DAC's language is crude, but I don't think he means any disrespect. Just like when he refers to his family as "White Trash" and his sister a "Whore". Some folks may prefer to use softer words, ..but the facts still remain the same.
Well that IS the point of the phrase. It is a compliment (at least when directed at the worker). It can also be used as an insult but only when directed at the boss/taskmaster "he's working him as if he's a nygr," meaning the boss is being a mean a-hole. Words are just words. The message is all that matters. Learn to use your brains and comprehend 1) intent, 2) context. nothing else matters in communication (or should)
Honky Tonk Angels/ Wild Side of Life is a reference to the 1952 Hank Thompson song, Wild Side of Life. I didn't know God made Honky Tonk Angels are part of the lyrics. Roy recorded Great Speckled Bird in 1938. Both legendary songs.
You are amazingly diplomatic…and gracious… I think there is a huge difference between “ red next”. & “country” and I would say he is the difference. Not my cup of tea but I listen to whatever you post. Gratitude…🙏🙏
Why? This man is clearly mature and intelligent. Only children and idiots react solely on emotions - sadly those types are the ones with the biggest media outlets today, but they are still the minority by far, thankfully.
You let things make you too nervous. DAC is a champ and the fact that this lame account based a video off him proves my point:) black people copied us, live with it!
You have to watch a one hour interview with him..it's the realest rawest stuff you will see..I find it in four fifteen minutes clips...type in David Allen COE interview.yiu you will find it from the 80's or earlier.just him and the interview sitting talking casual.
There's truth of a lifestyle in this song. My mother would blush at the silliest things usually but this song she always identified with. Lots of folks grew up HARD in the 30s -40s......
Most of DACs songs are mainstream acceptable. He only has a few that can be vulgar or have a racist or bigoted line or theme. He's quite a character. He can be raw but sometimes that's real.
At the end of the song he references at least 3 songs i know of. "I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes" - the Carter family "Concerning the gray speckled pearl" - Roy Acuff "I didn’t know God made honky-tonk angels And went back to the wild side of life" - Hank Thompson
I met a mountain of a man, he frequented the music store where I taught. He was now a very devout Christian, but not always. He rode with David Allen Coe in a biker gang, yes Coe was a bad ass.
Your reaction, as a black man, to a song that is very dear to me earned you a like and subscribe from this Southern boy. I never met my grandad (dad's dad). He died just before I was born. He is a legendary figure in our family history and shares many MANY parallels to the subject of this song. That's why it is so precious to me. A strange thing to say about a song that seems so crass at first blush. I appreciate the fact that you were able to overlook the use of that word. I understand that it's usage could be incredibly offensive, regardless of the context in which it is used. Like you, I've never ventured off the beaten path regarding DAC's music. I don't want to taint the image I have in my head of him as a songwriter. I know that fact betrays some cognitive dissonance on my part. I'm willing to live with that. I enjoy your commentary and style. Reminds me alot of my favorite uncle (also a black man coincidentally). Thank you again.
From Alabama here. My wife was raised by a black man and my granny raised a black foster child. One of my black co workers who was a great friend loved Lynard Skynard. Hate isn't in a word or a flag. It's in the heart. One Love.
Amazingly almost the same story for me.1 night a little drunken up my Dad said this song made him remember his Dad.Granddad was killed in 1975 and I only have 1 memory of him,so this song is what I got of him
Personally, i think you handled that controversial remark properly. As a compliment. My first const. i got was laying sewer pipe after the wheel trencher went through. i worked for a a Black Gentelman named I.D. and a Mexican Gentleman named Elias. The owner said if you manage to keep up with those 2. you'll make a hand, i worked my ass off to "try" and keep up with them. i can remember my Dad saying that "remark" to me in the 60s or he'd say "He worked me like a rented mule". Coe was pretty "outlaw country" his whole career and alot of his stuff never made it to radio for obvious reasons but he was on every Juke box in every country bar i was ever in and there was alot of 'em i'd been in. there ain't no prejudice when your in a 6' deep ditch with your ass higher than your head laying sewer pipe all day with other men or after work having beer. we were just men, hard working men.
