RIP, David Allan Coe

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One of the quintessential outlaw country singers has passed. Amazing that he made it to 86.

I saw him do a show at the old Palomino Club in Burlington in 1993 where he struggled to remember lyrics. The show was the same night UNC beat Arkansas in the Sweet Sixteen on the way to the National Championship.

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David Allan Coe, Singer of the 'Perfect Country and Western Song,' Dead at 86

David Allan Coe, the outlaw country singer known for songs like 'The Ride' and 'You Never Even Called Me by My Name,' has died at age 86.
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I mainly knew about David Allen Coe from his recording of You Never Even Called Me by My Name and then I saw Heartworn Highways -that was definitely an eye opening movie
 
An amazing songwriter and singer.

A super complicated legacy and not necessarily the best person.

RIP, DAC.
 
Yeah I remember he was popular with some folks I knew back in high school but never really my cup of tea. Maybe he changed over the years but I thought he was pretty much a racist asshole.
 
fourheels said:
One of the quintessential outlaw country singers has passed. Amazing that he made it to 86.

I saw him do a show at the old Palomino Club in Burlington in 1993 where he struggled to remember lyrics. The show was the same night UNC beat Arkansas in the Sweet Sixteen on the way to the National Championship.

www.rollingstone.com

David Allan Coe, Singer of the 'Perfect Country and Western Song,' Dead at 86

David Allan Coe, the outlaw country singer known for songs like 'The Ride' and 'You Never Even Called Me by My Name,' has died at age 86.
www.rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com
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The Palomino Club. Haven’t heard that name in awhile. The building was used as a thrift store for several years. It’s a curb market now.
 
finesse said:
He did but refused to take credit. Steve ended up buying him a big fancy jukebox as a thank you. They did that a bit. The two of them were pretty close.
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Steve was good friends with Jimmy Buffett too. My Whole World Lies Waiting Behind Door Number Three.
 
Patb78 said:
Steve was good friends with Jimmy Buffett too. My Whole World Lies Waiting Behind Door Number Three.
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Yeah. Iirc, he played on Highway A1A. Course , Steve was a hell of a guy. He had leukemia since he was a teenager, lived a long time for the time, wrote some great songs, made a lot of people happy and left a lot of good friends and good memories. I think the Cubs still play "Go Cubs, Go" that he wrote for them.
 
Patb78 said:
Steve was good friends with Jimmy Buffett too. My Whole World Lies Waiting Behind Door Number Three.
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Banana Republics ( a personal favorite of mine), This Hotel Room, and others. Of course, soon after Steve's passing in 1984, when the Cubs finally made the postseason, Jimmy sang the national anthem at Wrigley in Steve's place.

Buffett and Prine are on both in the photo below on the cover of Steve's first album.

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SnoopRob said:
An amazing songwriter and singer.

A super complicated legacy and not necessarily the best person.

RIP, DAC.
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Well said. Kind of ironic that he passed on Willie's 93rd birthday given that some would argue that DAC awkwardly lumped himself in with Willie, Waylon, etc. Heck, DAC even wrote a song about it - Willie, Waylon and Me
 
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