Joe Diffie

by Praguefrank
SESSIONS
1986/19990 [demo sessions] Nashville, TN - Joe Diffie (released since 2008 as "Basement Tapes" via internet)
00001TAPESTRY IF HEARTACHES
00002 I'M HOLDIN' ON
00003 TIL DEATH
ca May 1990 Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Bob Montgomery & Johnny Slate)
001 HOME Epic 34-73447 34-73637/EK-46047 EK-69137
002 IF THE DEVIL DANCED (IN EMPTY POCKETS) 34-73747/EK-46047
003 IF YOU WANT ME TO 34-73637/EK-46047
004 NEW WAY (TO LIGHT UP AN OLD FLAME) 34-73935/EK-46047
005 THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD EK-46047
006 ALMOST HOME EK-46047
007 I AIN'T LEAVIN' 'TIL SHE'S GONE 34-73747/EK-46047
008 THE COOLEST FOOL IN TOWN 34-73935/EK-46047
009 LIQUID HEARTACHE 34-73447/EK-46047
010 STRANGER IN YOUR EYES EK-46047
ca September 1991 Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Bob Montgomery & Johnny Slate)
011 STARTIN' OVER BLUES 34-74285 34-74796/EK-47477
012 I JUST DON'T KNOW 34-74415/EK-47477
013 NEXT THING SMOKIN' 34-74415/EK-47477
014 AIN'T THAT BAD ENOUGH EK-47477
015 SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN 34-74285/EK-47477 EK-69137
016 JUST A REGULAR JOE 34-74796 34-74911/EK-47477
017 IS IT COLD IN HERE 34-74123/EK-47477
018 BACK TO BACK HEARTACHES 34-74123/EK-47477
019 YOU MADE ME WHAT I AM EK-47477
020 OODNIGHT SWEETHEART EK-47477
ca. March 1992 Bias Recording, 5400 Carolina Place, Springfield, VA – Mary Chapin Carpenter & Joe Diffie (Producer: John Jennings & Mary Chapin Carpenter)
021 NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK 38-74485/CK-48881
ca January 1993 Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Bob Montgomery & Johnny Slate)
022 HONKY TONK ATTITUDE 34-74911/EK-53002 EK-69137
023 I'M NOT THROUGH LOSIN' YOU EK-53002
024 PROP ME UP BESIDE THE JUKEBOX (IF I DIE) 34-77071/EK-53002 EK-69137
025 IF I HAD ANY PRIDE LEFT AT ALL EK-53002
026 I CAN WALK THE LINE (IF IT AIN'T TOO STRAIGHT) 34-77071/EK-53002
027 SOMEWHERE UNDER THE RAINBOW 34-77235 /EK-53002
028 JOHN DEERE GREEN 34-77235 /EK-53002 EK-69137
029 IN MY OWN BACKYARD 34-77380/EK-53002
030 HERE COMES THAT TRAIN 34-77380/EK-53002
031 AND THAT WAS THE EASY PART EK-53002
032 COLD BUDWEISER AND A SWEET TATER EK-53002 –
ca March 1994 Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
033 THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN 34-77577/EK-64357 EK-69137 [dance mix] 34-78246
034 I'M IN LOVE WITH A CAPITAL "U" 34-77902/EK-64357
035 THAT ROAD NOT TAKEN 34-77978/EK-64357
036 PICKUP MAN 34-77715/EK-64357 EK-69137
037 SO HELP ME GIRL 34-77808/EK-64357 EK-69137
038 WILD BLUE YONDER 34-77902/EK-64357
039 I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PROBLEM LIKE THAT EK-64357
040 JUNIOR'S IN LOVE EK-64357
041 FROM HERE ON OUT 34-77577 34-77715/EK-64357
042 GOOD BROWN GRAVY EK-64357
043 THE COWS CAME HOME 34-77808 34-77978/EK-64357
ca June 1995 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., TN – Joe Diffie (Billy Joe Walker, Jr. [gt], Brent Mason [el gt], Paul Franklin [steel], Glenn Worf [bass], Lonnie Wilson [drums], Terry McMillan [percussion], Stuart Duncan [fiddle], Matt Rollings [keyboards] + The Nashville String Machine + The Nashville Children's Touring Choir + Ricky Skaggs, Larry Keith, Janie Fricke, Danny Bailey, Sue Dockery, Lea Jane Berinati, Lee Borgan [bck vcl]. Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