I was raised with Country music and Gospel in western KY. Im a 2nd generation trucker. There is no difference between the Holler and the Hood. These are both places if your a stranger your a suspect. So just live what Jesus said Love the Lord Your God with all your body heart soul and mind. And LOVE your Neighbor as yourself. You do this. The Law can't touch you.
You have to do another one of his songs. "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" Its a sing along song in every country bar in the US!! And its completely different than this song.
@@duanehutton6323 There was another "artist" who sounded a lot like DAC who recorded some nasty stuff, and people blamed DAC. I'm just saying make sure it's DAC who you're disgusted with, ...and not someone who 'sounded' like DAC.
"Poor white trash". This song is a remarkable poem about a culture of poverty in the south. The little part about "workin' like a ni**er". This is something i heard growing up occasionally from blue collar laborers. I dont think many older people even thought about what they were saying. Like most figures of speech. Although, My dad and my uncles would say "Im working like a dirty fool!" I never heard my dad use the N word. He was too educated and polite to talk like that. Also he grew up with black kids. His family was extremely poor. His first "girlfriend" was a black girl when he was 10. He remembers how they got jeered at by some kids and it made him vow not to be like that.
Thanks for approaching this song as a reasoned thinker & not someone looking for a reason to be offended. You hit the nail on the head when you interpreted the "controversial" lyrics. He was saying he worked his ass off. Words are just words. Context is what matters. Wouldn't it be great if people could start applying that when dealing with others instead of looking for excuses to jump down one another's throats?
DAC was considered “from the wrong side of the tracks” in country music. He was unique, for sure. Another outsider that is worth a listen. One of my very favorite artists: Gary Stewart, “She’s Acting Single”. So many great songs. He wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but his voice gives me chills. A troubled soul with an artists heart.
I am 72 and I went to one of his concerts and He got off the stage and just walked around talking to everyone even the African american. I thought that was awesome
If it makes any difference, he had a black gentleman on bass a few years when I saw him. It was supposed to punch, not be racist. I'm near Houston, and would see black guys come in the country bars from the '80s until now, and welcomed with open arms. And we could talk about it all, and understand each other.
I'm 49 years old and was born of Alabama red dirt. First time I heard this song I was around 12 years old at my black buddies house staying the night. His grandad on Friday nights would drink moonshine and crank country music up loud. David Allan Coe was always playing. His grandad was a cool old man. Great storyteller. We thought for YEARS that the Koran war was nothing but one large party. My God, those were such simple, sinless times. DJ, you gained a new Subscriber.
My dad played this song a lot when i was a kid. I listened to it again this year at 31 years old and my jaw dropped when i realized what "dog that was trained to attack... sometimes" meant.
David Allen Coe ; would you lay with me , now I lay me down to cheat , you never called me by my name all songs I think you would enjoy all great country songs show cases his voice.
The "controversy" is fabricated by people who just don't understand. His use of the N word wasn't a slam at people of color it was a nod to how hard they hard to work to survive. When he said people said his family was "poor white trash", that is the equivalent. Because DAC grew up poor, he understood prejudice. Obviously I didn't know the man so maybe I'm reading it wrong but having grown up really poor myself that's how I feel he meant it. Thought you handled it with grace, dignity and intelligence. Great reaction.
A few things not noted in this review, and something rather interesting about this song, other than the obvious use of a term considered objectionable even when used as a compliment. The musical arrangement in this song is as diverse as the group of people responding to it, below. In addition to the haunting and plodding pace of the verses, and the 2/4 signature of the choruses, there is a bridge that switches into a swing beat and then the outro is classic ragtime. Also, the entire last stanza of the song is a mish-mash of references to old country tunes that only my daddy remembers! And I'm old! :D
DAC was considered one of the Outlaws in Country music in the 70s. But, he's the Real Deal. I've seen him threaten and cuss people out from the stage. The last time I saw him, he got pissed off and threw a mic stand with a boom on it into the crowd. It had to have hit several people! Cops showed up, and took him backstage. I figured he was going to jail, but after about a 20 minute break, he came back out and played some more. Didn't see or hear a thing about the incident. Another time I was waiting with about a dozen people, for the box office to open. All of sudden, the door opened, and there stood David Allen Coe, and he asked "Anybody got any good drugs?" Alas, I, nor anyone else had any. He talked to us for a few minutes, before going back inside. I got a picture taken with him that night.
