First Trailer for ‘Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary’ – New ‘Music Field’ Doc
by Alex Billington
November 13, 2024
Supply: YouTube
“It rocks! However it would not rock too arduous.” HBO has revealed the trailer for Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, premiering on Max later this month. Prepare for a voyage by delicate rock historical past! It is the following creation in HBO’s high notch Music Field sequence of docs about music historical past – there have been 4 function docs that debuted final 12 months and this subsequent one is a part of the “season” developing in 2024-2025. Yacht Rock chronicles the rise of the sleek West Coast sound pioneered by artists like Steely Dan, Toto, & Michael McDonald, exploring its widespread affect. The movie consists of soulful perception from many musical artists together with 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 extra; “Yacht Rock” internet sequence creator J.D. Ryznar & host Steve Huey; comic Fred Armisen; music producers, journalists, students, and rock critics. Earlier than video killed the radio star, clean rock dominated the airwaves. This seems to be so groovy – get pleasure from.
First official trailer (+ poster) for Garret Worth’s doc Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary, from YouTube:
⛵ Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary chronicles the emergence and recognition of the West Coast, delicate rock popular culture epitomized b artists resembling Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto. Retroactively dubbed “Yacht Rock” again in 2005 by a parody web site sequence, the straightforward listening, stress-free sounds of the late Seventies and early Eighties, which have been beloved by many, got here to be gently mocked and even dismissed by rock lovers and critics, however have since reclaimed their official place in music historical past and are celebrated on this groove-infused movie from the Music Field anthology sequence. Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary is directed by acclaimed American doc filmmaker Garret Worth, director of the docs Love, Antosha and Woodstock 99: Peace Love and Rage beforehand. Produced by Madison Cross, Adam Gibbs, Garret Worth. This will probably be premiering at 2024 DOC NYC Movie Competition this month. HBO will then debut Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary streaming on Max beginning November twenty ninth, 2024 coming quickly. Able to rock?
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