Yacht Rock: where did it come from, what does it want and how in the sacred name of Steely Dan did it manage to make a comeback? An HBO Original documentary Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary is streaming on Max from today and right now you can get Max with ads for just $2.99 per month for the next six months – at a 70% saving, it's probably the best streaming deal around.
Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary chronicles the emergence of the soft rock pop culture of the late 70s and its unlikely reemergence and rehabilitation in the 21st century. Guitar players and musicians of all kinds, of course, have long-admired the astonishing musicianship, compositional genius, and influential production techniques of artists like Michael McDonald, Toto and Steely Dan – now the rest of the world is catching up.
Where it once seemed like punk, new wave and heavy metal had put this slick AOR to the sword, a generation of new artists – alt-rockers and hip-hoppers – have embraced the sounds and attitudes of this soft, soulful rock and brought it back, thanks in part to a comedy website series.
By all accounts, it's one of the feel-good music docs of the year and features Captains of the Ship Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Steve Porcaro, Steve Lukather, David Paich, and acolytyes like Prince Paul (De La Soul), Brian Robert Jones (Vampire Weekend), Thundercat, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (The Roots), Mac DeMarco and more.
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