DLC is the outlaw that them in outlaw country were afraid of. The line, “ working like a “n” for room & board. Sir, that ain’t no slur, just a reference to hard backbreaking and unappreciated labor. Them four words explained the kind of labor that ALL poor folks lived and sometimes still do in the country South, without writing a small book to explain it.
hi Dj Pj i like the way u concentrate on lyrics if u haven't heard "Johnny Cash Sings Man In Black for the First Time" that's the purest version of his signature song. i would enjoy your outlook on that one. peace .
I very much enjoyed your reaction to this song. My grandfather helped raised me. He wouldn't listen to this song, but his stories represented it. I'm so glad you understand it beyond that very derogatory word.
Take This Job and Shove It was written by David Allan Coe. Perhaps that is his link to the mainstream of country music that can never be broken or erased.
DAC was in prison most of his early life and he's a little crazy...and so did Merle. haha He took that whole outlaw country thing to another level. Singers at the time were really wanting to sing very raw and real life stuff. Waylon and Cash Hank Jr, even Roger Miller were getting really rebellious. He's just one of those guys that if you tell him he can't do something he just has to do it. I remember him saying he's a story teller and in movies you can write characters to say anything and not get flack for it so why can't a musician do that? And he wanted to sing it the way people spoke and that's how folks he knew spoke. He's actually a very good song writer and has some really great songs. He had a very tough life and it's crazy that he's still alive. haha
Your reaction is a testament in not discarding a person or a country due to one incident or period of time in their life/history. Some people are quick to condemn the entirety of an existence based on one thing or a series of things. They close the book and say that they cannot learn anything from that person or country.. that there is no redeeming value there, basically proclaiming condemnation.
A decade ago working and living on a horse farm we were picking up round bales at a farm 30 minutes or so away and the owner/my boss was talking to the other farm owner who owned the farm we were getting hay at, and my boss commented to the other farm owner, regarding me: "Yeah, he's a white boy that works like a Mexican" - the ultimate compliment in the South.
Pj, again super great reaction!!! I think your Hip Hot back ground brings a great outside perspective to this genre. I believe, while different, the lyrices of Hip Hope and Country run the same course. First and foremost, both are POETS. They are artist of the written word. Their work brings us to a place of emotion, and reflection about life. The two genres look different, the sound is different, but they both bring us to a place of conscience, awareness, and are battles in life. We are all closer together than some want us to be. Thanks again, you style is on par !!!
The more I listen the clearer it becomes. We humans have an innate need to be heard, we want to express our fears insecurities, our joy and pain. Our creativity, our roots our families in what ever shape or form they come in. I listen because I respect and admire these wonderful and sometimes flawed individuals, who give us these timeless treasures. Peace!
David had a great voice and is a first class songwriter. Check out his version of "Would You Lay With Me In A Field of Stone. " Also, "Please Come To Boston". He is much more than just an Outlaw.
David’s song “The Perfect Country and Western Song” gives you the whole story of country music in one song. 😎☮️🌼♥️🇺🇸 The Great Speckled Bird and Honky Tonk Angels are two great country classics. 😁
Other than the controversy. This man is a great song writer. He wrote for Other people more than himself. Believe it or not, A very popular song on RUclips, he wrote is Tennessee whiskey. And he actually was the first one to release it. Then George Jones had a hit with it. Then years later Chris Stapleton. Changed the music to the song. And had a massive hit with it.
Very different man! Ive followed him for 30 years! He sings about stereotypes in music! Been misunderstood and considered racist from the word go! He considered himself a pimp in his younger days and identified with blacks more than whites. Very controversial but not racist at all!
