You COuld Not Listen TO A COuntry Radio Station In The 1990's Without Hearing Joe Diffie's Voice. Thanks For The Music. Thanks For The Memories. RIP JOE
It was only just yesterday afternoon that I'd read he'd contracted the Coronavirus and now this afternoon I'm just hearing that he's passed from it! Talk about shocking and so very, very sad as I used to listen to him a lot growing up as he was a fixture on the CMT television channel (back when it was still worth watching) and was in regular rotation on country radio stations (back when they were still worth listening to). Rest easy Joe and my sincerest condolences to your loved ones.
Amen, most who say they don't know him, have certainly sang along with his songs if they listened to country music radio in the 90's. I'm 47 and he wrote some of my very favorite songs, RIP JOE.
Heartbreaking Loss. When you come across his music, you don't even realize that you know every word to most of them. He was a staple in the country music industry and one of my favorites... May god bless his family, friends, and all those who mourn his passing.... If the Devil danced in empty pockets... he'd have a ball in mine... that sure has been the truth a time or two...
One of my favorite songs. I was incredibly broke at the time, suddenly a divorced single parent trying to keep a roof over our heads. This song made me smile. Rest in peace, Joe.
We kept CMT on whenever we were home. Some videos were just OK, some were great (Ms Lorrie Morgan comes to mind), but a Joe Diffie song usually led to some dancing. Thank you, Joe, for happy memories. From Fort Smith, Arkansas - just down the road from Tulsa.
I remember I couldn't find this video for quite awhile. It kept coming up as "not available for viewing in your country"(USA) for the longest time. Glad it finally got put up to be enjoyed once more. I recall seeing it back in the mid 90s on CMT. The dance routine by the crooked salesmen never leaves my head. Rip Joe. Stay safe and do your part for his memory.
One of my favorite songs as a kid and still a nice groove. I saw Joe at the Mason County fair in WV around 1992 I think. That was a good show. We'll miss you, Joe.
May God rest Joe's soul. So many memories of my younger years of listening to Joe's music on 650 WSM when I was coming back from work in northern Wisconsin on U. S. 51 / l-39 making the drive fun. Then stopping into the former Starlight Ballroom (now U. S. 10 west) for a soda and listening to my friends sing his tunes on the jukebox and sometimes afterbars taking my friends on the boat on the Wisconsin River singing his songs listening to WSM. A lots of precious memories of the 1990's thank you Joe! God Speed.
My favorite song by the legendary singer Joe Diffie. So sad all his fans will dearly miss him including me. He had the right songs out there for every country music fan to sing and dance to. Rest in peace my friend you never ever be forgotten. We all love you and will miss you. Kelly Moyer, Marion, Iowa.
RIP Joe. I just messaged you last week asking if I could open for you this summer. I saw Joe and Travis Tritt years ago. What a pair = Double Trouble REAL country! Thanks for keeping it REAL in my world brother! Can't believe you are gone.
If I had to pick a favorite Joe Diffie song, or even a favorite country song, it would be a toss up between this and "Third Rock from the sun". G'bye Joe, your music got me through my teen years and all the angst therein. Thank you.
RIP Joe. I remember buying a used car (it was a lemon) and while driving home one day this song was on the radio. I laughed so hard i almost peed my pants!
Oh man ! I hadn't heard that. He was one of the greats. Definitely one of my favorites. I was just sitting and for some reason if the devil danced in empty pockets popped in my head and I couldn't stop it u know when u get a song in your head.... so I decided I pull it up .hadn't heard it in years bcuz country music radio sucks anymore. All they play is that new crap they call country. But anyway I pulled up the song and saw the eulogies and was blowed. Man RIP brother Diffie.
Country singer and songwriter Joe Diffie passed away on March 30th, 2020 from complications relating to the coronavirus. He was 61 years old... Joe Diffie was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1958, after high school he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. Prior to pursuing a musical career he worked as a truck driver that pumped concrete in the oilfields in Alice, Texas, and then later as a foundry worker... Between 1990 and 2004 he had thirty six records on the Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, sixteen made the Top 10 with five* reaching #1, "Home" for one week in November of 1990, "If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" for one week in June of 1991, "Third Rock From The Sun" for two weeks in September of 1994, "Pickup Man" for four weeks in December of 1994, and "Bigger Than The Beatles" for two weeks in uary of 1996... One of thirty six charted records was a duet with Mary-Chapin Carpenter {Not Too Much To Ask", #15 in 1992}... He won the 1993 Grammy Award {along with Mary-Chapin Carpenter} for 'Best Country Collaboration' for "Not Too Much To Ask"... May he R.I.P. * He just missed having three more #1 records when his "If You Want Me" {1990}, "New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame)" {1991}, and "So Help Me Girl" {1995} all peaked at #2 on the Hot Country Singles chart... Personal note to my fellow Americans, 'Please stay home'....
Another one of my favorite songs from Joe that I remember my dad and I enjoying when I was little. The video is such a hoot, too! The part when the salesmen start dancing in the garage always cracks me up, lol. These songs will definitely live on forever!
"They say debt is a bottomless pit Where the devil likes to play I'd sell my soul to get out of this hole, But there'd be hell to pay... " Great song about being broke. I hope Joe's rest has been peaceful.
Thanks Joe for all you have done for the music industry. You had a kind of music of your own doing. No one can recreate your songs. The music industry and Country Music in general has lost a GREAT singer song writer. RIP Joe see you on the other side and we can drink a beer and sing the juke box song.
I ran across a mention of this song in a novel (Diamond Mask by Julian May, if you're curious) and realized I hadn't heard it in decades. So I looked it up. Still a great song.
