David Allan Coe's Lost Son Finally Speaks Out
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David Allan Coe’s son shares his emotional journey of growing up without a relationship with his famous father.
For the first time on Drifting Cowboy, David Allan Coe’s son shares the deeply personal and heartbreaking story of growing up without a relationship with his famous father and spending years hoping for the chance to finally connect with him.David Allan Coe became one of the most controversial, influential and unmistakable figures in outlaw country music, writing and recording songs that helped define an era. But behind the music, fame and legendary stories was a complicated family life that few people outside the Coe family ever truly knew.In this emotional conversation, David Allan Coe’s son opens up about discovering who his father was, what it was like knowing his dad was a famous country singer while having virtually no relationship with him, and his attempts to finally make contact. He shares how Johnny Knoxville and a documentary project brought him closer than ever to reaching his father — only for him to open Facebook weeks later and discover that David Allan Coe had died.He also shares his perspective on the complicated relationships surrounding David Allan Coe during the final years of his life, the obstacles he says existed between David and members of his family, and…
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