The Essential Joe Diffie

Original Release Date:  April 1, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. Home
• 2. If You Want Me To
• 3. If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)
• 4. Is It Cold in Here
• 5. Not Too Much to Ask
• 6. Ships That Don't Come In
• 7. Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)
• 8. Honky Tonk Attitude
• 9. John Deere Green
• 10. Pickup Man
• 11. Third Rock from the Sun
• 12. So Help Me Girl
• 13. Bigger Than the Beatles
• 14. This Is Your Brain

Credits

• Jerry Douglas: Dobro
• Joe Diffie: Composer, Vocals (Background), Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Larry Williams: Composer
• Matt Rollings: Piano, Keyboards
• Dennis Linde: Composer
• Tim Mensy: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Vocals (Background)
• John Wesley Ryles: Vocals (Background)
• Bruce Bouton: Guitar (Steel)
• Mary Chapin Carpenter: Composer, Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Walt Cunningham: Piano, Keyboards
• Stuart Duncan: Fiddle, Mandolin
• Paul Franklin: Dobro, Guitar (Steel)
• Gregg Geller: Compilation Producer
• Vince Gill: Vocals (Background)
• Rob Hajacos: Fiddle
• Yvonne Hodges: Vocals (Background)
• John Hughey: Guitar (Steel)
• Bill Hullett: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Carl Jackson: Vocals (Background)
• John Jennings: Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Guitar (Electric), Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Larry Keith: Vocals (Background)
• Robbie Magruder: Percussion, Drums
• Brent Mason: Guitar (Electric)
• Mike McAdam: Guitar (Tremolo)
• Randy McCormick: Piano, Keyboards
• Kim Morrison: Vocals (Background)
• Danny Morrison: Composer
• Steve Nathan: Piano, Keyboards
• Paul Nelson: Composer
• Ron Oates: Piano, Keyboards
• Larry Paxton: Bass
• Dave Pomeroy: Bass
• Michael Severs: Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin
• Jim Shea: Photography
• Johnny Slate: Producer, Original Recording Producer
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr.: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Mark Wilder: Mastering
• John Willis: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Lonnie Wilson: Percussion, Drums, Vocals (Background)
• Glenn Worf: Bass
• Lee Bogan: Composer, Vocals (Background)
• Terry MacMillan: Percussion, Drums
• Sterling Whipple: Composer
• Kim Williams: Composer
• Howard Fritzson: Art Direction
• Kenny Bell: Guitar (Acoustic)
• Ron Kellum: Design
• Clay Keith: Vocals (Background)
• Fred Lehner: Composer
• Don Schlitz: Composer
• Andy Spooner: Composer
• Jeb Stuart Anderson: Composer
• Rick Blaylock: Composer
• Steve Dukes: Composer
• Brian Mansfield: Liner Notes
• John Greenebaum: Composer
• Ken Williams: Composer
• Kerry Kurt Phillips: Composer
• Tony Martin: Composer
• William Morrison: Composer
• Howard Perdew: Composer
• Ken Spooner: Composer
• Mike Chapman: Bass