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David Allen Coe Wrote a Letter - Flumper Barflusterbutt - 06-18-2008
Aug 2, 2004.
Your recent article comparing me to Merle Haggard was uncalled for, full of lies, and total bullshit [Soundbites, July 21]. I'm disappointed in your treatment of me, a native Ohioan. To have stayed out of prison since 1967 and to have accomplished all I have accomplished is truly a miracle. I don't mind your criticisms. However, let's get the facts straight. I do not own or have anything to do with the more than 20 or so websites that use my name. I've never seen a website, and I'm not into selling any kind of merchandise, nor do I receive money for anything sold on these websites.
I've never sung or recorded any song in my life called "My Wife Ran Off With a Nigger" or "Nigger Hatin' Me." That is an outright lie. I wrote a song called "If That Ain't Country" with the line "Workin' like a nigger for my room and board," and I wrote a song called "Nigger Fuckers."
However, I have written songs for Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, George Jones, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker, Kid Rock, and Uncle Kracker, along with many others. I own my own record label called Coe-Pop Records, which is based in Cleveland.
As for my Rebel guitar, it was given to me by Dimebag Darrell of Pantera for my 62nd birthday. Merle Haggard and I are friends, and had he shown up for this show, I'm sure he would have felt the same disgust I felt after reading your article.
David Allan Coe
ex-convict from Akron
David Allen Coe Wrote a Letter - Anhil8tor - 06-18-2008
DAC tells it like it is. I'll go see him again if he comes around.
At his last show he informed the crowd that he was the last great songwriter alive.
David Allen Coe Wrote a Letter - BIRD33 - 06-19-2008
Is refering to black people as niggers "telling it like it is"?