HARDY’s Difftape Features Blake, Lainey And Many More
HARDY’s Difftape version of his “HIXTAPE” music series is coming out tomorrow (3/29). According to his social media, the new project, which honors the music of the late 1990s country star Joe Diffie, features some big names in country music today.
HARDY’s DIFFTAPE
HARDY posted a video clip talking about the project recently. He said in the clip, “‘DIFFTAPE’ is all Joe Diffie songs, and it’s just a huge nod, tip of the hat, if you will, to the icon that is Joe Diffie.”
RIP Joe Diffie
HARDY continued, “Rest in peace. We all love you, and we all miss you. We just wanted to do something special, different, and cool. So this is the biggest ‘Hixtape’ ever, 30 of our best country friends and singers.”
So Proud
He concluded with an air of mystery, “You’re not gonna believe all the people that are on this… I’m so proud of all the people that said yes to this.”
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HARDY’s HIXTAPE Instagram account posted the collaborators on the project, which can be seen on the album cover in carton form. The artist featured on the album is a who’s who of country music.
Photo Art – Big Loud Records
Featured Artists on “DIFFTAPE:”
Blake Shelton
Toby Keith
Lainey Wilson
Old Dominion
Jon Pardi
Luke Combs
Luke Bryan
Reba McEntire
Darius Rucker
Joe Diffie
Brooks & Dunn
Morgan Wallen
Post Malone
Parker Diffie (Joe Diffie’s son)
Chris Young
Randy Houser
Hailey Whitters
Tracy Lawrence
Clint Black
Larry Fleet
Ernest
Aaron Tippin
Mark Wills
Nate Smith
Randall King
Sammy Kershaw
Jack Ingram
Koe Wetzel
Lauren Watkins
Kameron Marlowe
HARDY also shared a shot of a typed tracklist in the social media video clip with the names of those who sang on each song blacked out. He also blacked out what track ten would be.
HARDY’s HIXTAPE Volume 3: DIFFTAPE tracklist:
1. “A Night To Remember”
2. “Bigger Than The Beatles”
3. “C-O-U-N-T-R-Y”
4. “Home”
5. “Honky Tonk Attitude”
6. “If The Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)”
7. “In Another World”
8. “Is It Cold In Here”
9. “John Deere Green” [Hardy, Morgan Wallen]
10. –
11. “New Way (To Light UpAn Old Flame)”
12. “Pickup Man” [Post Malone]
13. “Prop Me Up Beside The Jukebox (If I Die)”
14. “Ships That Don’t Come In”
15. “So Help Me Girl”
16. “Texas Size Heartache”
17. “Third Rock From the Sun”
Unique Project
HARDY told us in November (2023) when the DIFFTAPE project was announced, “I’m super excited about DIFFTAPE. I think it’s a unique project, and we’re the first people to do something like this. Especially having the original recordings and the fact that we have his family’s blessing to do it, it’s all really special.”
Meeting Joe
He added, “Joe epitomized the ’90s country voice – he was so good about hearing and cutting hits, recording amazing songs. On a personal level, I only got to meet Joe once, but he was extremely nice to me, and this was in my first year of being an artist when I was an absolute nobody. He was so, so kind to me, and that memory I have of him is truly special to me, too.”
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