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    • Sep 6, 1939
    David Allan Coe is born in Akron, Ohio, an event he calls "the first of a long line of crimes I was to be convicted for" in his autobiography. He pens "Take This Job And Shove It" and "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)," and records "The Ride" and the "perfect country & western song," "You Never Even Called Me By My Name"
    Sep 13, 1956
    Seventeen-year-old David Allan Coe is discharged from the Army
    Sep 5, 1958
    David Allan Coe is released from Chillicothe Reformatory in Ohio after serving two years for stealing a car
    Oct 22, 1963
    David Allan Coe begins serving a four-year prison sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary, for car theft, possession of obscene materials and possession of burglary tools. He later claims he killed a fellow inmate during his incarceration
    Nov 2, 1967
    David Allan Coe finishes a four-year sentence at the Ohio State Penitentiary. He was found guilty of possessing burglary tools
    Sep 8, 1971
    The Tennessee State Prison holds a country show for the first time with performances by Faron Young, Tommy Overstreet, Brian Collins and David Allan Coe
    Aug 28, 1973
    Tanya Tucker records "Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)" in Nashville. While songwriter David Allan Coe attends the session, his car is stolen from the Columbia Studio parking lot
    Dec 25, 1973
    Steve Goodman and his wife, Nancy, host a Christmas dinner party at their home in Chicago for a handful of friends. They include David Allan Coe, who hears "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" for the first time
    Jan 18, 1974
    David Allan Coe records Guy Clark's "Desperados Waiting For A Train" in a midday session at Nashville's Columbia Studio B. The song becomes a hit for Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson in 1985
    Mar 30, 1974
    Tanya Tucker hits #1 on the Billboard country singles chart with "Would Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)," written by David Allan Coe
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