nashville music industry

frequently snubbed him and he had tax problems with the IRS; at one time, they seized

his Key West home, and he went to live in a Tennessee cave until he got back on his

feet. Toward the end of the '80s, Coe remarried and began to settle down. Throughout

the '90s, he was a popular concert attraction in America and Europe. In addition to

his musical career, he also acted in a few movies, including The Last Days of Frank

and Jesse James. He also published a novel, -Psychopath, and an autobiography. The LP

Recommended for Airplay was issued in 1999. The new millennium saw the release of

Long Haired Country Boy in 2000; Songwriter of the Tear appeared on Cleveland the

following year. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Music Guide