DAVID ALLAN COE :: A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH ::VINYYLI LP

COUNTRY & WESTERN ROCK ...

David Allan Coe - A Matter Of Life... And Death

Label ...   Columbia – FC 40571
Format ...   Vinyl, LP
Country ...   US
Released ...   1987
Genre ...   Folk, World, Rock & Country
Style ...   Country-Rock

Tracklist
A1 ...   The Ten Commandments Of Love
A2 ...   Jody Like A Melody
A3 ...   Tanya Montana
A4 ...   If Only Your Eyes Could Lie
A5 ...   Need A Little Time Off For Bad Behavior

B1 ...   Southern Star
B2 ...   Actions Speak Louder Than Words
B3 ...   Child Of God
B4 ...   Wild Irish Rose
B5 ...   A Matter Of Life... And Death

David Allan Coe - A Matter Of Life... And Death album cover

A SONG WITH JOHNNY CASH !!! [The Ten Commandments Of Love]

Original ..Made in U.S.A

DAVID ALLAN COE

The "OUTLAW" COUNTRY LEGENT !!!

David Allan Coe is well known as an "Outlaw" style country and western artist. Many of his songs are of a humorous topic and have lyrics about himself in association with other famous country "Outlaws."

During the 1980s, Coe enjoyed a resurgence in mainstream popularity, twice hitting the top 10 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts !

Coe's long career has included twenty-six LPs, with 1987's Matter of Life... and Death
being one of the most successful and critically acclaimed.

A life-long renegade, singer/songwriter David Allan Coe was one of the most colorful and unpredictable characters in country music history.
One of the pioneering artists of the outlaw country movement of the '70s, he was among the biggest cult figures in country music throughout his career.

Born in Akron, OH, Coe first got into trouble with the law at age nine.

As a result, he was sent to reform school. For the next 20 years, he never spent more than a handful of months outside of a correctional facility -- he spent much of his twenties in the Ohio State Penitentiary.
Released from prison in 1967, the wild-haired, earring-wearing, heavily tattooed Coe went straight for Nashville,
where he lived in a hearse that he parked in front of the old Ryman Auditorium, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. Although he didn't conform to Nashville's professional standards, he soon gained the attention of the independent label Plantation Records, which released his debut album, Penitentiary Blues, in 1968.
Followed within a year by a second volume, all of the songs on these albums were based on his prison experiences.

David Allan Coe, 'Spectrum VII' - Rolling Stone Australia

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Coe then toured with Grand Funk Railroad, a signal that he drew as much from rock's traditions as he did from country. Soon, he began performing in a rhinestone suit given to him by Mel Tillis, as well as a Lone Ranger mask, and began calling himself the "Masked Rhinestone Cowboy." Coe's concerts became notorious for their unpredictability -- frequently he would roar up on-stage astride his enormous Harley, swearing at the audience. He cultivated a large cult following with his act, and other artists found success with his songs -- in 1972, Billie Jo Spears had a minor hit with his "Souvenirs & California Mem'rys," and in 1973, Tanya Tucker had a number one hit with Coe's "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)." After Tucker's hit, Coe suddenly became one of Nashville's hottest songwriters; some of the biggest country artists -- including Willie Nelson, George Jones, and Tammy Wynette -- recorded his tunes, leading to his own contract with Columbia Records.

Coe's first two singles for Columbia didn't come close to the country Top 40, but his 1975 cover of Steve Goodman's "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" cracked the Top Ten and in 1977 Johnny Paycheck took Coe's "Take This Job and Shove It" to number one. During his 13-year association with Columbia, Coe released 26 albums, including the double-album set For the Record: The First 10 Years (1984), 1986's Son of the South (featuring Willie, Waylon, Jessi Colter, and other "outlaws"), and the highly regarded excellent LP A Matter of Life and Death (1987).

He had tax problems with the IRS; at one time, they seized his Key West home, and he went to live in a Tennessee cave until he got back on his feet.

In addition to his musical career, he also acted in a few movies, including The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James.
He also published a novel, Psychopath, and an autobiography

All records come in a clear plastic sleeve