THE LEGENDS MIXES - 'YACHT ROCKIN' BEATS' (FREE DOWNLOAD)

Is my 'soft-pop' showing? Yeesh, is it that obvious? I'm good, I'm good; I guess this weather has me in a 'sunshine Music' kinda mood...which leads to the point of this post.

When I heard about the internet series, 'Yacht Rock', I already knew what kind of music they were talking about. There was a whole wave of this stuff coming out when I was a kid. The soft lilting sounds of California-Sunset 'Rock' were all over the airwaves. Even the hard-rock station was sneaking these cats in the mix, right next to Zeppelin and Floyd...c'mon, man.




It don't look right and it sure as hell didn't sound right, but eventually, I found myself saiiiiiling, take me away merderp mrrrwworr doo doop dooo....(What DOES he say?)

"C'MON, maaaaaaan...y'all played 'Communication Breakdown', 'Money' (without the word 'bullshit' censored...THE Q ROCKS...and then you played that dad-blame 'Ride Like The Wind'...I mean, it kindarocks, but can you NOT play that kinda stuff ever again? Do I have a request? Ummmmmmmm.....I dunno, play something that ROCKS. Can you play some more Led Zeppelin?

Yeah, so it is easy to see how a dude might find himself turning the dial a bit to the right, on the sly, hoping to catch a bit of the Little River Band and a hint of Nicolette Larsen. It's so damn smoooooooth....


The point of all this is I just knew what 'Yacht Rock' was as soon as I saw the name. I cracked up when I watched the series on Youtube (I haven't watched all of them yet, don't tell me...don't tell me.). I thought I would honor the smooth polished sounds of the late 70's with a mix chock full of 'YACHT ROCKIN' BEATS'. Might be good for a cooldown or a barbecue or something...I guarantee you have an Auntie that is gonna feel some of this stuff.

MP3;
RUSTY REDENBACHER - 'Yacht Rockin' Beats' < style="font-style:italic;">Playlist

1. Intro
2. 'Sailing' - Christopher Cross
3. 'Biggest Part Of Me' - Ambrosia
4. 'Baby Come Back' - Player
5. 'Help Me' - Joni Mitchell
6. 'Minute By Minute' - The Doobie Brothers
7. 'I Keep Forgetting' - Michael McDonald
8. 'Heart Hotels' - Dan Fogelberg
9. 'Witchy Woman' - The Eagles
10. 'On And On' - Stephen Bishop
11. 'This Is It' - Kenny Loggins
12. 'You Belong To Me' - Carly Simon
13. 'I Can't Go For That' - Hall & Oates
14. 'Lotta Love' - Nicolette Larsen
15. 'Baker Street' - Gerry Rafferty
16. 'Peg' - Steely Dan
17. 'What A Fool Believes' - The Doobie Brothers

Sail on, y'all.