Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

Subscribe to Read | $0.00

Join today and start reading your favorite books for Free!

Create Free Account

Quick and Easy Sign Up!

It takes less then 1 minute to sign up, then you can enjoy Unlimited eBooks.

Sign Up Browse

Popular Genres

Read Anywhere and on Any Device!

  • Download on iOS
  • Download on Android
  • Download on iOS

The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

Greg Prato
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
‘It’s 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 book

Just 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 rock’s biggest songs with one-hit wonder artists, several of rock’s most renowned artists fall under this category, too - including Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Hall & 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 captain’s 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 Fallon’s 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 . 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 rock’s creation, rise, chart-smashing success, fall, and stunning rebirth.
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Release
March 06, 2018
ISBN
1911036297
ISBN 13
9781911036296

The Yacht Rock Book: The Oral History of the Soft, Smooth Sounds of the 70s and 80s

Greg Prato
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
‘It’s 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 book

Just 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 rock’s biggest songs with one-hit wonder artists, several of rock’s most renowned artists fall under this category, too - including Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Hall & 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 captain’s 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 Fallon’s 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 . 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 rock’s creation, rise, chart-smashing success, fall, and stunning rebirth.
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Jawbone Press
Release
March 06, 2018
ISBN
1911036297
ISBN 13
9781911036296

More books from Greg Prato

Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music

4/5 ( ratings)

Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight into Primus and the World of Les Claypool

4.2/5 ( ratings)

King's X: The Oral History

4.4/5 ( ratings)

The Faith No More & Mr. Bungle Companion

3.5/5 ( ratings)

The Eric Carr Story

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Dark Black and Blue: The Soundgarden Story

3.7/5 ( ratings)

Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets

4/5 ( ratings)

No Schlock...Just Rock!

4/5 ( ratings)

Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star

4/5 ( ratings)

100 Things Pearl Jam Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

4/5 ( ratings)

Sack Exchange: The Definitive Oral History of the 1980s New York Jets

4/5 ( ratings)

Facts on Tracks: Stories Behind 100 Rock Classics

4/5 ( ratings)

RUSH - A Visual Time Capsule: Moving Pictures-Permanent Waves-Hemispheres

4/5 ( ratings)

A Rockin' Rollin' Man: Bon Scott Remembered

4/5 ( ratings)

Shannon

4/5 ( ratings)

Take It Off: KISS Truly Unmasked

4/5 ( ratings)

A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon

4/5 ( ratings)

100 Things Pearl Jam Fans Should Know Do Before They Die

4/5 ( ratings)

Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight into Primus and the World of Les Claypool

4/5 ( ratings)

The Seventh Year Stretch: New York Mets, 1977-1983

4/5 ( ratings)

Rate this book!

Write a review?

loader