David Allan Coe, the outlaw country music legend and pioneer songwriter behind hits such as “You Never Even Called Me by My Name” and “The Ride,” has died at 86 years old.

David Allan Coe, a country singer and songwriter known for his outlaw music in the 1970s and 80s, has died.

His “Take This Job and Shove It,” with its smack-you-in-the-face opening lyric (“Take this job and shove it/I ain’t workin’ here no more/A woman done left and took all the reasons/I was working for”) ...