Editing David Allan Coe (section)

=== Later career (1990–present) ===
[[File:David Allan Coe (5454565631).jpg|thumb|Coe performing in [[Foxboro, Massachusetts]] in 2011]]

In 1990, Coe reissued his independent albums ''Nothing Sacred'' and ''Underground Album'' on compact disc, as well as the compilation ''18 X-Rated Hits''.<ref name=Netherland/> Throughout the 1990s, Coe had a successful career as a concert performer in the United States and Europe.<ref name=Brennan/> In 1999, Coe met [[Pantera]] guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], and the two musicians, struck by the similarity of the approaches between country and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], agreed to work together, and began production on an album.<ref name=Leroy/><ref name=Legett/>  

In 2000, Coe toured as the opening act for [[Kid Rock]]. That same year, ''[[The New York Times]]'' published an article by journalist [[Neil Strauss]], who described the material on ''Nothing Sacred'' and ''Underground Album'' as "among the most racist, misogynist, homophobic, and obscene songs recorded by a popular songwriter".<ref name=Strauss>{{cite news |title=Songwriter's Racist Songs From 1980's Haunt Him |author=Neil Strauss |date=September 4, 2000 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/04/arts/songwriter-s-racist-songs-from-1980-s-haunt-him.html |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref>  Coe maintains that he wrote to Strauss during the writing of the article, but the journalist did not acknowledge any interaction between the two, only stating that Coe's manager refused to speak on the record.<ref name=Netherland/><ref name=Strauss/> Coe denied accusations of racism, stating that the songs in question were intended as ribald satire inspired by his friendship with [[Shel Silverstein]], and furthermore noting that the drummer in his band in 2000 was a black man.<ref name=Netherland/>

In 2003, Coe wrote a song for Kid Rock, "Single Father", which appeared on Kid Rock's [[Kid Rock (album)|self-titled album]], and was released as a single, which peaked at number 50 on the ''Billboard'' [[Billboard charts|Country Singles chart]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kid Rock – ''Kid Rock'' – ''Billboard'' Singles |date=October 5, 2011 |website=AllMusic |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/kid-rock-r663144/charts-awards/billboard-single}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Are ya ready for some country? So's the Kid |newspaper=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |date=October 7, 2004 |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADSB&s_site=azstarnet&f_site=azstarnet&f_sitename=Arizona+Daily+Star%2C+The+%28AZ%29&p_multi=ADSB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10603E0CE24CF87B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=October 5, 2011 |quote=the miseries of single parenting on the Coe-copenned "Single Father."}}</ref>  ''[[Rebel Meets Rebel]]'', with [[Dimebag Darrell]], [[Vinnie Paul]], and [[Rex Brown]], recorded sporadically between 1999 and 2003, was released in 2006, two years after [[Columbus nightclub shooting|Darrell's murder]].<ref name=Leroy>{{cite magazine |title=Coe Revisits Penitentiary |author=Dan Leroy |date=July 14, 2005 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coe-revisits-penitentiary-20050714 |access-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-date=November 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124082228/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/coe-revisits-penitentiary-20050714 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=Legett>{{cite web |title=Rebel Meets Rebel |website=AllMusic |author=Steve Leggett |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rebel-meets-rebel-p771849/biography |access-date=August 21, 2011}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] described it as a "groundbreaking" [[Country rock|country metal]] album.<ref name=Frye/>

In the 2006 video "[[God's Gonna Cut You Down]]", Coe introduces Johnny Cash as the Man in Black. The video, directed by [[Tony Kaye (director)|Tony Kaye]], was released in connection with Cash's cover of the song in ''[[American V: A Hundred Highways]]''.

In 2017, he was featured singing "Take This Job" on the album ''Baptized in Bourbon'' by the [[Moonshine Bandits]]. He also sings in the video.<ref>{{cite web |first=Lisa |last=Konicki |date=March 8, 2017 |title=David Allan Coe Returns to "Shawshank" Prison to Film Video for "Take This Job" with Moonshine Bandits" |newspaper=NashCountry Daily |url=http://www.nashcountrydaily.com/2017/03/08/david-allan-coe-returns-to-shawshank-prison-to-film-video-for-take-this-job-with-moonshine-bandits/}}</ref> In 2024, he and [[Hank Williams III]] collaborated with [[Hardy (singer)|Hardy]] on Hardy’s song “Live Forever”.