David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name - Live 1974 Improved Audio

David Allan Coe - You Never Even Called Me By My Name - Live 1974 Improved Audio

[@GRIMACEBUTTMAN]

Now this is a perfect country and western song.

[@NewportBox100s]

distracty distracterson Absolute truth. 🦄🦄🦄

[@estebandavila9971]

Made me laugh. Blessings

[@sshms414]

Best impressionist new to David Allen coe march 2021 and love him

[@shanephillips1730]

Jimmie Rogers

[@calebjones8637]

It ain't the perfect country and western song...cause you ain't said nothin about mama...

[@blainerudy2255]

the quickest way to get an entire bar singing is to play this song on the juke box.

[@MarinCipollina]

Especially if it's a certain kind of dive redneck bikere bar, you know, the kind "Where bikers stare at cowboys, who are laughing at the hippies, who are praying they'll get out of here alive.." The one I used to visit had a sign on the door. "We've LOWERED our standards.. UP YOURS !!"

[@marcuswilkinson3223]

...or "Willin' " by Little Feat... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iH_Up2trmNSsitksi=1R_ZRk-8w2JJ0GAf

[@moniqueaudet7129]

That s fucking country music 2024 no body can sing like him ❤

[@williamsmith8790]

There are no country people left in country music anymore. There’s just pop singers with southern’ish twangs.

[@jameselkin4687]

This guy is blasted and still comes up with an absolutely perfect song!

[@kathleensnow9836]

Written by Steve Goodman in 1971, covered with love and respect by DAC

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

@@kathleensnow9836 Steve and John Prine. RIP Steve. And thank you for all the songs you wrote.

[@joblo6394]

@@TheDriftwoodloverPrine (as I’m sure you know) uncredited, hilariously as per his request 😁

[@robertjarrett1632]

@@TheDriftwoodlover Thank the Lord for Stevie Goodman (City of New Orleans), John Prine, and DAC.

[@JoeSavesGraves]

My parents owned a bar for 15 years in CHICAGO. And this was/is the "BAR SONG" when it came on all the regulars would go crazy. Everyone knows the words to this day. We get into it late. And when someone new is around they are absoutly shocked. Imagine 25 people all jusy knowing a song most havent heard before sadly IMO. EVERY WORD!! HAHA LOVE it. last time was my brothers bday.

[@stpeteaustin]

When I finish building my time machine, I will be going to this show.

[@mridge01]

Can I tag along?

[@bootchop88]

im bringing the coke.

[@stpeteaustin]

@@mridge01 I will need some gas money.

[@stpeteaustin]

@@bootchop88 Sure, a little hash would be nice as well.

[@mridge01]

@@stpeteaustin I’m game, but we’re not using flux capacitor technology?

[@timkooper]

Why don't you ever call me by my FUCKIN NAAAAMEEEE hell yeah. sing it DAC.

[@Brandon-vs1if]

That part is what makes it the perfect country and western song.

[@lukemincey6095]

I laughed my ass off when he said fucking. I would have cried laughing if he would have said mother fucking name.

[@gw6258]

When he said “WHY DON’T YOU EVER CALL ME BY MY FUCKING NAME.” I felt that.

[@tonyborelli.]

gotcha bro. so gotcha

[@ChrisMorris-dq6ti]

I'm a huge fan of DAVID ALLEN COE is real country music not some of this fake country music like they play today

[@ivan01miranda]

Are you saying Florida Georgia Line isn’t real country?? 🤣🤣

[@rutiliomartinez9216]

I totally agree with you!!! These day they’re playing crap on the radio for County music. Ain’t that sad?

[@shawnkennedy2200]

R I G H T ON..

[@motomyrtle]

Steve Goodman wrote it... he did a great performance. He also wrote City of New Orleans. Sadly he died at 36 of leukemia. No telling how many hits he would've written in his lifetime.

