Editing David Allan Coe (section)

== Biography ==
Coe was born in [[Akron, Ohio]],<ref name="Brennan" /> on September 6, 1939.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Allan Coe |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/david-allan-coe-p1560/charts-awards/billboard-singles/peak_pos-asc |access-date=August 21, 2011 |website=AllMusic}}</ref> His favorite singer as a child was [[Johnny Ace]].<ref name=Sullivan>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/15/twisted-tales-david-allan-coe-takes-the-outlaw-country-lifestyl/ |title=Twisted Tales: David Allan Coe Takes the Outlaw Country Lifestyle to the Extreme |author=James Sullivan |date=January 15, 2010 |publisher=Spinner |access-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-date=September 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921054215/http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/15/twisted-tales-david-allan-coe-takes-the-outlaw-country-lifestyl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> After being sent to the Starr Commonwealth for Boys reform school at the age of nine, he spent much of the next two decades in correctional facilities, including three years at the [[Ohio Penitentiary]]. Coe said he received encouragement to begin writing songs from [[Screamin' Jay Hawkins]], with whom he had spent time in prison.<ref name=Leroy />

After concluding another prison term in 1967, Coe embarked on a music career in Nashville, living in a [[hearse]], which he parked in front of the [[Ryman Auditorium]] while he performed on the street. He caught the attention of [[Shelby Singleton]], owner of the independent record label [[Plantation Records]] and signed a contract with his label.<ref name=Brennan>{{cite book |author=Sandra Brennan |others=[[Michael Erlewine]] | title=All Music Guide to Country |year=1997 |isbn=0-87930-475-8 |pages=95–96 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }}</ref> Coe is a retired member of the [[Louisville, Kentucky]], chapter of the [[Outlaws Motorcycle Club]].<ref>[https://www.countrythangdaily.com/david-allan-coe/ 10 Badass David Allan Coe Facts You Should Know] countrythangdaily.com (March 27, 2022) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002210608/https://www.countrythangdaily.com/david-allan-coe/ |date=October 2, 2022 }}</ref><ref name=Nash>{{Cite book|title = Behind Closed Doors: Talking with the Legends of Country Music |first=Alanna |last=Nash |year= 1988 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |isbn=9780815412588 |pages=85}}</ref>

He is the father of Tyler Mahan Coe, the creator of the ''[[Cocaine & Rhinestones]]'' podcast, which chronicles the history of country music. He has four children (Tyler, Tanya, Shyanne, and Carson) with Jody Lynn Coe. <ref name="NYer_Larson_7Mar18">{{cite news |last1=Larson |first1=Sarah |date=7 March 2018 |title="Cocaine & Rhinestones," an Addictive, Sparkling Podcast About Country Music |work=NewYorker.com |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/cocaine-and-rhinestones-an-addictive-sparkling-podcast-about-country-music |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>

According to news sources, in 2007, he owed over $300,000 in child support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/columnists/hoffman/article/Hoffman-Coe-rhymes-with-owe-child-support-1680758.php|title=Hoffman: Coe rhymes with owe — child support|first=Ken|last=Hoffman|date=June 5, 2007|website=Chron|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref>