Tyler Mahan Coe Delves into Country History in the ‘Cocaine & Rhinestones’ Podcast
Those who’ve followed the sometimes winding path of Tyler Mahan Coe know that he’s much more than one of David Allan Coe’s sons. That may have been where some people first heard of him, growing up playing guitar in his father’s band. But since then he’s done time as a writer/blogger, entrepreneur, social media guru, a musician obviously, and most importantly, someone that always has something interesting to say about most whatever is transpiring in music at a given moment.
Only fitting that podcasting would fit right into Tyler’s wheelhouse, and while everyone these days thinks they can launch a podcast, Coe has taken a unique approach with his, and one that fits right into his skill set as a man with smart insight, and an encyclopedia of knowledge about country music from having been around it his entire life.
He’s started a new podcast venture called Cocaine & Rhinestones, and it takes a specific moment in country music history, and delves incredibly deep into the subject matter. Think of it like Mike Judge’s Tales from the Tour Bus for the thinking man. The first episode is about the time Ernest Tubb almost did hard time for taking on the notorious head of the Grand Ole Opry, Jim Denny. The second one that was just released is about why Loretta Lynn’s song “The Pill” was banned.
And unlike other podcasts, Tyler Coe transcribes the entire episode for you, just in case you want to search for information you might have missed, as well as supplying links and sources for further reading into subjects. It’s still a nascent venture, but the first two episodes are pretty superb for the listener who loves country music history.
You can follow along at CocaineandRhinestones.com, and follow Tyler Coe on Twitter.
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November 4, 2017 @ 9:09 am
Cool. Going to give it a listen. Really enjoy listening to podcasts. Written word is sometimes so over edited so I prefer ease and stream of consciousness you get with podcasts.
November 4, 2017 @ 1:38 pm
Me too – I love podcasts. I’m always looking for new (and good) ones so I’ll have to check this out. I’m also really enjoying Inside Nashville ever since Trigger posted about it a few months back.
November 4, 2017 @ 12:39 pm
thanks will listen to it.
November 4, 2017 @ 2:25 pm
This is exciting.
I have always liked Tyler and kept up with him since the demise of his father’s band.
November 4, 2017 @ 3:24 pm
needs more cocane less rine stones
November 5, 2017 @ 5:57 am
Needs more rattlesnakes and painted ladies…
November 4, 2017 @ 4:25 pm
Thanks for the heads up! I didn’t even know this was going down! Every free, waking moment in my house the last several days has been eaten up by “Stranger Things 2”. i’ll check this out! ????
November 5, 2017 @ 5:56 am
Thank you for this Trigger. Not only was it a sort of nostalgia trip to hear this songs. But also because it again show how different men was/is treatet compare to woman. And I remember how shocked I was back in the 70s when I heard about “The Pill” had been banned on country radio.(the same goes for “Rated X”) As a Swede it was almost impossible to understand since this was the 70s and here in Sweden almost everything was allowed on the radio. And I didn’t even know that “Harper Valley PTA” was banned. Love that song…
And when he talked about Johnny Cash and “Cocaine Blues” , I remember the song “Cedertown Georgia” sung by Waylon wich also was about a men killing his Wife…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFpwBisvC3c
Or “The hunger” (Lee Fry) also sung by waylon that I’ve that some
think is about as song about a nympho becasue of the song lyrics..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n64oiosdeUo
And as far as I know neither of these two songs were banned
November 5, 2017 @ 1:46 pm
I’mma have to check these out. Thanks for the heads up.
November 6, 2017 @ 2:01 pm
Thanks for the heads up. This sounds great.
November 6, 2017 @ 2:05 pm
I thought I would enjoy this. As it turns out, it was a load of shit.
November 6, 2017 @ 5:30 pm
I am intrigued. And I hope it’s not a load of shit. Like when Mark Maron talks politics.
November 6, 2017 @ 6:13 pm
Sorry Trig. Used the wrong handle. Hope all is well.
November 10, 2017 @ 7:08 am
ok, I listened to the first one about Ernest Tubb… that was pretty interesting, if you are a history geek.
the description of it all made me crack up.
yeah, his flow needs some work, but it’ll probably get better.
November 12, 2017 @ 10:12 pm
I was super excited about this. I’m a “history geek”. I thought his narration was a little sing songy. A little too much like a bad NPR radio show or podcast. That said, the content is good. I had to listen to the Spade Cooley one a couple times to take it all in. Overall, I’d give it a thumbs up. I can only imagine it will get better. Try listening to some of the early Rogan podcasts, they’re not good, but they get better. I hope Coe keeps at it. I want to hear more. Thanks for the heads up Trig.
November 28, 2017 @ 7:29 am
Thanks for introducing me to what is now my favorite weekly podcast! I also just watched all 8 episodes of Tales from the Tour Bus on Cinemax On Demand.