[@Red_dead_redemtion]

100% of country nowadays sounds like pop

[@danielshaw8049]

David Allan Coe, at his best. We need more Outlaws in Country Music

[@kurtABC]

hank 3

[@KevXRDuke]

Willie Nelson said something like the most outlaw thing we did was get our car towed.

[@Sirdeezthedirty]

@@KevXRDukeMost likely because he smoked grass and didn’t hit the bottle or people in the face.

[@desertweasel6965]

​@@KevXRDukeDavid Allen Coe is a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club I'd say he probably did some pretty wild stuff in his days. Nah, he's the real deal. I actually know a couple of Outlaws and when David sings " Country DJs knows that I'm an Outlaw" I actually asked if that was true and was told yes, David is definitely an Outlaw, a real Outlaw.

[@dane.2522]

Oh boy, this is music before the liberals and alt right took over Nashville!

[@JamesSheppard-cz1tk]

I was drunk.. the day… my mom.. got out of prison

[@MarthaMyDear6]

This-^^^^

[@micealmccormack8598]

God rest Goodman and Prine. Genius.

[@01trsmar]

This guy kills it!!!! I mean DAVID ALLEN COE kills it,gotta call him by his name!!!!

[@tonyborelli.]

my dad once sat next to him in a bar& they chatted for a WHILE before dad even caught on

[@StevenBertram-pc1to]

What song....Goodman/Prine coming up with the perfect C&W song, thank you both and David foe the delivery!

[@funnrun3399]

I saw a David Allan Coe T-shirt in the speakeasy in Peterborough, Ontario, on George Street, on a man's back. Thank goodness I started listening to David Allan Coe! I love old country music. My parents raised me on Hank Williams Jr., Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Hank Williams Sr., Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson, and many more.

[@mediumdoubledouble9012]

The reason DAC is so damned good is because he just fucking belts out these bangers with such ease. He’s one of the boys 100%

[@whiteyfisk9769]

That Yankee's rebel son

[@larryschmid3834]

He's a real honest to god outlaw with a perfect country voice and he writes some great songs, and still kicking last I heard.

[@mikegayne6639]

This is by far my favorite version of this song

[@jgallagher1359]

this show is off the charts

[@j.4158]

Amazing

[@108adipurusa]

Badass. He called himself a genius and I’ll support that.

[@lavetha27]

The absolute pinnacle of country music, or music of any kind for that matter.

[@DahCrafters]

@COONHUNTER #1 Hell yeah!

[@noirxplorer3185]

Agree

[@lance1480]

@@erikheddergott5514 Ha! That word salad was delightful.

[@erikheddergott5514]

@@lance1480 My autocorrect Machine IS German and it will not except dead. Oh what a Miracle; Now it did!

[@tracykingston9668]

@@erikheddergott5514 English is not your first language, is it champ. lol

[@Frostie-e8g]

Was stationed in TX decades ago. In one of the many dive bars off base, this song was a big hit with everybody, an was in heavy rotation on the juke box. Everytime it played, everybody stopped to sing along.

[@Francis-ur4vz]

Unreal

[@MarthaMyDear6]

I bet you were at Ft Hood, in Temple, Tx!

[@Frostie-e8g]

@@MarthaMyDear6 No. NAS Kingsville, 45 miles as the crow flies, from NAS Corpus Christi. Out in the middle of Bumphuck, TX..

[@Bbqluv7]

Long live them Texas boys

[@danialgillis5251]

@@MarthaMyDear6 .....C Co 1/41 INF 2 A.D. Ft. Hood, Tx...... 11B and 11M10..... Sand Hill, Ft.Benning, GA...... Spirit of the Bayonet...I left Tx. in a hurry and like Ray and Willie say.........🦂

[@TheHokieg]

The closing song almost nightly at the bar/ nightclub I ran down in Larose, LA. It also was the signal to get your girl and get ready to make some serious love.oh yeah, we were usually stoned/drunk out of our minds singing this to the top of our lungs too