That’s funny you asked about a movie. In the late 1970’s my best friend’s dad worked for Earl Owensby Productions(?) an independent film studio in Shelby, NC. Charley worked with David Alan Cole on a couple of B-Movies,, Buckstone County Prison was one. It was 1979, we were 3 hippies in a microbus headed to
2 songs only. Thinking tonight of my blue eyes became the Great Speckled Bird. .... Honky Tonk Angels is part of the Hank Thompson song, The Wild Side of Life.
Back during this era, the "phrase" was used often. No disrespect intended really. He was always pretty much saying how it was, not sugarcoating the truth. Props for your reaction.
"Well he had to be working pretty damn hard." i loved that you handled it and moved on.
Yup, bigger picture
That's a perfect example of wisdom 👍
DAC's language is crude, but I don't think he means any disrespect. Just like when he refers to his family as "White Trash" and his sister a "Whore". Some folks may prefer to use softer words, ..but the facts still remain the same.
Your right, it means you work pretty Damn hard for little or no pay.
Well that IS the point of the phrase. It is a compliment (at least when directed at the worker). It can also be used as an insult but only when directed at the boss/taskmaster "he's working him as if he's a nygr," meaning the boss is being a mean a-hole. Words are just words. The message is all that matters. Learn to use your brains and comprehend 1) intent, 2) context. nothing else matters in communication (or should)
DAC has so many good songs. Check out son of the south and unchained albums. Mona Lisa lost here smile is one of my favorites
At the end when he sang part of "The Great Speckled Bird" and "The Wild Side of Life" He was imitating Roy Acuff
Honky Tonk Angels/ Wild Side of Life is a reference to the 1952 Hank Thompson song, Wild Side of Life. I didn't know God made Honky Tonk Angels are part of the lyrics.
Roy recorded Great Speckled Bird in 1938.
Both legendary songs.
You are amazingly diplomatic…and gracious… I think there is a huge difference between “ red next”. & “country” and I would say he is the difference. Not my cup of tea but I listen to whatever you post. Gratitude…🙏🙏
You really should do one of his heart grabber songs like, Hello In There or If You Ever Think Of Me At All
Under serious consideration
Spot on sir !
This one made me nervous knowing what was coming. You are an awesome guy.
Yea I was nervous to lol
Same here... he handled it like a pro!
Why? This man is clearly mature and intelligent. Only children and idiots react solely on emotions - sadly those types are the ones with the biggest media outlets today, but they are still the minority by far, thankfully.
@@unclebounce1495 I’ll try my best to make you proud in the future. I’ll aspire to be more like you every day. Thank you for the enlightenment.
You let things make you too nervous. DAC is a champ and the fact that this lame account based a video off him proves my point:) black people copied us, live with it!
Great video, alot of people (probably because of his controversial song) dont know that David Allen Coe wrote alot of popular songs for other singers.
You have to watch a one hour interview with him..it's the realest rawest stuff you will see..I find it in four fifteen minutes clips...type in David Allen COE interview.yiu you will find it from the 80's or earlier.just him and the interview sitting talking casual.
You are too kind my friend.
It's categorized as outlaw country He was a big favorite in outlaw biker circles
Love the reactions
You are awesome!
New sub.
Thanks for understanding the era.
Carry on......💌
There's truth of a lifestyle in this song. My mother would blush at the silliest things usually but this song she always identified with. Lots of folks grew up HARD in the 30s -40s......
Most of DACs songs are mainstream acceptable. He only has a few that can be vulgar or have a racist or bigoted line or theme. He's quite a character. He can be raw but sometimes that's real.
Thanks for being opened minded..and not offended..I hope...63 year old former marine from south carolina..cause..I love EVERYBODY..mean it..
Enjoying your reactions, just found your channel.
Welcome!
One of my favorite albums, DAC RIDES AGAIN.
Love it. You Never even called by name has to be added to the queue!!
It is
At the end of the song he references at least 3 songs i know of.
