"It sounded younger and punchier, and the songs were probably catchier. Biker Rally on a Cruise Ship! "I just pretty much have to sing it in one breath. performing on @HighSeasRally Dec. 3-10, 2020. 4. His father, Joe, held a variety of jobs including rancher, truck driver and welder, and would later become the tour bus driver for the country artist Toby Keith. Among the most heart-wrenching remembrances comes. "We are the same age, so it's very scary. Joe Logan Diffie (December 28, 1958 March 29, 2020) was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is survived by his fourth wife, Tara Terpening, whom he married in 2018, and by four sons, Parker, Travis, Drew and Tyler, and two daughters, Kara and Kylie. Four of his albums earned . Several family members sang, my dad played guitar and banjo, and piano, and all kinds of stuff. He also released one studio album each through Monument Records, Broken Bow Records, and Rounder Records. "[49], Diffie was married four times. [47] Cook and Wilson also produced his only album for Monument, which was titled In Another World. . He was 61. Diffie received many recognitions for his talent. 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. Beach, Fla. She said that after Allison's death, Diffie "started calling to check on me [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 Logan Diffie passed away in Nashville, Tennessee on Sunday, March 29, 2020 from complications of coronavirus COVID-19. Joe Diffie was born into a musical family in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1958. January 7, 2020 . Check out what's clicking today in entertainment. "[45] Erlewine also noted that the album did not contain any novelty songs, and called it the "purest country album he's ever made. var c = document.body.className; You are only allowed to leave one flower per day for any given memorial. [5] Meanwhile, Holly Dunn released Diffie's song "There Goes My Heart Again", where Diffie also sang backing vocals. "I notice now that I can't go anywhere . Diffie died from complications related to COVID-19 during the pandemic on March 29, 2020, at the age of 61. His third and fourth albums, Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) and Third Rock from the Sun (1994) both went platinum. The untrue claims appear to have stemmed from an obituary posted online for Diffies father, Joe Diffie Sr., who passed away in November 2018 from cancer. He later moved to Wisconsin while in sixth grade through his second year of high school; then back to Oklahoma, where he finished high school in Velma.