sometimes spelled as David Allan Coe
country singer-songwriter who peaked in the late 1970s
personified
outlaw country music with tattoos, ear rings, long hair and a connection to motorcycle gangs
Coe served time in an Ohio state prison
wrote the song Take This Job and Shove It, which became a #1 hit in 1978 as covered by
Johnny Paycheck
wrote several racist, sexist and homophobic (the trifecta of anti-liberalism - yet funny) songs released as underground or X-rated albums
his underground album is difficult to find today and rare
among his underground songs is the classic "Fvck
Anita Bryant"