I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

I Can Go for That: The Smooth World of Yacht Rock

📺 Series GB
โ˜… 7.8 /10 2019

Offers a reappraisal of "yacht rock", a critically neglected era of music popularized by a boom in FM radio stations and its smooth sound. The gleaming yacht sound was, in part, always defined by a group of LA-based session players and composers who worked across a range of yacht bands, informing their specific tone and level of musicianship. Some of these artists talk about the yacht phenomenon and being part of the scene back in the day. The series explores how the music adapted from the the bearded sensitivity of the '70s to the bombast of the MTV '80s, and how a satirical online drama contributed to a revival of interest and enthusiasm for these sounds in the digital era.

Cast

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Katie Puckrik
Self
Self - Presenter
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J.D. Ryznar
Self
Self - Creator, Yacht Rock Web Series
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Barney Hoskyns
Self
Self - Author
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Dylan Jones
Self
Self - Editor, GQ
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Jay Graydon
Self
Self
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Jay Graydon
Self
Self - Songwriter, Producer, and Session Guitarist
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Jennifer Otter Bickerdike
Self
Self - Cultural Historian
John Oates
John Oates
Self
Self