David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It″ and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has ...

David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working class anthem "Take This Job and Shove It" and had hits with "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" and "The Ride" among others, has ...

The Akron, Ohio native broke out in the early 1970s, after his song, “Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone” topped country charts with Tanya Tucker on vocals.