the son of photographer Brian Duffy who . His third and fourth albums, which leaned heavily in this direction Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) and Third Rock from the Sun (1994) both went platinum. RIP Joe Diffie. I wanted to hone my songwriting skills. He also received an MBA degree from Santa Clara University. Harriette Cole: I don't want the neighbor's kids at my house, Ask Amy: I feel guilty for not speaking up about my co-worker's activities, Ask Amy: I'm your cabin housekeeper, and you apparently have no idea what I do. He also partnered with his father to run a small recording studio. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW "[3] His early albums for Epic mostly consisted of ballads, but starting with Honky Tonk Attitude, he began to include more up-tempo and novelty numbers. Primal Scream musician Martin Duffy has died at the age of 55. Joe Duffy arriving with the funeral cortege as it makes its way to the funeral mass of his mother Mabel Duffy at St. Matthew's Church, . I worked fairs all over the country with Joe. I can honestly say that Joe was one of the truly good guys in our business. This obituary is part of a series about people who have died in the coronavirus pandemic. 2 min read. "Joe Diffie Confirms Hes Tested Positive for Coronavirus." February 21, 2023. Eighteen of his singles landed in the Top 10 on the country charts, with five going No. . Joe was common as dirt and he never changed. She further explained that the confusion may have started because Diffie's father, also named Joe, had died from lung cancer a few years prior: my husband@officialjoediffiedid NOT HAVE LUNG CANCER. God bless him. The musician passed away after suffering complications from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, his spokesman. He was 61. In his broadcasting persona, Joe Duffy may be many thingsinquisitive, provocative, hammy, maudlinbut he's rarely given to self-pity. Joe was a friend and touring partner with me in the 90s. An alumna of Stony Brook Universitys School of Journalism and the Bronx High School of Science, you can find her on Twitter @sonaiyak and on Instagram @sonaiya_k. This latter song was also his last charting single. [43] Its title track spent 29 weeks on the country charts and peaked at number six; it was his only top 40 on the hot 100, where it reached number 38. Joe Diffie set the standard for our Country sound back in the 90s. On January 5, the Korean film world mourned the death of a young star in Kim Mi-soo, who passed away at age 29. Its a heartbreaking time for Nashville and Country Music fans worldwide. His style is defined by a neotraditionalist country influence with a mix of novelty songs and ballads. Two of his other albums went gold. All Rights reserved. Fri 3 Apr 2020 12.43 EDT. Sending our love and prayers to Joes family and friends. Dave Innis of Restless Heart, I dont really know if people realize how great a singer Joe Diffie was. player Pedro Knight. We all loved him. Her version of the song, included on her album Delicious Surprise, was a number-one single that year. Joe Diffie. "Grammy-winning country music legend Joe Diffie passed away today, Sunday, March 29, from complications of coronavirus (COVID-19)," the statement read simply. Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) shipped a million copies in the United States and was certified platinum. [14][69] His contributions to this organization won him a Humanitarian Award from the Country Radio Broadcasters in 1997. Singer Charlie Daniels, known for his hit The Devil Went Down to Georgia, posted his own tribute to Diffie. Joe and I toured for a year together along with Travis Tritt. In addition, these posts are also causing the Diffie family pain and going against the wishes of the late singer. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. Joe Diffie, a country music star who won Country Music Assn. [29] The song was covered in 1997 by English singer Gary Barlow. 29 March 2020. [55] In 2007, he joined with Lonestar, Charlie Daniels, and Craig Morgan to perform a benefit concert for Sgt. The album produced his inaugural hit, Home, which set a record by becoming the first debut single to reach the top of the country charts on all three trade publications at the time: Billboard, Gavin, and Radio & Records. At the time, Diffie told CMT News that he was surprised that Aldean made him the focus of a song. We were buddies before we ever had our record deals. "[50] After Monument closed its Nashville branch, Diffie began touring with Mark Chesnutt and Tracy Lawrence on the Rockin' Roadhouse Tour, which began in 2002. Sheppard, I am in total shock hearing about our dear Joe! Joseph Duffey, the quiet West Virginia native whose 1970 U.S. Senate run launched the careers of politicians from Bill Clinton to Larry Kudlow, died Thursday. He was. Today it did. But the records he made, that voice, the twinkle in his eye, and our memories cannot be taken away by this disease., Im devastated by the loss of my friend @JoeDiffieOnline. Diffie, a 61-year-old native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, made 13 albums and had more than 20 Top 10 hits to his credit, his publicist said. Both songs also entered the hot 100, respectively peaking at 84 and 60. The Liveline host, 66, was left devastated by the death of his 92 . [2] The album also failed to achieve a gold certification. 2023 Cable News Network. "John Deere Green" also accounted for Diffie's first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 69. When you come here, it takes a while to be accepted because there are so many people who come to Nashville who are talented but they have some personality flaw or they are not dependable. Health | This song peaked at 59 on the country charts and won the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals for all artists involved. [14] In 1991, Diffie co-wrote the tracks "Livin' on What's Left of Your Love" and "Memory Lane" on labelmate Keith Palmer's debut album.