As a songwriter, artist and performer, Joe Aukofer has gigged extensively with a variety of bands and played live in support of many national acts including, Lynard Skynyrd, Joe Walsh, Bad Company, the Atlanta Rhythm Section and The Georgia Satellites.
Joe’s original songs have appeared in numerous film and television shows, including Fox's Sleepy Hollow, The Mindy Project and Malcomb in the Middle, HBO’s True Blood, ABC’s The Forgotten, CBS’s Swingtown and Criminal Minds, Showtime's Ray Donovan, A&E's The Glades, Friday Night Lights Season 1 DVD, Extended Families, as well as, Home Depot Husky Tool commercials. On the film side, Joe’s songs have appeared in Missionary Man, The Lucky Ones and the upcoming, Better Living Through Chemistry
Raised in a small Virginia town listening to influential bands such as Tom Petty, The Rolling Stones, Bad Company, The Beatles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and other great artist of the era, Joe’s style began to take shape. Joe gravitated toward electric and acoustic guitar, which remain his primary instruments today.
He has two full length CDs available from the days he spent in a Southern Rock/Alt. Country band called the RoadHawgs.
Joe lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he owns and operates SunnyField Studios. As well as recording his own music, Joe also engineers and produces other artists at SunnyField, with a current release for Art House Cinema on Eripsa records.
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