[@ryanw3658]

Wild because I was just thinking how this came on a lot in Hammond, La when I was in the bars there. Of course the final song at our bar was always Dinosaur by Hank Jr but this one brings me back to a smoky Louisiana bar as much as any. Well…Maybe “Get Low” by the Ying Yang Twins

[@tommyellenbecker4117]

2024 still listening

[@mikewoodson6930]

Fucking Legend right there. Saw him many many years ago in Ft Worth, TX. RECENTLY, it came to my attention that some no name nobody Casino security guards roughed up DAC. must have been 10 years ago, all the same, there was a time he could damn sure stand his ground. Taking advantage of elders is never good. Especially someone like DAC.

[@cigarr3870]

That makes me uncomfortably angry. DAC is the very soul of outlaw country, without him it wouldn't exist. Time was it would take 4-5 to have the balls to ask him to leave.

[@brandonbell5357]

Does he like us blacks

[@todrickmon5243]

If you're a man and you stand on your own feet Make your own Way in this world vineyard that he likes you color doesn't matter when it comes to that bein big fan me years ago in mountain home Arkansas I was 17 and 54 now it's still a fan

[@ryankoehler3170]

This and He stopped loving her today are the two finest songs written and recorded.

[@dieselfeesul4928]

Dude, that's the song I just listened to before this one. So fucking true

[@mwofhdtruthmuzik_hd6088]

If your lyin im fuckin dyin brother.

[@mvs784]

LYNYRD SKYNRD > BALLARD OF CURTIS LOWE ?

[@pixieduster]

You have impeccable taste in music.

[@jenniferggreer457]

back in the day, i burned a CD for my huband with this song and he stopped loving her today, along with 10 others. usually these are the only two songs he ever listened to on that CD......as a matter of fact, i'd usually listen to only those two!!! great songs!

[@paulengle9245]

2022. This is still the greatest Country song of all time. Thank you, David Allan FUCKING Coe!

[@brandonbell5357]

Watch the fuckin swearing lol

[@alanoneill3065]

@@brandonbell5357 Thats feckin outrageous

[@MarthaMyDear6]

Goddamn I LOVE David Allen Coe!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😊

[@alanoneill3065]

@@MarthaMyDear6 he gets better with time

[@brandonbell5357]

@@MarthaMyDear6 fuckin a

[@Rand_al_Thor372]

That's gotta be the Longhorn Ballroom cuz he says Dallas, Texas at the end & the Longhorn was in its heydey in 74. The Sex Pistols would play there 4 years later right after Merle Haggard played there.

[@DahCrafters]

They turned the longhorn into a spaceship

[@axehound3718]

Bambino This lights make me sick

[@Purple_soda9x9x9]

Is there footage of this

[@saltysouthernmomma9354]

A classic! SOLID COUNTRY GOLD!

[@doughoch6220]

The most real country song on the planet Earth 🌎 belongs in the Hall of Fame

[@k20fa5]

One of the greatest country songs ever!

[@shawnkennedy2200]

E V E R!!

[@JustinSpakable]

The backup singers make this version incredible. Thank you for the upload

[@kleverich]

Why don't you ever call me by my fucking name?

[@carolynscott3156]

Saw him at the White Elephant Saloon in Ft. Worth in the 80's and he sang the lyrics at the end 'I wonder why you don't ball me, you never even called me by my name' the crowd went wild!

[@fangzout8543]

DAC is my drinking buddy. This song plays I drink.

[@ryankoehler3170]

This is by far the greatest country song of all time. Along with George Jones song

[@robertdereak3572]

Monday group on Facebook David had Covid at 81 I sure hope the man pulls out of it he's a tough man but so is that crap my prayers go out to him cause there will never be another DAC !!

[@Hey_its_isaac]

@@robertdereak3572 well he did and he’s kicking ass once again!