[15]. (CNN) Country singers all over the nation are leaving emotional tributes to Joe Diffie, who died from complications of coronavirus on Sunday. Did you encounter any technical issues? After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. Joe was a friend and touring partner with me in the 90s. Regarding this album, Diffie told Billboard that its material had a common theme of love, and that he wanted to create a more contemporary sound through the production. [47] Cook and Wilson also produced his only album for Monument, which was titled In Another World. 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Joe Duffy we love and appreciate you thanks for all your hard work. and Grammy awards and charted five No. Two months after his induction to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor, Duffey was hospitalized in Arlington, Virginia after complaining of chest pains. Joe Diffie, who went from working in oil fields and foundries to becoming one of the most commercially successful country singers of the early and mid-1990s, died on Sunday in Nashville. Diffie married Tara Terpening at The Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2018. FOR LAUDERDALE, Fla. -. Prayers for his family and friends., Absolutely no words for the loss of Joe Diffie. [39] Jeffrey B. Remz criticized the two novelty songs on Twice Upon a Time for lacking substance, and thought that most of the ballads were well-sung, but that the production "lacks any soul. Even in his performing era, Mr. Diffie continued writing songs, including ones recorded by Tim McGraw (Memory Lane) and Jo Dee Messina (My Give a Damns Busted). Diffie was born into a musical family in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They famously had triplets Ellen, Ronan and Sen who they welcomed into the world on 28 March 1995. RIP @JoeDiffieOnline - TeamCDB/BW #RIP pic.twitter.com/fujxFvoKOs, Daniels also posted the video of Diffies song Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die).. Anthony Ciccone led a complicated life and shared close ties with his family, Henry said in . The Tulsa natives career spanned three decades and more than 20 Top 10 hits including Home, If the Devil Danced (in Empty Pockets), Third Rock From the Sun, John Deere Green and Pickup Man. Diffie also wrote hits for others, including Tim McGraw, Conway Twitty and Jo Dee Messina. As a singer, he had a crisp, sentimental voice, which he deployed on ballads like Is It Cold in Here and Home, his debut single from 1990; it topped the Billboard country chart, the first of his five No. [42], His final album for Epic Records, titled A Night to Remember, was released in 1999. Well miss you, Brother. Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images That was in 2010. Joe Duffy and his mother Mabel. When he died too soon in 1996, Duffey had influenced the music he loved in ways big and small. He was a dear friend and he understood me and my convictions. I just like the songs themselves, he told Rolling Stone in 2019. TeamCDB/BW #RIP, the singer tweeted alongside a photo of the two of them. No, no!", before cutting the caller off and the show cut to an ad break. He proved that to me when he recorded a funny tune I wrote called Good Brown Gravy and invited me to sing on the record with him. [54], After leaving Broken Bow, Diffie continued to tour, primarily playing smaller venues and county fairs. He was known for his ballads and honky-tonk singles, like Home and Pickup Man. On Friday, he announced that he had tested positive for the coronavirus. Diffie released seven studio albums, a Christmas album, and a greatest-hits package under the Epic label. Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Pink, Idris Elba, Daniel Dae Kim, Andy Cohen and more have gone public with coronavirus diagnoses. But the records he made, that voice, the twinkle in his eye, and our memories cannot be taken away by this disease. It includes collaborations with The Grascals, Rhonda Vincent, and other bluegrass artists. He always loved it when he and the Kentucky Headhunters got to play together, he always said we made the day fun for him. [3][5], When the foundry closed in 1986, Diffie declared bankruptcy and sold the studio out of financial necessity. [2] After this song came "The Quittin' Kind" and "It's Always Somethin'", which respectively reached 21 and five on the country charts, and 90 and 57 on the hot 100. In 2013, Diffie and two of his country contemporaries, Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw, teamed for the collaborative album All in the Same Boat. The couple had two children, Parker and Kara, then divorced in 1986. By Sharon Lynn Pruitt How To Stay Safe From Kidnapping Mabel was 94 when she passed away at the Kiltipper Woods Care Centre in Dublin over the weekend with her family by her side. 4.41. Anthony Ciccone, the eldest sibling of Madonna and a Michigan native, died Friday evening at 66 years old. The recent death of Grand Ole Opry member Joe Diffie on March 29 from complications of COVID-19 has sparked an outpouring of reactions from the country music community. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. I cant find adequate words. 29 ratings4 reviews. This is one of my favorite photos of Joe Diffie and me onstage together. The 200 Greatest Singers of All Time Published Feb. 28, 2023 4:35 p.m. PST. Opening for acts including George Strait and Steve Wariner, Diffie continued his hit streak with six Top Five singles in a row, one of which, 1992s somber Ships That Dont Come In, would likely have gone to Number One but for its use of the word bitch in the lyrics. Share. Condolences to the family. The album's other two singles were "C-O-U-N-T-R-Y" and "Whole Lotta Gone" (previously the B-side of "Bigger Than the Beatles"), both of which peaked at 23 on the country music charts in 1996. Its kind of flattering, yet uncomfortable at the same time, he said. Duffy's former bandmate and Charlatans frontman, Tim Burgess, confirmed the news in a Twitter . My family and I are asking for privacy at this time. The music and legacy he leaves behind are legendary. Mr. Diffie performing at the 2019 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif. 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