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David Allan Coe, who wrote rCyTake This Job and Shove ItrCO and other country hits, dies at 86

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Updated 12:11 PM EDT, April 30, 2026

David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem rCLTake This Job and Shove ItrC| and had hits with rCLYou Never Even Called Me By My NamerCY and rCLThe RiderCY among others, has died. He was 86.

CoerCOs wife, Kimberly Hastings Coe, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone on Wednesday.

She described him as one of the best singers and songwriters of our time.

rCLMy husband, my friend, my confidant and my life for many years. IrCOll never forget him and I donrCOt want anyone else to ever forget him either,rCY she wrote to the publication.

A statement from a Coe representative to People said he died around 5 p.m. Wednesday. The cause of death wasnrCOt disclosed.

Whether he was labeled outlaw or underground, Coe was clearly an outsider
in NashvillerCOs music establishment, even throughout his successes as an in-demand songwriter and singer, eventually developing a core following
around his raw, often obscene lyrics and a checkered and somewhat
mysterious past.

His wife posted on Facebook in September 2021 that he had been
hospitalized with COVID-19, and he made few appearances after that.

Coe toured over the years with Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Neil Young and
others. He wrote rCLTake This Job and Shove It,rCY a hit by Johnny Paycheck in 1977, and rCLWould You Lay With Me (in a Field of Stone),rCY a hit by Tanya Tucker in 1974. He was also the first country singer to record rCLTennessee Whiskey,rCY penned by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove, which has since become
a genre standard and a hit for both George Jones and Chris Stapleton.

rCLSpent so much time with David over the years, touring, writing songs and just hanging out,rCY Kid Rock wrote Thursday on X. rCLI knew a side of Dave most people never got to see. He was such a deep thinker, kind and about
as real as an outlaw can get!rCY

CoerCOs own country hit recordings included rCLYou Never Even Call Me by My Name,rCY written by Steve Goodman and an uncredited John Prine; rCLThe Ride,rCY
and rCLMona Lisa Lost Her Smile.rCY Coe also appeared in a handful of movies, including rCLStagecoachrCY and rCLTake this Job and Shove It,rCY which was named
after his song.

Coe, born in Akron, Ohio, spent time in reformatories as a youngster and served time in an Ohio prison from 1963 to 1967 for possession of burglary tools. He also said he spent time with the Outlaws motorcycle club, but
some tales about his prison time and his personal life have been wildly exaggerated over the years.

rCLIrCOd have never made it through prison without my music,rCY he said in a 1983 interview with The Associated Press. rCLNo one could take it (music)
away from me. They could put me in the hole with nothing to do, but I
could still make up a song in my head.rCY

He recorded his first album, a blues album called rCLPenitentiary Blues,rCY using songs he wrote in prison. He later told reporters that he tried not
to lean too heavily on prison as a song topic because of similarities to
Merle HaggardrCOs backstory, but that his criminal history was all people seemed interested in.

Coe recorded next for Columbia Records and made the album rCLThe Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy,rCY which became his nickname after he performed in a rhinestone suit while wearing a mask.

During the outlaw movement heyday, Coe placed himself at the center of the scene with songs like rCLLonghaired Redneck,rCY which featured lyrics about performing in dive bars, rCLwhere bikers stare at cowboys who are laughing
at the hippies who are praying theyrCOll get out of here alive.rCY

He was featured in the acclaimed documentary about the outlaw country
movement called rCLHeartworn Highways,rCY in which he performed a concert at a Tennessee prison.

Coe, himself heavily tattooed and sporting long hair, claimed a diverse
fan base that included bikers, doctors, lawyers and bankers. His last
record, released in 2006, was a collaboration with Dimebag Darrell and
other former members of the heavy metal group Pantera.

He released two R-rated albums, 1978rC#s rCLNothing SacredrCY and 1982rC#s rCLUnderground Album,rCY that he sold via biker magazines. The songs on these albums have been criticized for being racist, homophobic and sexually explicit. He told rCLBillboardrCY magazine in 2001 that author and songwriter Shel Silverstein convinced him to record the songs he had written,
something he had come to regret.

rCLThose were meant to be sung around the campfire for bikers, and I still donrCOt sing those songs in concert,rCY he said.

In 2016, Coe was ordered to pay the IRS more than $980,000 in restitution
for obstructing the tax agency and was sentenced to three yearsrCO
probation. Court documents say Coe earned income from at least 100
concerts yearly from 2008 through 2013 and either didnrCOt file individual income tax returns or pay taxes when he did file.

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