A music enthusiast shares their experience watching a yacht rock documentary and their desire to interview Bob Ruggiero, a local music journalist and author who interviewed prominent yacht rock artists.
one person sprung to mind. Listening to the tender, vulnerable, romantic vibes of 1970s and ‘80s acts like Christopher Cross and Toto had me in the mood to reach out to one specific person. No, the songs didn’t send me to an old high school girlfriend I might have sung these tunes to back then or even asking my wife’s notions on the subject matter. She’s not nostalgic in the least and actually prefers The Blood Brothers to the Doobie Brothers.
She’s hardcore! I was less interested in the emotions the film stirred than its musical and historical accuracy. So, the one person I wanted to ask about the documentary (which I highly recommend) was Bob Ruggiero. Also known as “,” Ruggiero is someone in my own circle I knew could confirm or dispel some of the claims made in the film. Classic Rock Bob loves yacht rock. I’ve been around him at some shows but have maybe never seen him more alive than singing at the top of his lungs and dancing like a wild man to “Thunder Island” during a Light Rock Express show at Continental Club. Besides that, he’s a longtime music journalist and author who has interviewed some of yacht rock’s major players, people like Kenny Loggins, Steve Lukather and Boz Scaggs, who are all featured in the film. You can read those interviews in Ruggiero’s recent book,Ruggiero graciously agreed to field some of my questions, covering everything from whether yacht rock is only for saps and simps (It’s not! Thank goodness) and if there are any new yacht rock acts (There are! Sort of. Read on for his explanation). For the uninitiated, yacht rock, as Wikipedia describes it, was “originally known as the West Coast sound or adult-oriented rock,” before an early 2000s web series coined the term to categorize the music, long after that music was first made, heard and loved. Wiki says yacht rock is “commonly associated with soft rock,” but draws “on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B and disc
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