Joe Harley makes music under his moniker Hotel Life, which signed to 9 Lives Records in 2023. He began playing guitar in the Fort Myers bar scene in 1993 with a number of bands including Potato Gun and Strip Club Moms. Potato Gun played the official grand opening of FGCU in 1997.
Joe moved to St Pete in 2000 to be in an original rock band there and then moved back to Matlacha in 2002 where he got back into the local bar music scene and became a highly decorated saltwater fly fishing guide until Hurricane Ian disrupted and ended that for him in 2022.
He still lives on Matlacha and writing songs and playing solo acoustic gigs around the region.
SONG 1: "Rhinestone Cowboy" by Glen Campbell...it's the title track to his 1975 album...it was originally written and recorded by Larry Weiss the year before. https://youtu.be/6P7Sx2L0fVU?si=oVtzQW05JVk9cSLd
SONG 2: Cake's version of Gloria Gaynor's 1978 "I Will Survive" off their 1996 album Fashion Nugget. https://youtu.be/3VFOEa8K-6Q?si=4Be9P7PD3z7Gf6aT
SONG 3: "Sundowner" by Kevin Morby from the album of the same name released in 2020. https://youtu.be/OnwdbXwU4YE?si=kgjGe_heUIqTpwa_
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