How do you know you’re doing your job well? For filmmaker Garret Price, it was having a reputedly difficult Rock & Roll Hall of Famer tell him “Go [expletive] yourself.” Quintessential “grumpy old man ...
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from AllMusic, who listed Steely Dan's song "Gaucho" in his top 30 list of great Yacht Rock songs, most likely understood the ambiguity of the lyrics juxtaposed with the ironic ...
In the mid-1970s and ‘80s in SoCal, bands like Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Toto blended jazz, R&B, and pop to create a new soft style: yacht rock.
If you are into yacht rock, then check out these three contemporary yacht rock songs that will remind you of the good ole ...
“Yet there’s this whole other scene happening with Michael McDonald and Christopher Cross and Steely Dan and the Toto guys that I don’t think gets as much recognition.” What is Yacht Rock?
Four years after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s election win, President-elect ...
Retro appreciation for “yacht rock” emerged in the 2000s thanks to a viral pre-YouTube web video series of the same name, ...
I sail a sea comprised solely of sailors. To my port and starboard stand 200 other swaying souls in the concert venue, all ...
Almost 20 years ago, the irreverent comedy series Yacht Rock debuted on the web, lovingly spoofing popular ‘70s and ‘80s artists — such as Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers’ Michael McDonald ...
Unlike Loggins, Steely Dan’s Donald Fagen hasn’t reached this stage of acceptance. When the documentary’s director asked him about yacht rock, Fagen cursed at him and hung up the phone ...
Artists have long resisted being boxed in by labels, a sentiment now thrust into the spotlight by the release of ': A DOCKmentary'.