"I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes" - the Carter family
"Concerning the gray speckled pearl" - Roy Acuff
"I didn’t know God made honky-tonk angels
And went back to the wild side of life" - Hank Thompson
Oh my goodness! Which one is this!! Jeezzz ❤️Tennessee
Listen to his "Mona Lisa lost her smile" No controversy just a damn good song. That and "the Ride" are his best wotk IMHO.
I reacted to the ride, its in my playlist.
DAC. I like your journey brother. I like David Allan Coe just be prepared for anything with him
I met a mountain of a man, he frequented the music store where I taught. He was now a very devout Christian, but not always. He rode with David Allen Coe in a biker gang, yes Coe was a bad ass.
Glad you just accepted the lyric for what it was: written in a different time. Nice reaction good sir!
Thank you for doing this reaction,an for understanding it wasn’t an insult.
“Well he must’ve been working pretty damn hard” 🤣 Earned yourself a subscriber there 😂 Probably a few.
Welcome!
The Junior who went to jail is actually David Allan Coe
Wow.. I wasn't ready for that one word..!
Your reaction, as a black man, to a song that is very dear to me earned you a like and subscribe from this Southern boy. I never met my grandad (dad's dad). He died just before I was born. He is a legendary figure in our family history and shares many MANY parallels to the subject of this song. That's why it is so precious to me. A strange thing to say about a song that seems so crass at first blush.
I appreciate the fact that you were able to overlook the use of that word. I understand that it's usage could be incredibly offensive, regardless of the context in which it is used. Like you, I've never ventured off the beaten path regarding DAC's music. I don't want to taint the image I have in my head of him as a songwriter. I know that fact betrays some cognitive dissonance on my part. I'm willing to live with that.
I enjoy your commentary and style. Reminds me alot of my favorite uncle (also a black man coincidentally).
Thank you again.
From Alabama here. My wife was raised by a black man and my granny raised a black foster child. One of my black co workers who was a great friend loved Lynard Skynard. Hate isn't in a word or a flag. It's in the heart. One Love.
Amazingly almost the same story for me.1 night a little drunken up my Dad said this song made him remember his Dad.Granddad was killed in 1975 and I only have 1 memory of him,so this song is what I got of him
You’re my favorite reactor!
Thanks!
You’re a big man! ✝️🙏❤️
Check out Revenge. It’s an interesting song, at the least, and a window into a distant time and place.
You have given David Allen a lot of grace. You are a good man.
Sir. I'm from Texas. You are a true man up there with the rest.
Its a compliment. Yalls worked yalls assess off. Got most of the dirty job's. Back in the Day men worked for his family
He is a true artist doing it his way from the heart. He also has one the best male voices ever imo
Personally, i think you handled that controversial remark properly. As a compliment. My first const. i got was laying sewer pipe after the wheel trencher went through. i worked for a a Black Gentelman named I.D. and a Mexican Gentleman named Elias. The owner said if you manage to keep up with those 2. you'll make a hand, i worked my ass off to "try" and keep up with them. i can remember my Dad saying that "remark" to me in the 60s or he'd say "He worked me like a rented mule". Coe was pretty "outlaw country" his whole career and alot of his stuff never made it to radio for obvious reasons but he was on every Juke box in every country bar i was ever in and there was alot of 'em i'd been in. there ain't no prejudice when your in a 6' deep ditch with your ass higher than your head laying sewer pipe all day with other men or after work having beer. we were just men, hard working men.
Thanks Mark
I agree, give this one a listen. "You Never Even Call Me By My Name"
David Allen Coe did a lot of country music impressions as well as His own voice ...
I was raised with Country music and Gospel in western KY. Im a 2nd generation trucker. There is no difference between the Holler and the Hood. These are both places if your a stranger your a suspect.
So just live what Jesus said
Love the Lord Your God with all your body heart soul and mind. And LOVE your Neighbor as yourself.
You do this. The Law can't touch you.
Thank you Sir, for taking time to listen to this song. Whether you realize it or not you brought people together. Keep up the good work.
Thank you
This song is real. The euphemisms are startling but clear. Love your channel!
