David Alan Coe: 82 years of being way fucking cooler than you.

Today is David Alan Coe’s 82nd birthday, and seeing how he’s way fucking cooler than all of us combined, let’s wish him a happy birthday and many more years of being the badass outlaw he is.

For the uninitiated, David Allan Coe has always been known in the country music industry as the ‘outlaw’s outlaw.’ With his eccentric personality, rebellious music, and unconventional lifestyle, he won himself thousands of fans, but it was also exactly why he still did not break through to mainstream success. Nevertheless, at 82 and five decades of music career, he remains an iconic and influential name in the industry. And if you don’t know how badass and controversial David Allan Coe is yet, then dig into this list of 10 D.A.C. facts >