Rebel Meets Rebel : Rebel Meets Rebel

I'M LIKE A 

STICK OF DYAMITE

READY TO BLOW

I JUST CAN'T ACCEPT

YOUR LIES NO MORE

 Rebel Meets Rebel

 is a collaborative album 

by American

 country singer 

David Allan Coe 

and 

Dimebag Darrell, 

Rex Brown, 

and 

Vinnie Paul, 

members of the 

American 

heavy metal band 

Pantera. 

The music was written 

and recorded by

 the band when

 the musicians 

had time aside 

from their other projects,

 including

 Pantera's world tour

 supporting 

Reinventing the Steel.

The album was released on 

May 2, 2006, 

under 

Vinnie Paul's 

own label

 Big Vin Records, 

posthumously 

after 

Darrell's murder

 in December 2004.

Background 

At the close of the decade, 

Coe met Pantera

 guitarist 

Dimebag Darrell

 in Fort Worth, Texas. 

The two musicians,

 struck by the similarity 

of the approaches 

between country

 and heavy metal, 

agreed to work together. 

Darrell was the son of

 Jerry Abbott,

 a country 

songwriter and producer. 

Together with

 Darrell's brother 

Vinnie Paul

 and bassist 

Rex Brown,

 they began production 

of the album 

which was recorded 

sporadically between 

1999 and 2003. 

It was released in 2006,

 two years after 

Darrell's murder

Originally, 

the song

 "Rebel Meets Rebel" 

was supposed to be released 

as a duet with 

Coe and Pantera's

 vocalist 

Phil Anselmo. 

Music and lyrics

 The album's lyrical content 

ranges from

 boisterous songs 

regarding drinking 

and getting stoned 

to more serious

 subject matter, 

such as the song 

"Cherokee Cry", 

which criticizes

 the United States 

government's treatment of 

Native Americans.

Rebel Meets Rebel 

features what has been 

described as a

 "groundbreaking" 

mix of country music 

and heavy metal. 

AllMusic writer

 Megan Frye wrote, 

"On first listen, 

["Nothin' to Lose"] 

sounds awkward as if

 someone had spliced a 

Pantera song

 together with a

 David Allan Coe 

one on their

 home computer. 

It doesn't mesh well, 

and the bass seems

 too sharp and tinny. 

But after listening to

 the album a few times, 

it starts to

 make more sense."

 Dimebag Darrell 

was praised for his 

guitar playing,

 which incorporated

 elements from

 thrash metal, 

as well as dark 

melodic playing.

 "Rebel Meets Rebel"

 features fiddle playing by

 Joey Floyd.

Personnel

• David Allan Coe – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Dimebag Darrell – lead guitar, backing vocals
• Rex Brown – bass guitar
• Vinnie Paul – drums
• Joey Floyd – fiddle on "Rebel Meets Rebel"
• Hank Williams III – vocals on "Get Outta My Life"
• Rex Mauney – keyboards

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