Coe was certainly a controversial figure, but I’ll also acknowledge that he definitely played a huge role in my exposure to country music when I was a kid back in the 1970s. That’s not an endorsement of the behavior that earned him that reputation.
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David Allan Coe, the outlaw country singer known for songs like 'The Ride' and 'You Never Even Called Me by My Name,' has died at age 86.