044 MR CHRISTMAS EK-67045
045 CHRISTMAS SONG (CHESTNUTS ROASTING ON AN OPEN FIRE) EK-67045
046 LEROY THE REDNECK REINDEER 34-78201/EK-67045
047 HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS EK-67045
048 LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW LET IT SNOW EK-67045
049 WRAP ME IN YOUR LOVE 34-78201/EK-67045
050 ALL BECAUSE OF U BABY BOY EK-67045
051 SILENT NIGHT EK-67045
052 PRAISE AND ALLELUIA TO THE SAVIOUR EK-67045
053 MAGAZINE ANGELS EK-67045
054 O HOLY NIGHT EK-67045
ca. August 1995 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
055 BIGGER THAN THE BEATLES 34-78202/EK-67405 EK-69137
056 NEVER MINE TO LOSE EK-67405
057 DOWN IN A DITCH 34-78268/EK-67405
058 TEARS IN THE RAIN EK-67405
059 C-O-U-N-T-R-Y 34-78246/EK-67405
060 SHE LOVES ME EK-67405
061 BACK TO THE CAVE 34-78333/EK-67405
062 I'M WILLING TO TRY EK-67405
063 WHOLE LOTTA GONE 34-78202 34-78333/EK-67405
064 LIFE'S SO FUNNY EK-67405
ca. December 1996 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
065 THIS IS YOUR BRAIN 34-78521 34-78638/EK-67693
066 TWICE UPON A TIME EK-67693
067 SHOW ME A WOMAN EK-67693
068 ISED LAND 34T-78716/EK-67693
069 HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM EK-67693
070 SOMETHIN' LIKE THIS 34-78638/EK-67693
07I GOT A FEELIN' 34-78521/EK-67693
072 ZERO EK-67693
073 IT'S HARD TO BE ME EK-67693
074 JOHN DOE EK-67693
075 ONE MORE EARTH EK-67693
May/December 1997 Masterlink Studios, Nashville, TN – Ralph Stanley Joe Diffie (Junior Blankenship [gt], Ernie Thacker [gt/mandolin], poss Dudley Connell [gt], Jack Cooke [bass], Curly Ray Cline/Art Stamper [fiddle] + Shelton Faezell [bck vcl])
076 ANOTHER NIGHT Rebel REB-CD-5001
ca. Spring 1998 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
077 TEXAS SIZED HEARTACHE 34-79048 34-79118/EK-69137
078 POOR ME 34-79048 /EK-69137
079 HURT ME ALL THE TIME EK-69137
ca. Spring 1999 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Johnny Slate & Joe Diffie)
080 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 34-79118/EK-69815
081 YOU CAN'T GO HOME EK-69815
082 I'M THE ONLY THING I'LL HOLD AGAINST YOU EK-69815
083 THE QUITTIN' KIND 34-79268/EK-69815
084 BETTER OFF GONE EK-69815
085 IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHIN' EK-69815
086 ARE WE EVEN YET EK-69815
087 MY HEART'S IN OVER MY HEAD EK-69815
088 NOT IN THIS LIFETIME EK-69815
089 DON'T OUR LOVE LOOK NATURAL 34-79268/EK-69815
2001 Soundshop Studio, 1307 Division St., Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie (Producer: Don Cook & Lonnie Wilson)
090 IN ANOTHER WORLD Monument NK-85383
091 MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED Monument NK-85383
092 IF I LOST HER Monument NK-85383
093 STONED ON HER LOVE Monument NK-85383
094 HOLLOW DEEP AS MINE Monument NK-85383
095 THIS PRETENDER Monument NK-85383
096 LIKE A RIVER DREAMS OF RAIN Monument NK-85383
097 LIVE TO LOVE ANOTHER DAY Monument NK-85383
098 WHAT A WAY TO GO Monument NK-85383
099 THE GRANDPA THAT I KNOW Monument NK-85383
2004 Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie
