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A term I hadn't heard before today but once thought about, makes perfect sense. Here to explain with plenty plenty click-throughs is AMG. Big Fun abounds!:
http://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/allmusic-s-yacht-rock << If you like rock/jazz on the softer side (but still not mush), U need 2 Read.
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11-11-2014, 20:18
(This post was last modified: 11-11-2014, 22:00 by jazzboCR.)
Thought I'd update this with both a wiki and the 12-episode mockumentary series on Youtube (not in any order but easy to find):
The wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yacht_Rock
The series:
https://www.youtube.com/user/jdryznar/videos << Mr. Ryznar is one of the guys responsible for the series--look for his other stuff--rough but brilliant.
Not-so-BTW, there's a terrif Atlanta-based group that does this music perfectly and with enough respect that many of the folks parodied have sat in with them:
http://www.pleaserock.com/tributes/yacht-rock-revue << got some tunes they do. YT's got some nifty vids too. I love this stuff and these guys
kill.
This may be a smaller sub-set of the above for smaller venues:
http://www.pleaserock.com/tributes/yacht-rock-schooner << Same talent agency books these 2 plus a bunch more. Big Fun all 'round from a more innocent time.
A man accustomed to hear only the echo of his own sentiments, soon bars all the common avenues of delight, and has no part in the general gratification of mankind--Dr. Johnson
What he said. Amen, Bro--JazzboCR
