“The Ride” was one of David Allan Coe’s major hits, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot Country Singles in 1983. The song is about David Allan Coe hitchhiking a ride with the ghost of legendary country artist Hank Williams Sr..

Because of this song, David Allan Coe made a tribute album for Hank Williams Sr., titled “The Ghost of Hank Williams”. He was quoted as saying this on the intro of his cover of Lost Highway:

You know, I don’t know why many people think of Hank Williams when they think of my name, maybe it was because “The Ride” was such a big hit for me. But I was so disappointed when they did a TV special on Hank Williams this year, and they asked John Anderson to sing “The Ride” instead of me, it broke my heart."