David Allen Coe S/D, C or D?

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I haven't heard any of his so-called 'X rated" shit, but I'd consider myself a fan. What's the general consensus? Anyone read his novel, Psychopath? Is the 'adult' stuff any good or just for shits and giggles?

roger adultery, Sunday, 30 November 2003 09:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I dig this dude. I don't own any of his stuff, but my uncle is a big fan and plays him a lot while driving around.

Ian Johnson (orion), Monday, 1 December 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

He occasionally tends to drift into racist/homophobic areas, but the remainder of his 'x-rated' material is classic.

I've never heard any 'mainstream' Coe, so I don't know how it compares.

Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Monday, 1 December 2003 02:16 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

so which DAC albums should i look for?

figuratively, but in a very real way (amateurist), Friday, 8 January 2010 21:46 (sixteen years ago)

I don't know that any of his albums are good all the way through, but The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy, Longhaired Redneck, Tattoo, and The Ghost of Hank Williams all have some real high spots. Invictus means Unconquered also has a great reputation, but I haven't heard it. Avoid the compilations though, because I don't think he's ever released a good one.

As far as the offensive stuff goes, Nothing's Sacred is better than the Underground Album. 18 x-rated hits has just about all the songs on both. And there really are some good funny novelty tunes on these as well as some dreck as well as a few songs that are just too too offensive, such that you might want to avoid them all together.

Mister Jim, Saturday, 9 January 2010 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

Dude was crazy on that Heartworn Highway DVD.

retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Saturday, 9 January 2010 07:04 (sixteen years ago)

I don't know his XXX/KKK "underground" LPs at all, but here's how I'd approximately rank the regular issue ones I've got:

1. Human Emotions (1978)
2. Rides Again (1977)
3. Longhaired Redneck (1976)
4. Penitentiary Blues (c. 1970; reissue as Hacktone CD 2005)
5. Spectrum VII (1979)
6. I've Got Something To Say (1980)

All worth owning, though (especially if you find cheap copies like I did. -- Thought I had Once Upon A Rhyme, too, but I'm not seeing a copy on my shelf, so maybe I decided not to keep that one.)

Best CD sampler I know is The Essential David Allan Coe (Sony 2004); best vinyl sampler is Greatest Hits (Columbia 1978).

xhuxk, Saturday, 16 January 2010 03:25 (sixteen years ago)

i don't really know if this is s or d, or c or d, but i can't see talking about dac without it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS8zHoxOFTw

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 16 January 2010 03:54 (sixteen years ago)

two months pass...

damn, that song is a dead ringer for warren zevon.

fact checking cuz, Monday, 12 April 2010 19:14 (fifteen years ago)

(referring to the charming little ditty about sally, that is.)

fact checking cuz, Monday, 12 April 2010 19:14 (fifteen years ago)

the actual reason i revised it to ask, should i get tix to see him this spring? what is the david allan coe live experience like in 2010? i'm very much inclined to go, just want to make sure he can still bring it and all.

fact checking cuz, Monday, 12 April 2010 19:20 (fifteen years ago)

revived, that is

fact checking cuz, Monday, 12 April 2010 19:20 (fifteen years ago)

bumping in the hope that some kind soul will be able to answer my lil query.

fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 14 April 2010 15:05 (fifteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

it's ALLAN btw

you never even called me by my display name (iiiijjjj), Tuesday, 11 May 2010 00:15 (fifteen years ago)

five years pass...

Dude was crazy on that Heartworn Highway DVD.

― retrovaporized nebulizer (╓abies), Saturday, January 9, 2010 7:04 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep

need a picture of his outfit

just sayin, Saturday, 27 June 2015 10:05 (ten years ago)


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