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'It's amazing that this style came to be. Can you imagine being a struggling musician back then? It must take an incredible amount of restraint to play that gently.' - Actor/comedian Fred Armisen, from his foreword to this book Just what is 'yacht rock,' you ask? Perhaps the easiest description is music that would not sound out of place being played while carousing aboard a yacht back in the good old days. But these songs were also some of the top pop gems of the 1970s and '80s. And while some associate yacht rock's biggest songs with one-hit wonder artists, several of rock's most renowned artists fall under this category, too - including Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Hall & Oates, The Doobie Brothers, Toto, and more. Yacht rock seemed to have become extinct by the early twenty-first century .
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Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, whose writing has appeared in such renowned publications as Rolling Stone, All Music Guide, and Classic Rock Magazine. He is the author of several popular books: MUSIC:'A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon' 'Touched by Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story' 'Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music''No Schlock . . . Just Rock!' 'The Eric Carr Story' 'MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video' 'Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets' 'The Faith No More & Mr. Bungle Companion' 'Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention''Primus, Over the Electric Grapevine: Insight into Primus and the World of Les Claypool''Punk! Hardcore! Reggae! PMA! Bad Brains!''Iron Maiden: '80 '81''Survival of the Fittest: Heavy Metal in the 1990's''Scott Weiland: Memories of a Rock Star''German Metal Machine: Scorpions in the '70s''The Other Side of Rainbow''Shredders! The Oral History of Speed Guitar (And More) ' MORE! SPORTS:'Sack Exchange: The Definitive Oral History of the 1980s New York Jets' 'Dynasty: The Oral History of the New York Islanders, 1972-1984' 'Just Out of Reach: The 1980s New York Yankees''The Seventh Year Stretch: New York Mets, 1977-1983'Also, Greg has been interviewed on such radio shows as 'Eddie Trunk Live,' 'The Ron and Fez Show,' 'Kick Out the Jams,' and 'The Electric Ballroom,' and has had his books heralded on such TV or radio programs as 'That Metal Show' and 'The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show.'
