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First Trailer for ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’ – New ‘Music Box’ Doc
by Alex Billington
November 13, 2024
Source: YouTube
“It rocks! But it doesn’t rock too hard.” HBO has revealed the trailer for Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, premiering on Max later this month. Get ready for a voyage through soft rock history! It’s the next creation in HBO’s top notch Music Box series of docs about music history – there were 4 feature docs that debuted last year and this next one is part of the “season” coming up in 2024-2025. Yacht Rock chronicles the rise of the smooth West Coast sound pioneered by artists like Steely Dan, Toto, & Michael McDonald, exploring its widespread influence. The film includes soulful insight from many musical artists including Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald (Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers), Steve Porcaro (Toto), Steve Lukather (Toto), David Paich (Toto), Prince Paul (De La Soul), Brian Robert Jones (Vampire Weekend), Thundercat, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (The Roots), Mac DeMarco and more; “Yacht Rock” web series creator J.D. Ryznar & host Steve Huey; comedian Fred Armisen; music producers, journalists, scholars, and rock critics. Before video killed the radio star, smooth rock ruled the airwaves. This looks so groovy – enjoy.
First official trailer (+ poster) for Garret Price’s doc Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, from YouTube:
⛵ Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary chronicles the emergence and popularity of the West Coast, soft rock pop culture epitomized b artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto. Retroactively dubbed “Yacht Rock” back in 2005 by a parody website series, the easy listening, relaxing sounds of the late 1970s and early 1980s, which were beloved by many, came to be gently mocked and even dismissed by rock lovers and critics, but have since reclaimed their legitimate place in music history and are celebrated in this groove-infused film from the Music Box anthology series. Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary is directed by acclaimed American doc filmmaker Garret Price, director of the docs Love, Antosha and Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage previously. Produced by Madison Cross, Adam Gibbs, Garret Price. This will be premiering at 2024 DOC NYC Film Festival this month. HBO will then debut Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary streaming on Max starting November 29th, 2024 coming soon. Ready to rock?
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