100 TOUGHER THAN NAILS Broken Bow 77508
101 NOTHIN' BUT THE RADIO Broken Bow 77508
102 GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS Broken Bow 77508
103 THE MORE YOU DRINK, THE BETTER I LOOK Broken Bow 77508
104 AM I Broken Bow 77508
105 MOVIN' TRAIN Broken Bow 77508
106 IF I COULD ONLY BRING YOU BACK Broken Bow 77508
107 WHAT WOULD WAYLON DO Broken Bow 77508
108 SOMETHING I DO FOR ME Broken Bow 77508
109 DADDY'S HOME Broken Bow 77508
110 THIS TIME LAST YEAR Broken Bow 77508
111 MY REDNECK OF THE WOODS Broken Bow 77508
2008 unknown - Joe Diffie & Peter Dula
112 LONG GONE LONER
8 August 2009 [live] Billy Bob’s, 2520 Rodeo Plaza, Fort Worth, TX – Joe Diffie (Joe Diffie [vcl], Jason Roller [gt/bck vcl], Terry Crisp [steel])
11201 THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN Smith Music Gr. 5051
11202 NEXT THING SMOKIN' Smith Music Gr. 5051
11203 C-O-U-N-T-R-Y Smith Music Gr. 5051
11204 IF THE DEVIL DANCED (IN EMPTY POCKETS) Smith Music Gr. 5051
11205 SO HELP ME GIRL Smith Music Gr. 5051
11206 PICKUP MAN Smith Music Gr. 5051
11207 A NIGHT TO REMEMBER Smith Music Gr. 5051
11208 IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING Smith Music Gr. 5051
11209 BEHIND CLOSED DOORS Smith Music Gr. 5051
11210 THE MORE YOU DRINK, THE BETTER I LOOK Smith Music Gr. 5051
11211 IS IT COLD IN HERE Smith Music Gr. 5051
11212 MY GIVE A DAMN'S BUSTED Smith Music Gr. 5051
11213 SHIPS THAT DON'T COME IN Smith Music Gr. 5051
11214 GOOD BROWN GRAVY Smith Music Gr. 5051
11215 WILLIN' Smith Music Gr. 5051
11216 PROP ME UP BESIDE THE JUKEBOX (IF I DIE) Smith Music Gr. 5051
11217 JOHN DEERE GREEN Smith Music Gr. 5051
11218 HONKY TONK ATTITUDE Smith Music Gr. 5051
11219 FOLSOM PRISON Smith Music Gr. 5051
2010 Down In The Hole Studio, Nashville, TN/Oceanway Nashville, Nashville, TN/Station West, Nashville, TN/The Tracking Room, Nashville, TN – Joe Diffie, * & The Grascals (Joe Diffie [vcl], Bryan Sutton [ac gt], Rob Ickes [dobro], Charlie Cushman [banjo], Mike Compton [mandolin], Aubrey Haynie [fiddle])
113 SOMEHOW TONIGHT Rounder 0649-2
114 LONESOME AND DRY AS A BONE Rounder 0649-2
115 TALL CORNSTALK Rounder 0649-2
116 FIT FOR A KING Rounder 0649-2
117 ROUTE 5 BOX 109 Rounder 0649-2
118 RAININ' ON HER RUBBER DOLLY* Rounder 0649-2
119 I KNOW HOW IT FEELS Rounder 0649-2
120 TENNESSEE TEA Rounder 0649-2
121 FREE AND EASY Rounder 0649-2
122 STORMY WEATHER ONCE AGAIN Rounder 0649-2
123 'TIL DEATH Rounder 0649-2
124 HARD TO HANDLE Rounder 0649-2

ALBUMS
Epic FE/EK-46047 A Thousand Winding Roads: Home; If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets); If You Want Me To; New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame); There Goes The Neighborhood; Almost Home; I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone; Coolest Fool In Town; Liquid Heartache; Stranger In Your Eyes – 25-09-90
Epic EK-47477 Regular Joe: Startin' Over Blues; I Just Don't Know; Next Thing Smokin'; Ain't That Bad Enough; Ships That Don't Come In; Just A Regular Joe; Is It Cold In Here; Back To Back Heartaches; You Made Me What I Am; Goodnight Sweetheart – 14-01-92