[@violetmcguire4167]

I love this song!!! David it'll never get old. 🤠👢💜☘️

[@wildwillmor]

What makes this even cooler is that this performance is from before the song was released in 1975.

[@rickymcswain7549]

David Allan Coe my favorite !

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

Really? Cool indeed. Thanks.

[@brianrobison5871]

Nice observation.

[@guilhermebahia6050]

This show is actually in 1975

[@robertbottemuller7475]

Now this was country music

[@bencooper1764]

Anyone wanna get drunk as fuck and keep this on repeat?

[@lorettaeblen8410]

😮😮😮😮😮

[@sadsackkvisling9694]

My neighbors know the lyrics now.

[@mankind2112]

"Why don't you ever call me by my Fuckin' naaaaaaaaaaaame" Love it!

[@ChrisMorris-dq6ti]

I'm a huge fan of DAVID ALLEN COE

[@robertdereak3572]

Absolutely Love D.A.C. music in 76 I was 11 didn't know his music till the early 80s an still listen today,ch🍻rs to you David Allen Coe!!

[@susanrodgers9222]

Nice to hear REAL country!

[@thetreblerebel]

Look at that Les Paul Custom..❤

[@wrenchhead4378]

Hell yea..

[@dionst.michael5818]

Ugh, I know right. Just drool worthy

[@OmegaVideoGameGod]

David always had a perfect voice :)

[@patrickfrazier864]

Well, it was all That I could do to keep from crying' Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore Even though you're on my fighting' side And I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name Well, I've heard my name A few times in your phone book (hello, hello) And I've seen it on signs where I've played But the only time I know I'll hear "David Allan Coe" Is when Jesus has his final judgment day So I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song And he told me it was the perfect country & western song I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song And I felt obliged to include it on this album The last verse goes like this here Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train And I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain, no But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me Well, I wonder why you don't call me Why don't you ever call me by my name

[@rosemarydaughter]

Love this SONG*...saw him in Concert many, many years ago at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis, Missouri* STILL..hold this as one of the Finest Country Western songs EVER made!!!

[@smoothoperator32]

His songs will definitely live on after he's gone

[@moniqueaudet7129]

Love David Allan Coe They gone put you on the Map when you left this world You gone be so popular watch out ❤

[@keepyour2cents218]

Charlie Pride 🇺🇸✊🏽✊🏿✊🏾✊🏾✊🏼✊

[@ChrisMorris-dq6ti]

DAVID ALLEN COE is real country music not some of this fake country music like they play today

[@Francis-ur4vz]

Underrated and um from Scotland he’s a legend man has some real lyrics and doesn’t talk pish

[@alanoneill3065]

he originated FAKE

[@alanoneill3065]

@@Francis-ur4vz gid ye listen tae the wurds?

[@mcwrench45]

STILL near the Top of my List of Best Ever Country Songs..... 40 years and tickin'.....

[@brandonbell5357]

Quit drinking you'll get 40 more

[@pefawa]

The best performance of this song I've ever heard..!!

[@NeldaRingsborg-io2ly]

NAMEDROPPER CHIMNEY ROCK EVERY FRIDAY NOTE. TO HEAR RON AND JIMMY COLEMAN SING. DAVID ALLAN COE❤❤❤😂

[@rgjerde53]

Steve Goodman wrote this song, a good Chicagoan and Cubs fan. He died way too young. He also wrote "City of New Orleans", recorded by Woodie Guthrie and covered by Willie Nelson -- which you need to listen to, if you haven't already. It's sad to think of all the great songs Steve would have written, that we will never hear, because he was taken too soon. I guess it's true, only the good die young.

[@alanoneill3065]

ARLO Guthrie

[@rgjerde53]

Oops! You are absolutely correct. Arlo is Woodie's son. Thanks.@@alanoneill3065

[@thorzzz1z]

Goodman and John Prine wrote it

[@ChrisMorris-dq6ti]

I'm a huge fan of DAVID ALLEN COE is real country music not some of this fake country music like they play today

[@RenegadeBeef]

Boy, he’s definitely just speeding down the line… 😂😂😂

[@andaolsen1539]

brilliant! took me years to know he was doing the voices of Haggard & Charlie Pride, etc

[@davidholton9667]

So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song. Hello

[@davidhowald4120]

oh man....that is a country song if ever there was one. thanks DAC.

