I have actually heard one of the David Allen Coe albums - I believe it was called "Cum Stains on my Pillow" - years ago. My understanding at the time was that the tapes were the result of a guy goofing in the studio with his band - locker room humor at best and not meant for distribution. Of course once somebody else started making money bootleging it, there was an "official" version available via mail order only.

The stuff (how can you call them songs?)were lewd and adolescent, but not racist, as I recall. I would be surprised if it didn't have mysoginistic tendencies; all them macho "good ole boys" seem to be afraid of women, at the bottom of it all. I didn't really enjoy this type of adolescent humor when I was an adolescent; I find the sexist/racist stuff offensive and without any redeeming value and the rest (sexual innuendo) is more boring than offensive. Generally, this stuff - like a bad thread - should be allowed to sink into the muck under it's own power. As for there being folk-oriented tapes of a similar nature - why would any serious singer/writer waste time and tape on this kind of stuff?