Epic EK-53002 Honky Tonk Attitude: Honky Tonk Attitude; I'm Not Through Losin' You; Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die); If I Had Any Pride Left At All; I Can Walk The Line (If It Ain't Too Straight); Somewhere Under The Rainbow; John Deere Green; In My Own Backyard; Here Comes That Train; And That Was The Easy Part; Cold Budweiser And A Sweet Tater – 20-04-93
Epic EK-64357 Third Rock From The Sun: Third Rock From The Sun; I'm In Love With A Capital "U"; That Road Not Taken; Pickup Man; So Help Me Girl; Wild Blue Yonder; I'd Like To Have A Problem Like That; Junior's In Love; From Here On Out; Good Brown Gravy; The Cows Came Home – 26-07-94
Epic EK-67045 Mr. Christmas: Mr Christmas; Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire); Leroy The Redneck Reindeer; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow; Wrap Me In Your Love; All Because Of U Baby Boy; Silent Night; Praise And Alleluia To The Saviour; Magazine Angels; O Holy Night – 11-09-95
Epic EK-67045 Life's So Funny: Bigger Than The Beatles; Never Mine To Lose; Down In A Ditch; Tears In The Rain; C-O-U-N-T-R-Y; She Loves Me; Back To The Cave; I'm Willing To Try; Whole Lotta Gone; Life's So Funny – 05-12-95
Epic EK-67693 Twice Upon A Time: This Is Your Brain; Twice Upon A Time; Show Me A Woman; Promised Land; Houston We Have A Problem; Somethin' Like This; I Got A Feelin'; Zero; It's Hard To Be Me; John Doe; One More Earth – 22-04-97
Epic EK-69137 Greatest Hits: Third Rock From The Sun; John Deere Green; Texas Size Heartache*; Ships That Don't Come In; Pickup Man; So Help Me Girl; Poor Me*; Honky Tonk Attitude; Home; Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox; Bigger Than The Beatles; Hurt Me All The Time** – 01-06-99 (*previously unissued on album, **previously unissued)
Epic EK-69815 A Night To Remember: A Night To Remember; You Can't Go Home; I'm The Only Thing I'll Hold Against You; The Quittin' Kind; Better Off Gone; It's Always Somethin'; Are We Even Yet; My Heart's In Over My Head; Not In This Lifetime; Don't Our Love Look Natural - 01-06-99
Epic/Legacy EK-89069 The Essential Joe Diffie: Home; If You Want Me To; If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets); Is It Cold In Here; Not Too Much To Ask (w. Mary Chapin Carpenter); Ships That Don't Come In; Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die); Honky Tonk Attitude; John Deere Green; Pickup Man; Third Rock From The Sun; So Help Me Girl; Bigger Than The Beatles; This Is Your Brain - 01-04-03 (sampler)
Monument NK-85383 In Another World: In Another World; My Give A Damn's Busted; If I Lost Her; Stoned On Her Love; Hollow Deep As Mine; This Pretender; Like A River Dreams Of Rain; Live To Love Another Day; What A Way To Go; The Grandpa That I Know – 30-10-01
Broken Bow 77508-2 Tougher Than Nails: Tougher Than Nails; Nothin' But The Radio; Good News, Bad News; The More You Drink, The Better I Look; Am I; Movin' Train; If I Could Only Bring You Back; What Would Waylon Do; Something I Do For Me; Daddy's Home; This Time Last Year; My Redneck Of The Woods – 01-06-04
