David Allan Coe

Today’s Country Legend was born September 6 in Akron, Ohio

He was sent to the Starr Commonwealth For Boys reform school at the age of nine, and he spent much of the next two decades in correctional facilities.

He lived in a hearse, parked in front of the Ryman Auditorium while performing on the street.

has battled the IRS, costing him the publishing rights to his compositions,

The Publishing rights to his music, including Johnny Paycheck’s Take this Job and Shove It, were sold in Bankruptcy proceedings in 1984.

Today’s Country Legend is David Allan Coe