Honky Tonk Attitude

Honky Tonk Attitude
Studio album by Joe Diffie
Released	April 20, 1993
Genre	Country
Length	40:06
Label	Epic
Producer	Bob Montgomery Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie chronology
Regular Joe (1991) Honky Tonk Attitude (1993) Third Rock from the Sun (1994)

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Honky Tonk Attitude is the third studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. Released in 1993, it features the singles "Honky Tonk Attitude", "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)", "John Deere Green", and "In My Own Backyard", which respectively reached #5, #3, #5, and #19 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The song "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" was later recorded by John Berry on his 1995 album Standing on the Edge, from which it was released as a single.

Track listing

1. "Honky Tonk Attitude" (Joe Diffie, Lee Bogan) – 3:47
2. "I'm Not Through Losin' You" (Diffie, Chris Waters, Lonnie Wilson) – 3:06
3. "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" (Howard Perdew, Rick Blaylock, Kerry Kurt Phillips) – 3:46
4. "If I Had Any Pride Left at All" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser, John Greenbaum) – 3:23
5. "I Can Walk the Line (If It Ain't Too Straight)" (Randy Boudreaux, Kerry Kurt Phillips) – 3:20
6. "Somewhere Under the Rainbow" (Scott Blackwell, Jerry Laseter, Phillips) – 4:17
7. "John Deere Green" (Dennis Linde) – 4:31
8. "In My Own Backyard" (Diffie, Phillips, Andy Spooner) – 3:38
9. "Here Comes That Train" (David L. Lewis) – 3:14
10. "And That Was the Easy Part" (Wendell Mobley, John Jarrard) – 4:01
11. "Cold Budweiser and a Sweet 'Tater" (Teddy Gentry, Ronnie Rogers, Greg Fowler) – 3:03

Personnel

• Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar
• Lee Bogan – background vocals
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Walt Cunningham – keyboards
• Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Yvonne Hodges – background vocals
• Jim Hoke – saxophone
• John Hughey – steel guitar
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
• Carl Jackson – background vocals
• Pierce Jackson – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Tim Mensy – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Kenny Mims – electric guitar
• Kim Morrison – background vocals
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Hurshel Wiginton – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums

Additional background vocals on "Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die)" performed by the "Epic Proportion Choir".

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	67