David Allan Coe

Coe died a month ago, at the age of 86. He was born in Ohio in 1939. He was a member of the Outlaw country movement and a talented song writer. He was in and out of trouble as a young man, in correctional institutions and prison. But he sometimes exaggerated the crimes he had committed. He claimed that he had been in prison for murder but this was untrue. He had several problems with the IRS, but he had a successful career. Some of his big hits were Long Haired Redneck, which is about balancing between being a country singer and a rebel. Another is The Ride, about the Ghost of Hank WIlliams.