num_pages: 320
description:  Its amazing that this style came to be. Can you imagine being a struggling musician back then? It must take an incredible amount of restraint to play that gently .  Actor/comedian Fred Armisen from his foreword to this bookJust what is yacht rock you ask? Perhaps the easiest description is music that would not sound out of place being played while carousing aboard a yacht back in the good old days. But these songs were also some of the top pop gems of the 1970s and '80s. And while some associate yacht rocks biggest songs with one-hit wonder artists several of rocks most renowned artists fall under this category too including Fleetwood Mac the Eagles Steely Dan Hall &amp; Oates The Doobie Brothers Toto and more. Yacht rock seemed to have become extinct by the early twenty-first century  until a comedic video series simply titled Yacht Rock went viral and introduced captains hats and blazers to a whole new generation  as well as the emergence of a popular cover band the Yacht Rock Revue and of course Jimmy Fallons on-air admiration of all things yacht rock. Now yacht rock is one of the most celebrated yesteryear styles of pop music and has resonated with a new generation of musicians (including the Fred Armisen/Bill Hader-led Blue Jean Committee and soul/funk/electronica crossover act Thundercat). But despite all the hoopla there has never been a book that told the entire story of the genre. Until now. Featuring interviews with many of the heavy hitters of the genre including John Oates Kenny Loggins and Don Felder The Yacht Rock Book leaves no sail unturned. This is the definitive story of the yacht rocks creation rise chart-smashing success fall and stunning rebirth.
language: English
title: The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s
publisher: Jawbone Press