Johnny Rebel is often misidentified as the pseudonym of David Allan Coe, an American outlaw country music singer who achieved popularity during the 1970s and 1980s. He died on September 3, 2016, twenty-two days away from his 78th birthday. Trahan owned a driving school in Crowley, Louisiana which he handed over to his son in 2008. In 2015, however, he appeared in the Canadian documentary Acadie black et blanc (released in English as Acadie Black and White), in which he defended his recordings and his views on race. He said he had no idea where those photos originated. Trahan rarely allowed himself to be photographed, although he claimed there were genuine images of him on the Internet. They had four children: Raye, Randal, Rhonda, and Rhett. Trahan and his wife, Ann, had been married for 56 years prior to his death. The cover of the album It's the Attitude, Stupid! shows a hooded Klansman, holding what appears to be either a Walkman or an MP3 player with a confederate flag texture, and wearing headphones. Johnny Rebel's songs have been covered by other singers such as Big Reb and the German band Landser.Ī CD compilation of his works simply shows a hooded Klansman together with a depiction of the Confederate Battle Flag. In 1974, Trahan's song "Lâche pas la patate" (also known as "The Potato Song"), sung by Jimmy C. Two of these songs were eventually issued in album format by Reb Rebel Records under the title For Segregationists Only. These exceptions include "Keep a-Workin' Big Jim", about the efforts of Louisiana district attorney Jim Garrison to solve the Kennedy assassination, and "(Federal Aid Hell!) The Money Belongs to Us", a song critical of U.S. Few of Trahan's songs concern topics other than race. He would record many more singles for the label, "Nigger, Nigger", "Coon Town", "Who Likes a Nigger?", "Nigger Hatin' Me", "Still Looking for a Handout", "Some Niggers Never Die (They Just Smell That Way)", "Stay Away from Dixie", and "Move Them Niggers North". Trahan's first release - the fifth for the Reb Rebel label - was a 45 RPM single of "Lookin' for a Handout" and "Kajun Ku Klux Klan". Miller, in fact, produced the sessions and issued the recordings on his own Reb Rebel label. "Jay" Miller's recording studio in Crowley, Louisiana. Trahan first recorded songs under the Johnny Rebel name in the mid-1960s. His songs frequently used the racial epithet nigger and they often voiced sympathy for Jim Crow-era segregation and the Ku Klux Klan. Trahan was born in Moss Bluff, Louisiana in 1938 to Homer Trahan and Elizabeth Breaux Taylor.
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