This is a double-CD audio book that
David Allan Coe, the king of country outlaws, recorded in 1997. This picks up where
Coe's autobiography left off. And this is the no-holds-barred story of
Coe's life from the late '70s up until that time. All the stories are here, the tales of abuses, fame, power, wife beating, being beaten, broken marriages, children reared and responsibility, struggles with the IRS, lawsuits, ripoffs inside and outside the music biz, betrayals, family alcoholism, bad craziness, poor business and relationship decisions, and most of all, acceptance of personal flaws, mistakes, and accomplishments. According to
Coe, "Right is right and wrong is wrong, but you have to stand for somethin' or you'll fall for anything."
Coe comes off not as a complainer, not as a boaster, not as the outlaw braggart who was sometimes
the Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy and sometimes
David Allan Coe in concert, but as a man who has done virtually everything and lived to tell about it, who is grateful for what he has, and is bemused by the things stolen from him, whether they be money, songs, women, reputation, etc.