Editing Joe Diffie (section)

===1990–1991: ''A Thousand Winding Roads''===
The label released Diffie's debut album, ''[[A Thousand Winding Roads]]'', at the end of 1990,<ref name="allmusic" /> with Montgomery and Johnny Slate as producers.<ref name="kings">{{cite book|last=Kingsbury|first=Paul|title=The Grand Ole Opry history of country music|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MgY5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22bob+montgomery%22+%22joe+diffie%22|year=1995|publisher=Villard Books|isbn=0-679-43556-5|page=238}}</ref> Its first single, "[[Home (Joe Diffie song)|Home]]", reached the top of the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart. The song also reached number one on the country music charts published by ''[[Radio & Records]]'' and ''[[Gavin Report]]'', making him the first country music artist to have a number-one debut single on all three charts,<ref name="cst">{{cite web |url=http://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/article.asp?xid=397 |title=Joe Diffie gets back to roots |access-date=July 28, 2010 |last=Netherland |first=Tom |date=September 1999 |work=[[Country Standard Time]].com}}</ref> as well as the first country music artist to have a debut single spend more than one week in the number-one position at the latter two publications.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28773051.html?dids=28773051:28773051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11%2C+1990&author=Jack+Hurst%2C+Country+music+writer&pub=Chicago+Tribune+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=A+%60Home%27+run+Joe+Diffie+trades+demos+for+a+hot+debut+single&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713032753/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/28773051.html?dids=28773051:28773051&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+11,+1990&author=Jack+Hurst,+Country+music+writer&pub=Chicago+Tribune+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=A+%60Home'+run+Joe+Diffie+trades+demos+for+a+hot+debut+single&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 13, 2012|title=A 'Home' run: Joe Diffie trades demos for a hot debut single|last=Hurst|first=Jack|date=November 11, 1990|work=[[The Chicago Tribune]]|page=14|access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> Diffie co-wrote the album's second and fourth releases, "[[If You Want Me To]]" and "[[New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)]]";<ref name="stambler" /> both peaked at number two on ''Billboard'',<ref name="whitburn" /> and the former reached number one on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' country music charts in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1472&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=6odu72s4r3jpla26nbgif20bk5|title=''RPM'' Country Tracks|date=March 23, 1991|work=RPM|access-date=July 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017214154/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1472&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=6odu72s4r3jpla26nbgif20bk5|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Between these two songs, "[[If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)]]" became Diffie's second ''Billboard'' number one.<ref name="allmusic"/> The album itself peaked at number 23 on [[Top Country Albums]].<ref name="amgalbum">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1589|pure_url=yes}}|title=Joe Diffie: Billboard Albums|work=Allmusic|access-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> Diffie also performed his first concerts in late 1990, touring with [[George Strait]] and [[Steve Wariner]].<ref name="stambler" /> That same year, ''[[Cash Box]]'' named him Male Vocalist of the year.<ref name="readinglaughs">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_H4xAAAAIBAJ&pg=3699,1520786&dq=joe-diffie+better-off-gone&hl=en|title=Joe Diffie leaving behind laughs for love|last=Rasmussen|first=Tracy|date=August 20, 1999|work=Reading Eagle|access-date=July 27, 2010}}</ref> In 1991, Diffie co-wrote the tracks "Livin' on What's Left of Your Love" and "Memory Lane" on labelmate [[Keith Palmer (singer)|Keith Palmer]]'s debut album.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Keith Palmer |others=Keith Palmer |year=1991 |type=CD insert |publisher=Epic Records |id=48611}}</ref>