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 ...