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10 Questions With Joe Diffie

There is an radio industry website, allaccess.com, that features a blog within called, “10 Questions With…”  On April 28, 2019, it featured “10 Questions With Joe Diffie.” Wow…less than a…

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There is an radio industry website, allaccess.com, that features a blog within called, "10 Questions With..."  On April 28, 2019, it featured "10 Questions With Joe Diffie."

Wow...less than a year ago.

To read it now, is at once cathartic (I can hear Joe's voice and humor, and smile), sad (of course), and even a little haunting.  Take for example this response to a question about getting out new music:

"...It's a little frustrating, honestly, on my end, but we're working out a few little snafus here and there. I'm sure people don't really want to hear that. They don't care, but it's frustrating for me on my end because I've got this music ready to go out there and it's not happening at the moment. Hopefully, it'll be really soon though ... I hope I don't die and they have to release it posthumously."

It's that last part that's a gut punch.  God Speed, "Pickup Man."

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.