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Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie came out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, with a voice built for both barroom weepers and novelty stomps, and he put it to work across the 1990s with a run of hits few country singers matched. "Pickup Man," "John Deere Green," "Third Rock from the Sun," and "Home" made him one of the era's most reliable hitmakers, mixing easy humour with genuine heartache. He died in 2020, and the outpouring from younger country artists said plenty about how far his songs had travelled.
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Honky Tonk Attitude (1993). It's the album that captures both sides of him at their best, from the rowdy title track to the tender "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" and "John Deere Green," his small-town love story that became a signature song.
Biography
Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. After working as a demonstration singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Between then and 2004, Diffie charted 35 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one - his debut release "Home", "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)", "Third Rock from the Sun", "Pickup Man" (his longest-lasting number-one song, at four weeks), and "Bigger Than the Beatles". In addition to these singles, he had 12 others reach the top 10 and 10 more reach the top 40 on the same chart. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw, and Jo Dee Messina, and recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter, George Jones, and Marty Stuart.
Diffie released seven studio albums, a Christmas album, and a greatest-hits package under the Epic label. He also released one studio album each through Monument Records, Broken Bow Records, and Rounder Records.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2023HIXTAPE, Vol. 3: DIFFTAPE (Small Batch)EP
- 2013All in the Same BoatAlbum
- 2010Homecoming: The Bluegrass AlbumAlbum
- 2009Live At Billy Bob's TexasAlbum
- 2004Tougher Than NailsAlbum
- 2001In Another WorldAlbum
- 1999A Night to RememberAlbum
- 1997Twice Upon a TimeAlbum
- 1995Life’s So FunnyAlbum
- 1995Mr. ChristmasAlbum
- 1994Third Rock From the SunAlbum
- 1993Honky Tonk AttitudeAlbum
- 1992Regular JoeAlbum
- 1990A Thousand Winding RoadsAlbum
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