The Essential Joe Diffie

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Personnel: Joe Diffie (vocals); Tim Mensy, John Jennings (acoustic & electric guitars); Bill Hutllett, Billy Joe Walker Jr, Mike Severs, Kenny Bell, John Willis, John Jennings (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason, Kenny Mims (electric guitar); Mike McAdam (tremolo guitar); Jerry Douglas, Paul Franklin (dobro); Stuart Duncan, Mike Severs (mandolin); Rob Hajacos, Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Matt Rollings, Walt Cunningham, Randy McCormick, Steve Nathan, Ron Oates, Jon Carroll (piano, keyboards); Lonnie Wilson, Terry MacMillan, Robbie Magruder (drums, percussion). Producers: Bob Montgomery, Johnny Slate, Mary-Chapin Carpenter. Compilation producer: Gregg Geller. Recorded between 1990 & 1997. Includes liner notes by Brian Mansfield. Personnel: Joe Diffie (background vocals); Tim Mensy (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); John Jennings (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Michael Severs (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Billy Joe Walker, Jr., John Willis, Bill Hullett, Kenny Bell (acoustic guitar); Kenny Mims, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar, dobro); John Hughey, Bruce Bouton (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Rob Hajacos (fiddle); Matt Rollings, Randy McCormick, Steve Nathan , Ron Oates, Walt Cunningham (piano, keyboards); Lonnie Wilson (drums, percussion, background vocals); Terry MacMillan, Robbie Magruder (drums, percussion); Clay Keith, John Wesley Ryles, Kim Morrison, Larry Keith, Lee Bogan, Vince Gill, Yvonne Hodges, Carl Jackson (background vocals). Liner Note Author: Brian Mansfield. Photographer: Jim Shea. Epic/Legacy's 2003 collection The Essential Joe Diffie weighs in at 14 tracks, just two less than the 2002 collection 16 Biggest Hits, with which it shares a whopping 12 tracks. Given that considerable overlap, it's not surprising that the two collections are essentially interchangeable, but 16 Biggest Hits has the edge, not just because it has two more tracks, but because the four songs unique to that collection are stronger than the two unique songs here (for the record, they are the Mary Chapin Carpenter duet "Not Too Much to Ask," which has never appeared on a Joe Diffie album, and the modest hit "This Is Your Brain"). That said, The Essential Joe Diffie is hardly a bad album -- after, it's pretty much the same album, down to identical sequencing for the first three cuts -- and it is also an effective overview of the peak of Diffie's career. 16 Biggest Hits may be slightly stronger, but that's all it is: a slight difference. On its own terms, The Essential Joe Diffie is a first-rate collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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