The David Allan Coe Band "Nothing Sacred" LP EX OOP Mailorder Only

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The David Allan Coe Band "Nothing Sacred" LP DAC Records DAC 003 (US)

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Track Listing:

A1
Nothing Sacred
A2
Pussy Whipped Again
A3
Cum Stains On The Pillow
A4
Linda Lovelace
A5
Fuck Aneta Bryant
B1
Jimmy Buffet
B2
3 Biggest Lies
B3
Whips And Things
B4
Rails
B5
Master Bation Blues

David Allan Coe (born September 5, 1939) is an American songwriter, music singer, and guitarist who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. As a singer, his biggest hits were "," "," "," "," and "." His best-known compositions are the No. 1 successes "," which was covered by ; and "," which was later covered by that was later a hit movie, both Coe and Paycheck had minor parts in the film.

Biography

Coe was born in on September 5, 1939. His favorite singer as a child was . After being sent to a reform school at the age of 9, he spent much of the next 20 years in correctional facilities. Coe received encouragement to begin writing songs from , with whom he had spent time in prison. Coe was treated poorly by racist inmates because he was friends with African American prisoners. After concluding another prison term in 1967, Coe embarked on a music career in Nashville, living in a hearse which he parked in front of the , where the was located, and caught the attention of the independent record label , and signed a contract with the label.

After the seized his home in , Coe lived in a cave in Tennessee, and later remarried and got back on his feet.

Coe was involved in a serious accident on March 19, 2013 in at 1:30 in the morning. According to reports, he was driving a 2011 and ran a red light and hit a carrying produce. His car ended up in a nearby parking lot and the truck flipped over. Coe along with a passenger in his along with two occupants in the truck were taken to the hospital with non life threatening injuries. According to his booking agent, Bruce Smith, he was heading home from a casino in to a home in . Coe has a home in Ormond Beach and is the owner of the . He was still in a hospital March 26 with and other injuries. He was ticketed for the accident.

Music career Early career

In 1968, Coe released his debut album, , followed by a tour with . In October 1971 he signed as an exclusive writer with Pete and Rose Drake's publishing company Windows Publishing Company, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, where he remained until 1977. Although he developed a cult following with his performances, he was not able to develop any mainstream success, but other performers achieved charting success by recording songs Coe had written, including ' 1972 recording "Souvenirs & California Mem'rys" and 's 1973 single "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)," which was a number one hit, and responsible for Coe becoming one of Nashville's hottest songwriters and Coe himself being signed by . Coe recorded his own version of the song for his second Columbia album, , released in 1975. writer Thom Jurek said of the song, "The amazing thing is that both versions are definitive." The album also contained a cover of 's and 's "," which was a Top Ten hit, and was followed by a string of moderately successful hits.

Coe was a featured performer in , a 1975 documentary film by . Other performers featured in this film included , , , , , and The Band. In 1977 released a cover of Coe's "," which was a number one hit and Coe's most successful song.

Underground albums

While Coe lived in Key West, played his comedy album for Coe, spurring him to perform his own comedic songs for Silverstein, who encouraged Coe to record them, leading to the production of the independently released . accused Coe of plagiarizing the melody of "Divers Do It Deeper" from Buffett's "", stating, "I would have sued him, but I didn't want to give Coe the pleasure of having his name in the paper." In response to the success of Buffett's song, Coe wrote a song insulting Buffett, and it appeared on Nothing Sacred. The album was released by mail order in 1978, through the back pages of the magazine Easyriders. Coe's 1979 Columbia album contained a note stating " doesn't live in anymore," a lyric from a song from Nothing Sacred.

In 1982, Coe released another independent album, , which contained his most controversial song, "Nigger Fucker," which resulted in Coe being accused of racism. Coe responded to the accusations by stating "Anyone that hears this album and says I'm a racist is full of shit." Coe's drummer, Kerry Brown, is African American and married to a white woman, as was Brown's late father, .

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