{"id":19720,"date":"2026-04-30T16:16:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19720"},"modified":"2026-04-30T16:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T21:17:02","slug":"remembering-david-allan-coes-collaboration-with-pantera-members-vinnie-paul-abbott-dimebag-darrell-abbott-and-rex-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=19720","title":{"rendered":"Remembering \u00a0David Allan Coes collaboration with\u00a0PANTERA\u00a0members\u00a0Vinnie Paul Abbott,\u00a0“Dimebag” Darrell Abbott\u00a0and\u00a0Rex Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Country\/western outlaw musician David Allan Coe<\/strong>, who collaborated with PANTERA<\/strong> members Vinnie Paul Abbott<\/strong>, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott<\/strong> and Rex Brown<\/strong> on a project called REBEL MEETS REBEL<\/strong> more than two decades ago, has died. He was 86.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coe<\/strong>‘s wife, Kimberly Hastings Coe<\/strong>, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone<\/strong> magazine, saying: “One of the best singers, songwriters, and performers of our time [and] never to be forgotten. My husband, my friend, my confidant and my life for many years. I’ll never forget him and I don’t want anyone else to ever forget him either.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“David<\/strong> is a musical treasure,” the representative said, adding that Coe<\/strong> “appreciated all of the fans.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A cause of death was not immediately released.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

REBEL MEETS REBEL<\/strong>‘s debut album was released in May 2006 via Vinnie Paul<\/strong>‘s Big Vin Records<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coe<\/strong> wrote all the songs with Dimebag<\/strong> around 2000, a few years before the guitarist was murdered onstage in December 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Being from Texas, not only do we have rock roots, but we listen to country and blues,” Vinnie Paul<\/strong> explained to MTV News<\/strong> in early 2000. “Before our shows, we’d play ‘Jack Daniels, If You Please’<\/strong> off of one of [Coe<\/strong>‘s] CDs…. He caught wind of it, and we went out to see him when he played Billy Bob’s. He was just a super cool dude. It was fun to check him out, and we hooked him up with a couple of our home videos, and he called us back a couple days later and just said, ‘Man, these fucking videos are incredible. I really dig what you guys do.’ He knows more about PANTERA<\/strong> than I do now.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fast friendship soon yielded a creative partnership, as Vinnie Paul<\/strong> explained. “We started hooking up and jamming and doing some tunes, and they’re pretty unique. Some of them are just like an up-tempo thrash metal hoedown with a country and western singer,” the drummer said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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