Some Thursday Reads

 Obit:  Country singer/songwriter David Allan Coe, 86, has died, his wife announced.

He was best known for the hit, "Take This Job and Shove It."

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He did concert tours with Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Neil Young and others. He wrote “Take This Job and Shove It,” a hit by Johnny Paycheck in 1977, and “Would You Lay With Me (in a Field of Stone),” a hit by Tanya Tucker in 1974. He was also the first country singer to record “Tennessee Whiskey,” penned by Dean Dillon and Linda Hargrove, that has since become a genre standard and hits for George Jones and Chris Stapleton.

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It has always been about the grift with these antifeminist hypocrites.

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Obit I missed from a month ago:  Chip Taylor, 86,  musician and songwriter best remembered for his song, "Wild Thing," which were notably recorded by both the Troggs and by Jimi Hendrix, passed away in late March of cancer.  His real name was James Voight, and he was the brother of the actor, Jon Voight.

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He was born James Wesley Voight in Yonkers, New York, the son of Elmer and his wife, Barbara, a teacher and swimming instructor. He had two older brothers, Barry Voight, later an eminent geologist, and the future Hollywood star Jon Voight. Chip would become uncle to Jon’s children, Angelina Jolie and James Haven, who both pursued acting careers.

He described how “we were brought up to think there was nothing we couldn’t do,” and recalled how he felt inspired to pursue music when his parents took him to see the Hollywood musical My Wild Irish Rose when he was about seven. “I was just mesmerised by the music,” he remembered. “I felt, that night, that something changed in me.” He began soaking up blues and country music from the radio, and briefly tried playing the violin before switching to ukulele, “which later would make it easier for me to learn guitar”.