David Allan Coe and Billy Joe Shaver are the two country stars that make pillar of the community types bristle!😅
Absolutely a great reaction!!
He is the original singer for the song " Tennessee Whiskey"
Better than Stapleton too.
@@rockinredneck57 amen!
You have to do another one of his songs. "You Never Even Call Me By My Name" Its a sing along song in every country bar in the US!! And its completely different than this song.
Coe is trash, not a true representation of outlaw country. His racist crap really turned me off.
@@duanehutton6323 damn I thought it was going to turn you on, but no one really asked for your input
@@waudanxz8737 no one asked for yours, did i say something that wasn't true?, maybe you're just ignorant about what im referring to.
@@duanehutton6323 David is country and makes good music kid you just ain’t county enough to understand one day tho bud
@@duanehutton6323 There was another "artist" who sounded a lot like DAC who recorded some nasty stuff, and people blamed DAC.
I'm just saying make sure it's DAC who you're disgusted with, ...and not someone who 'sounded' like DAC.
"Poor white trash". This song is a remarkable poem about a culture of poverty in the south.
The little part about "workin' like a ni**er". This is something i heard growing up occasionally from blue collar laborers. I dont think many older people even thought about what they were saying. Like most figures of speech.
Although, My dad and my uncles would say "Im working like a dirty fool!" I never heard my dad use the N word. He was too educated and polite to talk like that. Also he grew up with black kids. His family was extremely poor. His first "girlfriend" was a black girl when he was 10. He remembers how they got jeered at by some kids and it made him vow not to be like that.
MCA in da house. Hope you're doing well brother.
That's exactly what he meant by it. It's awesome u understood it
There's outlaw country, rebel country.....then there's David Allan Coe, he's in a category all his own for sure.
Thanks for approaching this song as a reasoned thinker & not someone looking for a reason to be offended. You hit the nail on the head when you interpreted the "controversial" lyrics. He was saying he worked his ass off.
Words are just words. Context is what matters. Wouldn't it be great if people could start applying that when dealing with others instead of looking for excuses to jump down one another's throats?
DAC was considered “from the wrong side of the tracks” in country music. He was unique, for sure. Another outsider that is worth a listen. One of my very favorite artists: Gary Stewart, “She’s Acting Single”. So many great songs. He wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but his voice gives me chills. A troubled soul with an artists heart.
Absolutely love Gary Stewart his story is a sad one!
I knew Gary 😇 helluva picker Brand New Whiskey 😍
Grew up in fort Pierce I know all about Gary Stewart
I am 72 and I went to one of his concerts and He got off the stage and just walked around talking to everyone even the African american. I thought that was awesome
If it makes any difference, he had a black gentleman on bass a few years when I saw him. It was supposed to punch, not be racist. I'm near Houston, and would see black guys come in the country bars from the '80s until now, and welcomed with open arms. And we could talk about it all, and understand each other.
I'm 49 years old and was born of Alabama red dirt. First time I heard this song I was around 12 years old at my black buddies house staying the night.
His grandad on Friday nights would drink moonshine and crank country music up loud. David Allan Coe was always playing. His grandad was a cool old man. Great storyteller.
We thought for YEARS that the Koran war was nothing but one large party. My God, those were such simple, sinless times.
DJ, you gained a new Subscriber.
@wheelz7601
Welcome aboard. Thank you!
😆 🤣 😂 😹 awesome reaction
Really loved watching
My dad played this song a lot when i was a kid. I listened to it again this year at 31 years old and my jaw dropped when i realized what "dog that was trained to attack... sometimes" meant.
DAC does have several controversial and offensive songs; however, he's written and recorded some brilliant songs too. My favorite is, "The Ride."
My favorite is Suzie Shallow Throat
@@seregill13 it's such a good song. It could be a beautiful love song if not for those lyrics
David Allen Coe ; would you lay with me , now I lay me down to cheat , you never called me by my name all songs I think you would enjoy all great country songs show cases his voice.
I had forgotten about Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat. Good song. Also.
Divers Do it Deeper.