AGR Television Records [EU]? The Ultimate Collection: Home; If You Want Me To; If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pocket); New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame); Is It Cold In Here; Ships That Don't Come In; Next Thing Smokin'; Honky Tonk Attitude; Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die); John Deere Green; In My Own Backyard; Third Rock From The Sun; Pickup Man; So Help Me Girl; Bigger Than The Beatles; C-O-U-N-T-R-Y; Texas-Sized Heartache; A Night To Remember; It's Always Somethin'; In Another World; Long Gone Loner *(w. Peter Dula) - 07-09 (US issue on As Is 1922050 in September 1, 2009 with * omitted)
Smith Music Group 5051-2 Live At Billy Bob’s Texas: Third Rock from the Sun; Next Thing Smokin'; C-O-U-N-T-R-Y; If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets); So Help Me Girl; Pickup Man; A Night to Remember; It's Always Something; Behind Closed Doors; The More You Drink, The Better I Look; Is It Cold in Here; My Give a Damn's Busted; Ships That Don't Come In; Good Brown Gravy; Willin'; Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die); .John Deere Green; Honky Tonk Attitude; Folsom Prison – 17-11-09
Rounder 11661-0649-2 Homecoming: The Bluegrass Album: Somehow Tonight; Lonesome and Dry As a Bone; Tall Cornstalk; Fit For a King; Route 5 Box 109; Rainin' On Her Rubber Dolly (featuring The Grascals); I Know How It Feels; Tennessee Tea; Free and Easy; Stormy Weather Once Again; 'Til Death; Hard To Handle – 25-10-10


SINGLES
Epic (1990-99)
34-73447 Home / Liquid Heartache - 02-08-90
34-73637 If You Want Me To / Home - 11-90
34-73747 If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pocket) / I Ain't Leavin' Til She's Gone - 28-03-91
34-73935 New Way (To Light Up An Old Flame) / The Coolest Fool In Town - 25-07-91
34-74123 Is It Cold In Here? / Back To Back Heartache - 11-91
34-74285 Ships That Don't Come In / Starting Over Blues - 03-92
34-74415 Next Thing Smokin' / I Just Don't Know - 07-92
38-74485 Not Too Much To Ask / I Am A Town - 09-92 w. Mary Chapin Carpenter (released on Columbia)
34-74796 Startin' Over Blues / Just A Regular Joe - 01-93
34-74911 Honky Tonk Attitude / Just A Regular Joe - 20-04-93
34-77071 Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die) / I Can Walk The Line (If It Ain't Too Straight) - 20-07-93
34-77235 John Deere Green / Somewhere Under The Rainbow - 02-11-93
34-77380 In My Own Backyard / Here Comes That Train - 02-94
34-77577 Third Rock From The Sun / From Here On Out - 12-07-94
34-77715 Pickup Man / From Here On Out - 11-10-94
34-77808 So Help Me Girl / The Cows Came Home - 31-01-95
34-77902 I'm In Love With A Capital "U" / Wild Blue Yonder - 23-05-95
34-77978 That Road Not Taken / The Cows Came Home - 07-95
34-78201 Leroy The Redneck Reindeer / Wrap Me In Your Love - 11-95
34-78202 Bigger Than The Beatles / Whole Lotta Gone - 28-11-95
34-78246 C.O.U.N.T.R.Y. / Third Rock From The Sun [dance mix] - 02-96
34-78268 Down In A Ditch / Third Rock From The Sun [dance mix] - 03-96
34-78333 Whole Lotta Gone / Back To The Cave - 06-96
34-78521 This Is Your Brain / I Got A Feelin' - 01-04-97
34-78638 Somethin' Like This / This Is Your Brain - 01-07-97
34T-78716 Promised Land - 10-97 (cassette single)
34-79048 Texas Size Heartache / Poor Me - 08-98
34-79118 A Night To Remember / Texas Sized Heartache - 30-03-99
34-79268 Quittin' Kind / Don't Our Love Look Natural - 28-09-99