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That refrain became the title of Diffies final album. (function () { From 1992 to the early 2000s, Diffie held a charity concert and golf tournament benefiting First Steps, a nonprofit organization for the education of mentally and physically impaired children. He placed a dozen more songs in the country top 10. Diffie on Friday announced he had contracted the coronavirus, becoming the first country star to go . Here is Flora Deen Diffie's obituary. he won a Country Music Association Award for the song I Dont Need Your Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) shipped a million copies in the United States and was certified platinum. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. The country music singer worked all kinds of jobs before turning to Music City: bouncing from a job working at an oil field, driving a cement truck, and. careful, during the pandemic. Grammy Award-winning country music star who rose to popularity in the 1990s with songs like John Deere Green and Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox. 5. He has died at the age of 61. During this period, he worked as a musician on the side, first in a gospel group, Higher Purpose, then in a bluegrass band, Special Edition. Diffie, who topped the charts in the 1990s with honky-tonk singles including Home and Pickup Man," died in Nashville, Tenn., on March 29 after he tested positive for the virus. The email does not appear to be a valid email address.
Its singles all failed to make the top 10 on the country charts, with lead-off "This Is Your Brain" reaching number 25, followed by "Somethin' Like This" at number 40 and "The Promised Land" at number 61, the lowest-peaking single of his career. Diffie died from complications related to COVID-19 during the pandemic on March 29, 2020, at the age of 61. Watch popular content from the following creators: Three Chords and the Truth(@_realcountrymusic), Highwayman(@highwayman_), Thomas Mac(@thomasmacmusic), Kati(@__lovinlb), Jeff Stauffer(@jeffstauffermusic), Austin Morrill(@austin4wd), country Mike(@countrymike33), Johnny Harmon(@johnnyharmon1), Crystal Dawn Gale(@simplysouthern_crystal . Song publishers in Nashville, meanwhile, remain on the lookout for another demo singer who can sell their songs the way Diffie could. Remembering Joe Diffie one year after his death from COVID-19 complications. After singing background on a Holly Dunn recording of one of his songs, he signed with Epic Records in 1990, and before long had his first No. This gave him his first country No 1 hit with his debut single Home, a showcase for his smooth and supple voice and the beginning of a streak of six consecutive Top 5 singles including another chart-topper, If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets). He did not. Others in the country music community to test positive for the coronavirus include Kalie. He lived for a time in Duncan, Oklahoma, where he worked in a foundry and played in local bars and dancehalls, but the foundry closed and his first marriage, to Janise Parker, broke up.
Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Thank you for all the love and support. His first wife was Janise Parker, whom he married while in college. Country music icon, Joe Diffie, passed away on Sunday (March 29) after contracting coronavirus (COVID-19). from A Thousand Winding Roads . "There's no place for a breath," he reflects with a laugh. Then came somebody else's tragedy and Diffie's triumph. ", Jack Hurst and Tribune Country Music Writer. It was also the song that best took advantage of his various talents. [3][5], When the foundry closed in 1986, Diffie declared bankruptcy and sold the studio out of financial necessity. His father's name was Joe Riley Diffie and his mother's name was Flora Diffie. Diffie, a singer known for his lighthearted. Brian Mansfield gave the album a positive review in Allmusic, saying that it "has all the clichs of country music, and all the good stuff, too. The album released around the time of the controversy, "Third Rock From the Sun," was the first, he says, which he "got to really have a big hand in producing, and I think that had a little something to do with it. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. He has a net worth of $20 million. Copyright 2023 Endgame360 Inc. All Rights Reserved. With the COVID-19 changing the norm, Diffie's family mourned separately and was unable to come together to celebrate the musician's life and legacy. "I notice now that I can't go anywhere without people knowing me," he says. From 1990 to 2019 when he released his last album, "Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie," he released twelve albums and had five number one singles. Joe Diffie was born into a musical family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1958. He also co-wrote singles for Holly Dunn, Tim McGraw . [5], After graduating, he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Biker Rally on a Cruise Ship! Copyright 2018 - 23 Woodbine Funeral Home. I respect Also in 1992, Diffie was nominated by the Academy of Country Music for Top New Male Vocalist, along with Billy Dean and Mark Chesnutt, but lost to Billy. Our Team Woodbine Funeral Home 3620 Nolensville Rd. Collaboration with Vocals for Same Old Train. He Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 2023 FOX News Network, LLC. Hank Thompson recorded Diffie's "Love on the Rocks", and Randy Travis bought rights to one of Diffie's songs but did not record it. But until I got out and started singing in different groups and whatnot it didnt really hit me.