[@paguga6092]

Best version ever

[@damageincorporatedmetal43v73]

Yeah, so I miss Anna &Tater. I had a neighbor across the street try to call me racist... Mam if you know me I'm nothing like that. When you were a baby. We used to listen to Joe Cocker together, mam... You were my little Lady... I sure hope you, 're not being treated badly like that. I've heard about & met some of the guys you used to date. No mam, I'm not perving on you; just ask Grandpa.

[@MF-hz6xx]

Sometimes i absolutely love the internet.

[@pinheadjohnny5190]

I want the hat guy's job.....LOL.

[@tracykingston9668]

Good work if you can get it.

[@gaiterat6187]

You're not qualified.

[@keithhakanson6520]

Saw him in a small club in the early 90s great show.

[@steveskrobot5992]

There was Hank Williams, then there was Johnny Cash, but David Allan Coe is country for all people. The greatest of them all. I think that even David Bowie, who hated country, might have been won over had he heard David's body of work.

[@Varig0270]

Jesus he is 35 here and looks 45

[@GleepGalkerRecords]

Nah he looks his age

[@robinsymonds5353]

Shit I got drunk my mom got out of prison too

[@Meandwinnifred]

Me and my pupper dog here in 2024 🙋🏻‍♀️🐶

[@richardlawson6787]

An alien comes to earth...asks what's country music...we played this

[@beavishawk1]

Where from?

[@axehound3718]

Did they like it and share some space grass?

[@melliemac5617]

The aliens would recognize him. DAC is from another planet for sure. Earth has been blessed to have him a while, that’s all.

[@daviddeaton1575]

A true legend This man has been there and done it folks

[@victoriarachelle89]

How can you put this guy up there as a legend when people knows what he is. A writer not. Oh maybe 2 songs to boot. Other then that a floating druggie. He lied constantly to make himself look good. So please dont put him up there with merle george jones marty waylon hank and so on.

[@Sam-fc8ik]

@@victoriarachelle89 He’s done it as good as any of them can’t hold his lifestyle against him

[@jonbronaugh170]

​@victoriarachelle89 I mean let's be honest, he truly was an Outlaw... literally.

[@catpastor]

God I love David Allan Coe, and that’s it

[@strokerace4765]

Bet you a dollar Steve Goodman never sang “why don’t you call me by my fucking name!!”

[@jeffreyjacobs390]

ACTUALLY it was composed by STEVE GOODMAN & JOHN PRINE ...... more over by Steve ,,,, but, there ya go. GBjj

[@botabor3392]

Butch her dont,like bikers

[@taradeleeuw2344]

Trains,trucks and prison

[@iamelvisman68]

If anyone here doesn't know about Steve goodman do yourself a favor and look into him..

[@DH-xm3hc]

So glad I got to see DAC in the '70's ✌️❤️🌼

[@reddyfreddy]

Jez is he higher than a kite! the band cant figure out the timing or the verse

[@tracykingston9668]

LOL

[@alwayssearching1882]

When country music mattered.

