David Allan Coe
Colin Escott, Hackmart/Shout Factory! Records, May 2005
"I ALWAYS FIGURED David's stories were about ninety-two percent bullshit, but it made for good promotion," said record producer Shelby Singleton...who knew the value of not just good press, but any press.
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