in this episode of the icons of MC culture we talk about an outlaws MC one percenter
Legendary Outlaw country icon and I'm talking about David Allen Coe and we also talk about
the legendary Danny Trejo the actor you know him From Dusk Till Dawn all the biggest movies you've
seen his face on that screen and what do they have in common this thing about what's called
MC culture and we get into it on this episode a Demons Row TV and oh yeah we ghostin baby
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big shout out to the ghosts and the ghostettes welcome to Demons Row TV the Holy Grail of MC
culture where we cover everything motorcycle and Motorcycle Club involved I'm sose the ghost I'm
your host for the evening and today we're going to talk about two more icons in this series called
icons of MC culture if you didn't see the other episode we did about Cano of the pagans MC and
Junior the two-time national president of the Mongols MC that'll be linked in the description
let me know in the comments legends that you feel should be featured on the next up and
coming episodes of this series but today we're going to talk about two legendary figures don't
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www.demonsrow.com and let's set this off with the legend of Outlaw Country David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe is a retired member of The Outlaws motorcycle club he was with the Outlaws MC chapter
in Louisville Kentucky but was also well known for riding with the Outlaws in Florida Coe's
path to country music stardom was difficult born on September 6 1939 in Akron Ohio he came from a
broken home because of his early anti-social attitude he was sent to a reformed School in
Michigan when he was nine years old Cole spent most of his youth in several similar facilities
every time he was released he managed to do something to get incarcerated again his early
crimes included possession of burglary tools and car theft eventually at the age of 20 Cole
began a series of prison terms in the Ohio State Penitentiary during one of these he killed the
fellow inmate who made a homosexual Advance towards him despite a possible self-defense
motive in the incident Cole was sentenced to death while on death row he was reunited with his foster
father who had also been convicted of murder Cole had found the time during his various prison terms
to learn to play the guitar and he and his foster father occupied themselves by writing
songs before their sentences could be carried out Ohio repealed the death penalty and Cole's
term was commuted to life thus reprieved he began to take an even greater interest in his music and
was allowed to perform for his fellow inmates this constructive activity made the parole board look
favorably upon Co in a freedom in 1967 he headed straight for Nashville Tennessee he slept in his
old car and sang and played for food Cole tried to sell the songs he had written in prison his lyrics
reflected his experiences and were often seen as too raw and harshly realistic for country music
even so he was soon signed to the small SSS label and released his debut album The aptly titled
Penitentiary Blues it was not a popular success but it was see favorable notice for Many Music
critics two singles from Penitentiary Blues got a fair amount of Air Play Tobacco Road and two-tone
Brown coal switch to the plantation label during the early 1970s recording a spoof called how high
is the Watergate Martha and a minor hit keep those big wheels running but he received his first major
attention when other artists began recording his compositions many famous country singers had
gradually began adding cold songs to their albums or performing them in concerts when his would you
would lay with me in a field of stone was selected for one of Tanya Tucker's albums the tune became a
huge hit for the young Tucker in 1973 and major record companies noticed its composer one such
company was Columbia Records which asked Cole for some demo tapes satisfied with what he provided
Columbia signed him and co-released his first major album The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy
quickly followed by the mysterious rhinestone own Cowboy Rides Again ironically his first Smash Hit
1975's you've never been called me by my name was not one of his own compositions but rather Steve
Goodman's something of a novelty the song featured Coe's imitations of various famous country singers
including Merle Haggard and Charlie Pride but it might not have fared as well with fans without the
last verse that co-atted apparently Goodman had told him that you never was the perfect country
song Co allegedly replied that Goodman had left out several elements essential for making that
claim getting drunk rain prison trains trucks and Mama so cold through the mall into a final verse
which described being drunk while driving his pickup truck through the rain to get his mother
who had just gotten out of prison unfortunately he arrives to find out that she has just been run
over by a train Cole's follow-up hit was a 1976 long-haired redneck which satirized the trials of
a performer whose image does not fit the public expectation of what a country singer should be
though he released other singles during the late 1970s such as Willy Whalen and me and if this is
just the game perhaps one of the greatest triumphs is when Johnny Paycheck recorded his composition
Take This Job and Shove It the tool struck a chord where many fans and received the Grammy
nomination for best country and western song of 1978 during the mid to late 1980s when critics
considered many of country music's Outlaws to be an artistic decline Cole continued to make
meaningful Music Son of the South Kohl's 1986 album prompted Nash to exclaim it's startling
just how good Cole can be when he cools his King of the weirdos act and gets down to the business
of music she went on to praise the songs love is a never-ending war in cold turkey but Cole
appears to return to his usual eccentricities with the following years a matter of life and
