Yacht Rock

Well, apparently, I've been living under a rock, or more appropriately, a yacht, when it comes to music. 

Last night, for the first time, I was introduced to a genre of music I didn't know existed- Yacht Rock. Well, actually, I was familiar with it, but only under its original name, soft rock. 

If you were born in the 1900s ( as the kids like to say), you probably remember the music of the mid-seventies into the mid-eighties. 

I learned there is an actual channel, 311, on Sirius radio that plays Yacht Rock. 

Probably one of the best examples of this style of music is Christopher Cross, one of my all-time favorites.  Remembering actual albums I owned, Little River Band and even Dan Fogelberg are included on the list. 

Artists like Steely Dan, Hall & Oats, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Seals & Croft, and Toto are also considered Yacht Rock. 

The term Yacht Rock was coined in 2005 by comedian J.D. Ryznar in a “mockumentary” about the soft rock of the previous era. The term was a play on the Southern California music industry and the lifestyles of the rich and famous.

It looks like I was only twenty years behind when it comes to the term, but I’ve got my radio preset on 311!