[@airborneassasin]

Well, it was all That I could do to keep from crying' Sometimes it seemed so useless to remain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name You don't have to call me Waylon Jennings And you don't have to call me Charlie Pride And you don't have to call me Merle Haggard anymore Even though you're on my fighting' side And I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name Well, I've heard my name A few times in your phone book (hello, hello) And I've seen it on signs where I've played But the only time I know I'll hear "David Allan Coe" Is when Jesus has his final judgment day So I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me by my name Well, a friend of mine named Steve Goodman wrote that song And he told me it was the perfect country & western song I wrote him back a letter and I told him it was not the perfect country & western song Because he hadn't said anything at all about mama Or trains, or trucks, or prison, or getting' drunk Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the song and he sent it to me And after reading it I realized that my friend had written the perfect country & western song And I felt obliged to include it on this album The last verse goes like this here Well, I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison And I went to pick her up in the rain But before I could get to the station in my pickup truck She got run over by a damned old train And I'll hang around as long as you will let me And I never minded standing' in the rain, no But you don't have to call me darlin', darlin' You never even called me Well, I wonder why you don't call me Why don't you ever call me by my name Source: LyricFind Songwriters: Steve Goodman You Never Even Called Me by My Name lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

[@taradeleeuw2344]

Writing songs

[@smeagolmazurenko5238]

All these bastards playing country on les Paul's. Where did we lose our way?

[@Sam-fc8ik]

DAC is so country he can do what he wants

[@kevinpratt4479]

Corporations took over the record companies then bought all the radio stations that's how

[@Colinshreds69]

Let alone a alpine with gibson Les Paul custom 🤣 he’s the goat tho and I mean it

[@smeagolmazurenko5238]

​@@Colinshreds69 lmao country on the neck pickup of an alpine LP Custom. As baller as it gets.

[@georgesalmas4582]

This man is the real deal.

[@JClaus1221]

The Outlaw all the other Outlaws couldn't stand and made fun of. Treated him like absolute shit to his face, and talked about him behind his back. He took it all and never got angry or cross at any of them, but the rest of the world has paid for it ever since.

[@travisb2654]

Let's find the 7 who give er the thumbs down 🤜

[@victoriarachelle89]

One will be me ty

[@temarikel8674]

Git a rope...

[@murph3001]

Why. What would you do. I guess your opinion is the only one that counts. You are as they say ____ A Gavone

[@rhondadeck306]

❤ Never even called me by my fucking name 😂love DAC seen him back in the 80s 🎉had a blast. I just call them baby that way, I don't even call them by their fucking name 😂😂 or any other name 😂 This song will make you want to sing no matter what ❤

[@peopleschamp9502]

Thank you!

[@wrenchhead4378]

With a beautiful les paul custom

[@bw548]

Love D.A.C? Listen to Joe Wortell's new album "Vacations in Florida" out now on all major streaming platforms!

[@tommyellenbecker4117]

Blemish both

[@ChrisMorris-dq6ti]

I'm a huge fan DAVID ALLEN COE

[@cherylcovington4144]

This was our "Tree Song" at the "Wranger" back in the 80's in Nashville! We All Loved it! It got Everyone on the dance floor dancing in line around the "tree" in the middle of the dance floor!! Such Great Memories!!💕

[@NewportBox100s]

Absolute classic country drip 🦄🦄🦄

[@christopherwharton6022]

‘Pote shotes

[@skullivanfranklin4117]

Lone Star Beer 🍺!!

[@paulgarduno3127]

I love Lone Star Beer. Here in San Antonio Texas. Hell yeah.!!

[@codymccormick7317]

The perfect country western singer.

[@rutiliomartinez9216]

This song is the greatest western and country song on my list!!!! True Country song are hard to find anymore.

[@MarinCipollina]

Boy !! You got that right !... I don't recognize the weak lame-ass garbage that passes for C&W these days.. Hank Jr kinda sums it up in his song "Those Days Are Gone" from a couple years back..

[@sartainja]

DAC ~ UNIQUE = being the only one of its kind; unlike anything else.

[@alkholos]

David Allan Coe: The reddest redneck of them all, capable of the vilest vitriol unfit for print anywhere. Great singer though, and too damn mean to die.

[@Zipper696969]

Well, seems we are distant cousins, many times removed, I sing his songs and I'm a baritone, so, I'm happy when folks ask me "Is your middle name Allan?"

[@Jay388]

"The Perfect Country & Western Song '🤠👍👍