David Allan Coe: Outlaw Country Legend Passes

0:00It's April 30th, from Hollywood to your headphones. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Outlaw country legend David Allen Coe has passed away at 86 years old. Rolling Stone confirmed the news, remembering him for raw hits like The Ride. You never even called me by my name, and Mona Lisa lost her smile. Born in 1939 in Akron, Ohio, he carved out a wild path in Nashville, starting back in the 1960s. Coe broke big in 1973 when Tanya Tucker's version of his song, Would You Lay With Me? Top the Country Charts. He dropped his debut album, The Mysterious Ryan Stone Cowboy. The next year on Columbia Records, followed by, once upon a rhyme, with that signature. Track everyone knows. In 1977, Johnny Paycheck turned Coe's take this job and shove it into another number one smash. He stood out as one of country's most in-your-face rebels, stirring up the scene with his unfiltered

1:01style. That ad showed in his late 70s and early 80s ex-rated albums, Nothing Sacred and Underground album, packed with aggressive lyrics, that drew heavy backlash for slurs and hate-filled words. Fast forward to the 2010s, and Coe faced tax troubles, pleading guilty in 2015 to blocking IRS efforts. He got three years probation and had to cough up nearly $1 million. Coe's music left a permanent mark on Outlaw Country, blending grit and genius that fans still crank up today.