HARDY, with some help from Morgan Wallen and Post Malone, lit up the stage at the CMA Awards Wednesday night with their mini-tribute to 90’s country hitmaker Joe Diffie. The trio performed Diffie’s “Pickup Man” and “John Deere Green.” But that’s not the end of it.
HARDY has announced that he’s putting out the third volume of his “Hixtape” series. “Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape” will serve as a tribute to Diffie, with some help from many of HARDY’s musical friends. Bonus: the project was done with the cooperation of Joe Diffie’s estate. The collection will utilize 2006 master recordings of Diffie’s greatest hits, remixed with additional instrumentation and vocals by HARDY. “I’m super excited about ‘Difftape.’ I think it’s a one-of-a-kind project and we’re the first people to do something like this,” Hardy shares. “Especially having the original recordings and the fact that we have his family’s blessing to do it, it’s all really special.”
As a follow-up to their performance Wednesday night, HARDY has released a surprise two-pack, “Hixtape Vol. 3: Difftape (Small Batch)” which is out now. Check out the studio versions of “Pickup Man” and “John Deere Green” below. The complete album comes out March 29.
