Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie ( born December 28, 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American country singer.
Joe Diffie comes from a music-loving family; both parents were country musician. Joe himself played during his school years in various bands gospel, rock and bluegrass. With the bluegrass band " Special Edition" he reached a certain level of recognition in the local scene. After one of his own songs by Hank Thompson was taken, he decided to try his luck in Nashville.
Career
In Nashville, he stayed first with a job at the factory for Gibson guitars over water. For a music publishing house he sang demo tapes and so managed a first introduction to the scene. 1989 Holly Dunn played one a song in which he had mitgewirkte as co -author. The Forester Sisters drew on his material. Finally Diffie received a recording contract with Epic Records.
Already his first single, Home, went to number one on the country charts. It was followed by three Top 10 hits. His 1992 released album Regular Joe reached gold status. The counting of the neo- traditionalists Diffie had established itself in the country scene. He received a Grammy nomination and other awards. From his 1994 publication fourth album, the slightly more rock- oriented Third rock From the Sun, two number - one hits of the title song and pickup were released, Man. In 1995, he was with the single Bigger Than the Beatles again a No. 1 hit in the charts, then the sales were slow, and also singles chart successes have been rare.
2002 Diffie was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. His last album, Tougher Than Nails, released in 2004 on an independent label. 2005 reached the Jo Dee Messina Country singer with My Give a Damn 's Busted ranked No. 1 on the country charts; Diffie had participated as a co -author of this song and released it in 2001 on his album In Another World.