Joe Diffie Research Paper

Joe Diffie was born in December 28, 1958. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His first performance came when he was age four, and he performed in his aunts country music band, he played in a rock band during high school, and later moved on to gospel quartet. After graduating he attended Cameron University in Lawton, Oklahoma. During college he joined a bluegrass band called, Special Edition. In 1982, Joe got married to Janise Parker, his college sweetheart. As a married couple they welcomed two children together. However this married life dissolved in 1986. Two years later after being dissolved with his first wife, Joe got married to Debbie Jones. Debbie Jones is a nurse technician. They also became parents twice after being married. They got divorced in 1996. In 1993 he began his love affairs with Liz Allison. She is a widow of Nascar driver Davey Allison. The affair was the main reason that dissolved his second married life. In 2000, Joe got married for the third time in his life and that was …show more content…
The album's third single, "Next Thing Smokin'", made its chart debut one month before "Not Too Much to Ask", a duet that Diffie recorded with Mary Chapin Carpenter for her album Come On Come On. Both of these songs made the country Top 20, respectively reaching sixteen and fifteen, and the duet was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals at the 35th Grammy Awards in 1993. The final single from Regular Joe was "Startin' Over Blues" (originally the B-side to "Ships That Don't Come In"), which peaked at number 41. Also included on the album was the ballad "Goodnight Sweetheart", later a Top 10 country hit in 1996 for David