The "controversy" is fabricated by people who just don't understand. His use of the N word wasn't a slam at people of color it was a nod to how hard they hard to work to survive. When he said people said his family was "poor white trash", that is the equivalent. Because DAC grew up poor, he understood prejudice. Obviously I didn't know the man so maybe I'm reading it wrong but having grown up really poor myself that's how I feel he meant it.
Thought you handled it with grace, dignity and intelligence. Great reaction.
Thank you Mr King, I appreciate you!
DAC absolutely wasn't conventional. He was an outlaw in the country music industry, through and through.
You never even call me by my name is safe an worth listening to
now, you never call me by my name !!
Wow I wasn't ready for that
A few things not noted in this review, and something rather interesting about this song, other than the obvious use of a term considered objectionable even when used as a compliment. The musical arrangement in this song is as diverse as the group of people responding to it, below. In addition to the haunting and plodding pace of the verses, and the 2/4 signature of the choruses, there is a bridge that switches into a swing beat and then the outro is classic ragtime. Also, the entire last stanza of the song is a mish-mash of references to old country tunes that only my daddy remembers! And I'm old! :D
Very well said sir. Excellent and important observations, im old too
Thank you for doing David Allan Coe.
As a black guy.he sings really good but not sometimes about what people might not to hear
DAC was considered one of the Outlaws in Country music in the 70s. But, he's the Real Deal. I've seen him threaten and cuss people out from the stage. The last time I saw him, he got pissed off and threw a mic stand with a boom on it into the crowd. It had to have hit several people! Cops showed up, and took him backstage. I figured he was going to jail, but after about a 20 minute break, he came back out and played some more. Didn't see or hear a thing about the incident.
Another time I was waiting with about a dozen people, for the box office to open. All of sudden, the door opened, and there stood David Allen Coe, and he asked "Anybody got any good drugs?" Alas, I, nor anyone else had any. He talked to us for a few minutes, before going back inside. I got a picture taken with him that night.
DAC the hell raiser!
DLC is the outlaw that them in outlaw country were afraid of. The line, “ working like a “n” for room & board. Sir, that ain’t no slur, just a reference to hard backbreaking and unappreciated labor. Them four words explained the kind of labor that ALL poor folks lived and sometimes still do in the country South, without writing a small book to explain it.
Many country outlaws have performed with DAC and more than once. Country Outlaw doesn't mean stupid my friend! Peace be with you....
hi Dj Pj i like the way u concentrate on lyrics if u haven't heard "Johnny Cash Sings Man In Black for the First Time" that's the purest version of his signature song. i would enjoy your outlook on that one. peace .
David Alan Coe “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” is probably his best song.
He is one of the best songwriters ever in my opinion.
The ride
He does sing a very beautiful song called Mona Lisa lost her smile. Without any contraversy in it.
DAC was and is ONE OF THE BEST! He was banned for not following the "formula...."
I very much enjoyed your reaction to this song. My grandfather helped raised me. He wouldn't listen to this song, but his stories represented it. I'm so glad you understand it beyond that very derogatory word.
This song is a response to people who were complaining about David Allen Coe coming onto the Country scene and being said to not be "really country."
He was a Rebel of music for sure. You listened to this like the professional you are sir . Have a great day
Some of us are only around because of mama's prayers
Indeed brother
Love this reaction. Props to you for the honesty.
Take This Job and Shove It was written by David Allan Coe. Perhaps that is his link to the mainstream of country music that can never be broken or erased.
DAC was in prison most of his early life and he's a little crazy...and so did Merle. haha
He took that whole outlaw country thing to another level. Singers at the time were really wanting to sing very raw and real life stuff. Waylon and Cash Hank Jr, even Roger Miller were getting really rebellious. He's just one of those guys that if you tell him he can't do something he just has to do it.
I remember him saying he's a story teller and in movies you can write characters to say anything and not get flack for it so why can't a musician do that? And he wanted to sing it the way people spoke and that's how folks he knew spoke. He's actually a very good song writer and has some really great songs. He had a very tough life and it's crazy that he's still alive. haha
Its been said that dac was too outlaw even for outlaw style country. nuff said
My brother played with him in Farmington, NM & he was a little rough around the edges. A little funky.
