“Bigger Than the Beatles,' 'John Deere Green,' 'Home' - Joe Diffie was a country hit machine.
Joe Diffie attends the 27th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards on May 29, 1992 at Universal Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif., who died Sunday from complications from COVID-19, brought an everyman appeal to every song he did. He charted 17 songs on the top 10 of Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, making him a mainstay on radio throughout the ‘90s and early 2000s during the country explosion.
While he co-wrote some of his material, Diffie also had an uncanny ability to pick songs that matched his neo-traditionalist style perfectly. Additionally, as evident below, he made some of the best, most entertaining videos of the ‘90s. Though he had way more hits than are captured below, here are a few reminders of how integral he was to country musical’s fabric and his lasting legacy.Diffie’s first single went straight to No. 1 and established him as a neo-traditionalist to be reckoned with. The mid-tempo ballad, written by Fred Lehner and Andy Spooner, lovingly embraces everything that defined home for him from the “swimming hole,” to “the back porch swing” and the when “mama’s sing ‘Amazing Grace.
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