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The Fanclub Needs Your Help!
The following is quoted from the December
1997 newsletter:
"We need to expand the fan club...We would
like for all members to try and get at least one person to join the fan
club this year.
Anyone you get to join should mention your
name as the reason they are joining.
If you are an overseas member and you know
of any country festivals that are coming up this summer, please let us
know. We want to tour Europe again this year and have lost our contacts
since we worked through Mervin Conn and he is out of the business."
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I, like I have always done, highly encourage
anyone who is not already a member to become a member of the Fanclub.
A yearly membership is only $12.00 and includes an autographed 8x10, a
bumper sticker, and the highly informative newsletter. If you do
take my advice and join please mention my name, Jeff Womack also known
as CoeFan, and this web site, David Allan Coe The Original Country
Outlaw.
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New Audio Book
David has recently recorded an audio book, another
first for him! After writing a new book a friend suggested that David
record it, and he agreed. Personal is mostly about
his recent divorce with Jody Lynn and his childhood experiences and should
provide us more ensite to this man who is so complex. No word on
when it will be available.
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Songwriting Royalties
In the December 1997 issue of the Fan Club Newsletter,
which you hopefully already receive, it was reported that all new songs
written by David are now owned by David! Due to past problems with
the IRS, David had lost all of his rights to royalties to his classic hits.
This is great news for David!
Coe
In Studio, Again!
David Allan Coe is once again in the studio recording
his tribute album to Johnny Cash. No word on when it will be available.
King Records is releasing this album, it is a follow-up to his Hank Williams
tribute.
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Country
Weekly Magazine Does Article!
The September 2nd edition of Country Weekly
has a three page article about our favorite artist! It is a great article
with a lot of new info we didn't know about and some shots of inside his
bus. The article mentions that he has a new book, This
is...David Allan Coe, due out soon. Also mentioned
is the October 2nd filming of a movie which he will star in with Willie
Nelson. No details about the movie were available. |
New
Album In July!
As you may already know
David recently recorded a brand new live album for Sony/Lucky Dog Records
entitled, "IF THAT AIN'T COUNTRY".
The album was recorded at the world famous
Billy Bob's nightclub in Texas and will include 15 songs. The album is
in final production and should be on local record store shelves within
the next few weeks! This is the first major label release from David in
a few years and it is important for all of us to rush out and buy it as
soon as it comes out.
Track Listing:
Talkin' to the Blues
Soul Shine
Willie, Waylon, and Me
Ghost of Hank Williams
There's No Holes in These Hands
Desperate Man
Long Haired Redneck
Jack Daniels, If You Please
Take This Job and Shove It
The Ride
You Never Even Call Me By My Name
Would You Lay With Me
When I Was A Young Man
If That Ain't Country, Part II
Son of the South
David
Needs Your Help
If there is a night club in your area that seats 500 people
or more and they bring in Country acts, contact the club owner or manager
and tell them to bring David Allan Coe in! If they are interested in booking
David, have them contact Bill Quisenberry at (615) 254-6999 and he will
go over all the particulars with them.
Divorce,
Part II
As reported earlier David and Jody are in the process of
getting a divorce. If seems that David's female fans are applying to become
the next Mrs. David Allan Coe. In the June edition of the fan club newsletter
there is an article about all the women who have bombarded David with marriage
offers! In the article David states that that he has no intention on taking
a new mail-order bride anytime soon! A funny side note to this; apparently
some of the letters have included nude pictures of the ladies!
Divorce
After 11 years of marriage, David and Jody Lynn have agreed
to a divorce. Jody will keep the children and will no longer run the fan
club and merchandising business. All the fan club members will miss her
personal style in writing the newsletter.
New
Record To Be Released April 22
TeeVee Records will release a 'new' record entitled, 20
Road Music Hits, on April 22. I do not know which songs will
be included, but you can order it here.
Another
Coe Song To Be Recorded
The Ride will be sung by John Anderson on an upcoming
Hank Williams tribute album. Reportedly, David is not very happy that he
was not asked to perform one of his biggest hits. On the other hand maybe
it will bring in some new fans.
David
Signs With
Lucky Dog / Sony Records
Sony Music has announced that they will give their Nashville
division more independence from the corporate headquarters and will call
this 'new' division, Lucky Dog Records. What does this mean to us? Well,
David has recently finished recording his first live album ever, under
the new Lucky Dog label. A release date has not been set yet, sorry. The
album will have fifteen songs including:
Talkin' To The Blues
Soul Shine
Willie, Waylon, and Me
Ghost of Hank Williams
There's No Holes In These Hands
Desperate Man
Jack Daniel's If You Please
Longhaired Redneck
Take This Job And Shove It
The Ride
You Never Even Called Me By My Name
Would You Lay With Me
When I Was A Young Man
If That Ain't Country, Part II
Son Of The South
New
Tattoos
David has decided to cover all his old tattoos (some were
from his prison days) recently with the help of a tattoo artist named Squench
from Jackson Mississippi. Although his old tattoos were beautiful works
of art, Squench managed to create equally beautiful new masterpieces. According
to the fan clun newsletter, this is part of David's letting go of the past
and starting a new future!
X-Rated
Albums Re-Released
From a flier sent out by the fan club:
"Due to recent bootleg versions of David Allan Coe's
two X-rated albums being sold on CD's without David being paid and without
his permission, David has decided to release 18 songs from the X-rated
albums as a collector's item on D.A.C. Records. He will not agree to using
his name on the records or to promote their sale and he has made them put
on the CD that he will not perform any of these songs in public. The albums
were made a long time ago and there are laws that put you in jail for singing
those songs in public and David has already served all the time he cares
to. We at the Fan Club have approached Bruce Smith at D.A.C. Records and
made a deal with him to allow David's Fan Club member's a special price.
The CD will sell at concerts for $50.00 and the cassettes for $30.00. Fan
club members can order from us at the cost of $40.00+postage for CDs and
$20.00+postage for the cassettes, you will be limited to 5 each per member.
Therefore, if you have friends that want the CD or Cassette you can get
the money from them and order all at once."
Cassette - $20.00 + $5.00 Postage
Compact Disc - $40.00 + $5.00 Postage
or for non-members (why wouldn't you join?)
Cassette - $30.00 + $5.00 Postage
Compact Disc - $50.00 + $5.00 Postage
Order from:
Special Products
DAC (X-Rated)
PO Box 270188
Nashville TN 37227-0188
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