So we get the usual controversial ie.

What defines yacht rock. Is Michael McDonald a yacht rock. Yacht Rock is simply the art form of pop-rock arranged produced and played at the highest possible human level. Wikipedia defines Yacht Rock this way and it sounds good to me.

Yacht Rock actually has an extensive but thin on actual content Wikipedia page which defines it as. I think one of the things that defines Yacht Rock is kind of a laid-back aesthetic most strongly associated with the West Coast but not necessarily limited to it. Even live the dead-nuts accuracy and musical maturity and refinement was so good I had to remind myself to breathe.

And when Im feelin blue the guitars comin through to soothe me. Check out our official music videos for originals Step Bad Tequila and The Doobie Bounce as well as our Dreampop rendition of CSNYs classic hit Our House. He defines yacht rock as the polished and soulful brand of mostly West Coast rock stretching from 1972s Brandy Youre a Fine Girl up through some early Madonna songs with high watermarks like Totos Africa and Steely Dans Hey Nineteen in between.

Paul Davis Cool Night is a great Yacht Rock track in my opinion fits the sound to a T but it was recorded in Atlanta I believe and Davis is from the South. Yacht Rock otherwise known as West Coast Sound is a pinnacle of summertime vibes. In the musical sense yacht rock refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock that emanated from Southern California between 1976 and 1984.

Broad music style and aesthetic identified with soft rock. It was one of the commercially successful genres of its era existing between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. That musical passion is best explained in the lyrics of the song Drift Away.

Yacht rock originally known as the West Coast sound or adult-oriented rock is a broad music style and aesthetic commonly associated with soft rock one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to early 1980s. In 2005 a group of entertainers created an Internet comedy series called Yacht Rock which told the imaginary histories of the careers of a number of AM GoldWest Coast musicians Kenny Loggins Michael McDonald The Doobie Bros Steely Dan Toto etc. And what defines yacht music better than a song about sailing.