Rough around the edges? He was rough all over, 😂
Yep that's a compliment actually lol just means he worked hard. That's a good trait!!! Your reaction got my sub
Solid Country Gold
Yes, you are right:
And them sad old songs comin' out of them speakers
Was "solid country gold"
Your reaction is a testament in not discarding a person or a country due to one incident or period of time in their life/history. Some people are quick to condemn the entirety of an existence based on one thing or a series of things. They close the book and say that they cannot learn anything from that person or country.. that there is no redeeming value there, basically proclaiming condemnation.
Handled that “controversial statement” with class. Coming from a Mexican. Definitely meant as a compliment to black folks work ethic.
A decade ago working and living on a horse farm we were picking up round bales at a farm 30 minutes or so away and the owner/my boss was talking to the other farm owner who owned the farm we were getting hay at, and my boss commented to the other farm owner, regarding me: "Yeah, he's a white boy that works like a Mexican" - the ultimate compliment in the South.
Pj, again super great reaction!!! I think your Hip Hot back ground brings a great outside perspective to this genre. I believe, while different, the lyrices of Hip Hope and Country run the same course. First and foremost, both are POETS. They are artist of the written word. Their work brings us to a place of emotion, and reflection about life. The two genres look different, the sound is different, but they both bring us to a place of conscience, awareness, and are battles in life. We are all closer together than some want us to be. Thanks again, you style is on par !!!
The more I listen the clearer it becomes. We humans have an innate need to be heard, we want to express our fears insecurities, our joy and pain. Our creativity, our roots our families in what ever shape or form they come in. I listen because I respect and admire these wonderful and sometimes flawed individuals, who give us these timeless treasures. Peace!
@@DjPjrocReacts911 Perfect Words, Perfectly Written, thanks for sharing your power
I,get your honesty comes through but good country tells a story that pulls you in
David had a great voice and is a first class songwriter.
Check out his version of
"Would You Lay With Me In A Field of Stone. "
Also, "Please Come To Boston".
He is much more than just an Outlaw.
Yes! He sang those songs beautifully.
David’s song “The Perfect Country and Western Song” gives you the whole story of country music in one song. 😎☮️🌼♥️🇺🇸
The Great Speckled Bird and Honky Tonk Angels are two great country classics. 😁
Other than the controversy. This man is a great song writer. He wrote for Other people more than himself. Believe it or not, A very popular song on RUclips, he wrote is Tennessee whiskey. And he actually was the first one to release it. Then George Jones had a hit with it.
Then years later Chris Stapleton. Changed the music to the song. And had a massive hit with it.
He didn’t write Tennessee whiskey but he was the first to record it
Like your reviews, try David’s "You never call me by my name" I think you’ll enjoy it.
Very different man! Ive followed him for 30 years! He sings about stereotypes in music! Been misunderstood and considered racist from the word go! He considered himself a pimp in his younger days and identified with blacks more than whites. Very controversial but not racist at all!
Great comment, I did not know that about him. Very Cool !!! PJ has great subscribers such as yourself !!!
DAC was definitely an original
Love u for accepting his point of view...
If you don't like David Allen Coe, just pucker up! LOL
That’s funny you asked about a movie. In the late 1970’s my best friend’s dad worked for Earl Owensby Productions(?) an independent film studio in Shelby, NC. Charley worked with David Alan Cole on a couple of B-Movies,, Buckstone County Prison was one. It was 1979, we were 3 hippies in a microbus headed to
This is a back handed compliment, when you think about it...
The last verse is all song titles.
2 songs only.
Thinking tonight of my blue eyes became the Great Speckled Bird.
.... Honky Tonk Angels is part of the Hank Thompson song, The Wild Side of Life.
Here's one: Hank Williams Jr - If You Don't Like Hank Williams
Back during this era, the "phrase" was used often. No disrespect intended really. He was always pretty much saying how it was, not sugarcoating the truth. Props for your reaction.