Koe Wetzel has no shortage of crazy stories, and most of them involve alcohol. Furthermore, the “Damn Near Normal” singer has had enough runs-ins with the law to write an entire song about one. (Not sure what his parents expected when they named their son after David Allen Coe.) In a recent interview, Wetzel opened up about his last time behind bars.
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Koe Wetzel Really Wanted Whataburger
As with many ill-fated Texas stories, this one starts with a Whataburger craving. Koe Wetzel was staying at a hotel in Nacogdoches after wrapping up a show at Banita Creek Hall. Unable to find an Uber in the area, the “High Road” singer set off for the closest fast-food restaurant a couple miles away. Turns out, this journey required crossing a four-lane highway.
And I get all the way to Whataburger and I’m looking, I’m trying to cross the street… as soon as I did reds and blues turned on and I was like, ‘S—,’” Wetzel said during a July 23 appearance on the podcast God’s Country.
Unsurprisingly, Wetzel spent the night in the slammer. He caught a lucky break though, as the owner of Banita Creek Hall was also the bail bondsman. The former college football linebacker was out by 8 a.m.
“As I’m walking out, they had printed out my mugshot and I signed it for them and stuff,” Wetzel said. “Yeah, it was cool. My mom didn’t think it was really all that cool.”
Koe Wetzel Calls Latest Album a “Therapy Session”
Koe Wetzel rose to fame with boisterous, defiant tracks like “Too High To Cry:” Once you’re gone, I’ll go back to / All the pills and cocaine / And all the other s—/ That I was told not to do. His latest album, 9 Lives, offers a slightly more introspective look at the singer’s lifestyle. Wetzel likened making the album to a “therapy session.”
“I just got a little tired of people thinking they know me based on stories they’d heard or from what they saw on Instagram,” Wetzel told the Los Angeles Times. “I wanted to show them exactly who I am — like, ‘Hey, this is me, take it or leave it.’”
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