death the album room cover featured a photograph of his dead father in his coffin wearing a shirt
advertising one of his son's concert tours nevertheless Nash was pleased with this album
too citing especially the song child of God as he had before Cole dug into the fabric of his
own life paying tribute to his late father Donald Mayhem Cole may have had some hits but his records
like this that made one wonder if there wasn't a conspiracy to marginalize him and make him fail
Cole would ride his motorcycle everywhere around the country even would ride up to the stage and
just perform straight jumping off the bike he did it one time when Waylon Jennings was singing and
then he started singing with him and then Willie Nelson also came out to join them a trouble pass
the Outlaw Biker lifestyle and an outlaw Legend David Allan Coe If you're into country music
let me know in the comments your favorite David Allen Cole track now let's talk about Danny trejo
born May 16 1944 in Maywood California he's an American actor activist an author known
for his rough looks his philanthropy and his large body of work as a character actor trejo
was played more than 400 roles in film and in television most notably as the character in The
machete films 2010 and 2013 in the various crime and action films including From Dusk Till Dawn
heat Spy Kids in the franchise trejo is the son of Mexican-American parents Dolores Rivera King
and Dan Trejo a construction worker who is a member of the 38th Street gang before Danny was
born as a youth trejo spent a lot of time with his uncle who taught him from a young age how
to be successful as a criminal his first encounter with the police was at age 10 and he was arrested
and incarcerated multiple times between 1956 and 1968 for assault death and drug-related crimes
in prison they hold learned the reputation and the degree of status by managing Contraband operations
and collecting depths he also took up boxing and managed the prison gym in 1968 During the period
in solitary confinement as Soledad State Prison while waiting to learn if he would receive the
death penalty for his involvement in the prison riot he embraced sobriety afterwards threshold
became involved in the prison's 12-step program and began helping other prisoners get sober after
his final stint in prison Trejo dedicated his life to helping others by counseling use facing drug
charges and by participating in other charitable causes such as collecting food for food banks and
handing out clothes to those in Need by 1973 he became involved in drug rehabilitation programs
to help people who struggled with substance abuse after finding an agent who specializes in finding
work for people with rough looks in 19 85 Trejo became an extra in Hollywood and split his time
between his acting and his counseling work his break came when he tried to meet with a potential
client at the set of the film runaway train in 1985. trejo was unable to locate the young man who
had contacted him but he was recognized by an old friend from his early days Eddie bunker who had
helped adapt the screenplay for the film bunker suggested that three-hole act as Robert's boxing
coach the director liked his look at his talent and gave him a role as a boxer in the film which
was his first credited role the stunt coordinator then hired him for the subsequent film for stunts
and background work trejo went on to appear in hundreds of roles in film and television many
of these were small parts as inmates gangsters or other criminals although Trejo displayed his
acting range in a variety of roles and genres from Disney's Animated Series to horror films perhaps
his most notable roles machete a former Mexican federal police officer turned from vigilante the
films in 2010 and Machete Kills 2013 directed by Robert Rodriguez Rodriguez first gave his nod to
the character idea in his Spy Kids Series in which Trejo plays Uncle Isador Cortez an
inventor who creates spy gadgets machete also appeared as a spoof trailer in Grindhouse 2007
which Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino directed trejo also appeared in Rodriguez Desperado he
From Dusk Till Dawn Anaconda Con Air Once Upon a Time in Mexico Predators the list goes on and
on trejo continued his drug counseling and philanthropic work alongside his Hollywood
career attending meetings petitioning politicians and donating money to those in need in 2015 he'll
pass a change to the penal code that grants access to parole hearings for inmates who was
sentenced as juveniles he also produced a Latin Soul music compilation and published two cookbooks
any threshold is known for his big muscles and badass motorcycles and he is definitely a icon in
MC culture and I love the theme of both of their stories and I can relate to it during prison time
but both of them were sitting in prison didn't know if they would ever get out and got out and
made the world of their self so these two right here are legends and they show that it doesn't
matter where you come from they both came from no money and they just built themselves up they were
at the bottom of the barrel almost didn't make it and turned themselves into Legends and not
everybody is meant to be famous and a star so if you have a dream pursue it all it is
is consistency I did it with Demons Row just kept going going and I'm not gonna stop I'm gonna keep
taking it to new levels and show you how deep and vast I can get with my own self but people like
this are inspiration to me they came from the bottom and made it let me know what you think
about Danny Trejo what's your favorite movie from Danny Trejo I think for me is like his presence
stuff and um Dusk Till Dawn I think I'll go with that one let me know in the comments which one you
like the best I got another video the icons and MC culture the first edition where I talk about Cano
pagans MC and Junior from the Mongols MC it'll be linked above and thank you for tuning in to
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