EMOTIONAL RTE star Joe Duffy told how he was "blessed beyond belief" to have beloved mum Mabel as she was laid to rest today. Really, its not any more complicated than that.. But the records he made, that voice, the twinkle in his eye, and our memories cannot be taken away by this disease. Joe Diffie, a consistent country-music hitmaker throughout the Nineties, died Sunday due to complications related to COVID-19. [3] RTE star Joe Duffy has been left heartbroken following the death of his beloved mum. [2], The label released Diffie's debut album, A Thousand Winding Roads, at the end of 1990,[3] with Montgomery and Johnny Slate as producers. Duffy Jackson, a drummer whose swinging exuberance propelled him from child stardom to a prolific career behind Lionel Hampton, Ella Fitzgerald, Lena Horne and many others, died on Wednesday in Nashville . . Joe was common as dirt and he never changed. The Liveline host's mother Mabel Duffy died on Sunday in a nursing home in Co Dublin "surrounded by. . His 1995 Christmas album included a honky-tonk anthem, Leroy the Redneck Reindeer., On Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) the songs video had a strong dose of Weekend at Bernies-like high jinks Mr. Diffie regarded death with an arched eyebrow and a shrug: Just let my headstone be a neon sign/Just let it burn in memory of all of my good times.. In July 2019, he released the honky-tonk tune As Long as Theres a Bar, and in November issued his first-ever vinyl LP, Joe, Joe, Joe Diffie, featuring updated versions of 11 of his hits and a cover of the Stevie Ray Vaughan tune Pride and Joy., Representative of his workingman persona, Diffie took a no-nonsense approach to his craft. Today: Country music star Joe Diffie, '90s hitmaker, dies from coronavirus complications at 61 Joe Diffie, one of our best singers and my buddy, is gone," Tanya Tucker said in a statement. 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Celia Cruz - Queen of Salsa - Died 7-16-2003 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. - Cancerous brain tumor (. "[23], Also in 1993, Diffie was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. [2], Country Standard Time gave the album a positive review for having "nary a novelty tune in the bunch",[44] and Nash wrote that it had a "surprising depth of feeling. In 2013, Diffie and two of his country contemporaries, Aaron Tippin and Sammy Kershaw, teamed for the collaborative album All in the Same Boat. While at Gibson, Diffie spent nights and weekends recording demo records and was eventually introduced by a coworker to Johnny Slate, who owns a music publishing firm in Nashville. Peace, Joe. Richard Young of the Kentucky Headhunters. [3] Diffie's father, Joe R., played guitar and banjo, and his mother sang. Health | Slate brought the demos to Bob Montgomery of CBS Nashville, who eventually signed Diffie to a contract. Sending our love and prayers to Joes family and friends. Dave Innis of Restless Heart, I dont really know if people realize how great a singer Joe Diffie was. I just like the songs themselves, he told Rolling Stone in 2019. Mabel was 94 when she passed away at the Kiltipper Woods Care Centre in Dublin over the weekend with her family by her side. Irish News. His father, who held jobs as a teacher, rancher, truck driver, and welder, had musical tastes that ran more toward traditional country, but Diffie learned about harmony singing by working in gospel and bluegrass groups, including, respectively, Higher Purpose and Special Edition. Send us a tip using our anonymous form. With a traditional-leaning voice that drew comparisons to George Jones, Diffie populated his records with honky-tonk ballads and lighthearted novelty tunes, earning the Oklahoma native five Number One singles in the first half of the Nineties. Country musics huge loss of my friend, a great singer and songwriter. The singer was famously name-checked, as were a number of his best-known songs, in Jason Aldeans 2013 single 1994. There are plenty of singers in this town, but not many with a range like his, Diffies fellow Opry star Vince Gill told People magazine in 1993. In 1998, Mr. Diffie won a Grammy for best country collaboration, with vocals for Same Old Train, a multistar collaboration. Diffie was 61. He was 61 years old. Two days before his death, Diffie released a statement saying he had tested positive for coronavirus and was receiving treatment. 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In the intervening years, the Diffie family lived in San Antonio, Washington state, and Wisconsin. Duffy Jackson, with bassist Jim Furgeson, at Rudy's Jazz Room in Nashville. [3] The first three singles from the album all reached the top 10 on the country singles charts: the title track (which Diffie co-wrote) and the Dennis Linde composition "John Deere Green" both peaked at number five, with the number-three "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" in between. Regarding this album, Diffie told Billboard that its material had a common theme of love, and that he wanted to create a more contemporary sound through the production. [2] Of this album, Stephen Thomas Erlewine said, "it's pleasant, but it's not particularly distinguished. Singer Duffy attends the 95.8 Capital FM Jingle Bell Ball in association with Windows 7 at the O2 Arena on December 4, 2010 in London, England. Joe Duffy, son of a miner, has beaten the man who will eventually become the UFC's biggest current star. CNN Sans & 2016 Cable News Network. After working as a demo singer in the mid 1980s, he signed with Epic Records' Nashville division in 1990. The. "[32], In mid-1995, he recorded the title track for Columbia Records's Runnin' Wide Open, an album comprising NASCAR-themed songs by various artists. Diffie died from complications related to COVID-19 during the pandemic on March 29, 2020, at the age of 61. Joe Diffie (December 28, 1958 - March 29, 2020) . Joe Duffy and his mother Mabel. Updated [65] Two years after divorcing Janise, Diffie married Debbie Jones, a nurse technician. Doug Virden and Drew Womack, who then recorded on Epic in the band Sons of the Desert, sang backing vocals on it. The country singer Joe Diffie has died at age 61. [39] Jeffrey B. Remz criticized the two novelty songs on Twice Upon a Time for lacking substance, and thought that most of the ballads were well-sung, but that the production "lacks any soul. JOE DUFFY. "[48] William Ruhlmann called the album "sturdy formula country",[49] and Jeffrey B. Remz of Country Standard Time said that he "easily interpret[s]" the songs, but "doesn't seem to be doing anything too dramatically different. Last modified on Fri 1 May 2020 14.30 EDT. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. Henry is married to Madonna's younger sister Melanie Ciccone. Diffie's second album, titled Regular Joe, was released in 1992 and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. Rolling Stone. May God bless and comfort Joes family and welcome him into Eternity. Diffie married Tara Terpening at The Musicians Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2018. Between 1990 and 2004, Joe Diffie was one of the most commercially successful artists in country music, notching up more than . Mike Roach/Zuffa LLC/Getty Images That was in 2010. Joe Logan Diffie was born on Dec. 28, 1958, in Tulsa, Okla., to Joe and Flora Diffie. Salsa ) Born 10-21-1924 in Barrio Santra Suarez, Havana, Cuba - Singer - Was a member of La. 11:14 AM EDT, Mon March 30, 2020, Country artist Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus, Joe Diffie - Pickup Man (Official Music Video). Two of his other albums went gold. At the time, Diffie told CMT News that he was surprised that Aldean made him the focus of a song. RIP Joe Diffie. Theres no filling his shoes and he will be missed by many. Its something that moves me emotionally or makes me smile, or gets a lump in my throat. 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. In 1993, Diffie and Mary Chapin Carpenter were nominated for a Grammy for their duet, Not Too Much to Ask.. No, no!", before cutting the caller off and the show cut to an ad break. 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