David Allan Coe: Outlaw Country Legend Passes

0:00It's April 30th. This is Music News today, AI-powered stories shaping the sound. Country Outlaw David Allen Coe just passed away at 86 years old. The guy was a true rebel in music, best known for his raw style in that killer collab with Pantera's Vinnie Paul, Dimebag Darryl and Rex Brownon. Their project Rebel meets Rebel more than 20 years back. That album hit shelves in May 2006 through Vinnie Paul's Big Vin Records. Coe and Dimebag cooked up the songs around 2000, laying down tracks over four years from 1999 to 2003. It mixed up simple meta-riffs with classic country twang. His wife broke the news, remembering him as her everything in a top-tier singer and songwriter, a rep called him a musical gym who loved his fans. But Coe caught heat for slurs in his lyrics and flashing the Confederate flag even as he pushed back on racism claims. He slipped away in intensive care around 5 p.m. Eastern on April 29th. No word yet on the cause.

1:01Married six times, he lived that wild highway life right to the end. Coe's outlaw beats and those bull crossovers leave a mark that ain't fading anytime soon.