HUFFPOST - David Allan Coe, Who Wrote 'Take This Job And Shove It' And Other Country Hits, Dies At 86
The singer, who wrote the blue-collar anthem “Take This Job and Shove It,'' created a singing career after a stint in prison.
The singer, who wrote the blue-collar anthem “Take This Job and Shove It,'' created a singing career after a stint in prison.
'He was a true outlaw and a great singer'
Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other chart-topping hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.
Outlaw country singer-songwriter David Allan Coe, who wrote the blue-collar anthem "Take This Job and Shove It'' and created a singing career after a stint in prison, has died