On June 8th, 2008, David Allan Coe was gambling at the Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino in Altoona, Iowa. David and his wife Kim decided to play some slot machines on their way to the next show. After playing for awhile, David hit the jackpot on a slot machine he was taking turns on with…
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A crash like this would kill most humans instantly, But David Allan Coe has a lot more music to make, and this was not the end for the Long Haired Redneck. The accident happened on March 19, 2013, when he was broadsided by a semi truck. The police report shows that David was neither impaired…
In outlaw country music, where what you’ve done and how you lived goes a long way into putting legitimacy behind the songs you sing, David’s story is arguably filled with more street cred than any other major performer in the history of the genre. Institutionalized from the age of 9 in reform schools, David committed…
When David got out of prison in 1967, he made Nashville his home to become a country music singer & songwriter. He was homeless at that time and lived in the back of a red Cadillac hearse. He parked it in front of the Ryman Auditorium where the Grand Ole Opry was at the time.…