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. So David begins to advertise the Grand Ole Opry on his hearse to the crowds as they went by David Allan Coe was there smiling in front of the famed venue. It was Davids way of getting attention as a performer. What was the result? It worked. Plantation Records signed Coe him to the label. David’s first two albums, Penitentiary Blues & Requiem for a Harlequin was released through Plantation, and that was the break he needed. He signed with Columbia Records a few years later, and the rest is history.
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DAC is the greatest country singer alive,,hes written the most beautiful an meaningful songs around,,,my idol/and i wish he was my friend
Never ride with Cowboys and Cadillacs U may never make it home
DAC is the man.. His shit is real country music!
where can I get one of your bobble heads????
You do not receive nearly enough credit for all that you’ve accomplished, and been through. You are so damn incredible!
SYLO!!!
Yes I agree
Look at then..look at now…what would you have done differently? if anything? long hard road…school of hard knocks…was it worth it…
my father turned me on to david..the my years caught up with me… what a great seam to a alomost breakin grocery bag … it seems to me that the bag of time need a retread
All of your history is you! Love it! The site……What did happen to your hearst?
I wonder whatever happened to that Hearse. It should be in a museum somewhere