Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country mus… Read Full Bio ↴Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 – March 29, 2020) was an American country musician. Between 1990 and 2004, he had 35 singles that charted on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, five of which peaked at number one. 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.
Raised in Velma, Oklahoma, Diffie worked in a foundry while playing local nightclubs in Oklahoma and moved to Nashville in 1986 to work for Gibson Guitar Corporation.
His first album arrived in 1990 when country music was thriving commercially and creatively. His first single, a sensitive traditional country ballad, Home, reached No. 1, although Diffie quickly counted on novelty hits to sustain his career. For instance, his other No. 1 hits are Pickup Man, Bigger Than the Beatles, Third Rock From the Sun and If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets). Toward the end of the 1990s, Diffie lost his chart momentum and left Epic Records following his 2001 album, In Another World. Subsequently, he toured with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence on the Rockin' Roadhouse tour.
In 2013, Diffie collaborated with Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw on the album All in the Same Boat, and cut the single "Girl Riding Shotgun" with D Thrash of the Jawga Boyz. This was followed in 2019 by a vinyl album called Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie.
Diffie passed away from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 29, 2020.
Raised in Velma, Oklahoma, Diffie worked in a foundry while playing local nightclubs in Oklahoma and moved to Nashville in 1986 to work for Gibson Guitar Corporation.
His first album arrived in 1990 when country music was thriving commercially and creatively. His first single, a sensitive traditional country ballad, Home, reached No. 1, although Diffie quickly counted on novelty hits to sustain his career. For instance, his other No. 1 hits are Pickup Man, Bigger Than the Beatles, Third Rock From the Sun and If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets). Toward the end of the 1990s, Diffie lost his chart momentum and left Epic Records following his 2001 album, In Another World. Subsequently, he toured with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence on the Rockin' Roadhouse tour.
In 2013, Diffie collaborated with Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw on the album All in the Same Boat, and cut the single "Girl Riding Shotgun" with D Thrash of the Jawga Boyz. This was followed in 2019 by a vinyl album called Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie.
Diffie passed away from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 29, 2020.
More Genres
No Artists Found
More Artists
Load All
No Albums Found
More Albums
Load All
No Tracks Found
Genre not found
Artist not found
Album not found
Search results not found
Song not found
Live At Billy Bob's Texas
Joe Diffie Lyrics
A Night To Remember Been one tough week, dead on my feet But I've made…
Behind Closed Doors My baby makes me proud Lord, don't she make me proud She…
C-O-U-N-T-R-Y I ain't never hauled hay in the trunk of my…
Good Brown Gravy I can't get rich; I can't make a living, But I…
Honky Tonk Attitude Well, the beer's on the bar and the smoke fills…
If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets) Diablo motors had a hell of a sale, downtown yesterday, Word…
Is It Cold in Here There's something wrong Lord I'm feeling it too That runs th…
It's Always Something Downtown, stoplight, red car rolls by. What else can I do,…
John Deere Green They were farm kids way down in Dixie They met…
My Give A Damn's Busted Well you filled up my head, With so many lies. You twisted…
Next Thing Smokin' Well, I don't know where I'm goin' And I don't even…
Pickup Man Well, I got my first truck when I was three Drove…
Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox Well, I ain't afraid of dyin', it's the thought of…
Ships That Don't Come In Well, I could tell he'd had a tough life By the…
So Help Me Girl You could've kissed me, like this wasn't gonna last Kept me…
Third Rock from the Sun Welcome to Earth, third rock from the sun She walks into…