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Spring Into Soft Rock

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Spring into soft rock as spring has sprung and Yachty by Nature is coming for you.  In fact, we have some really cool venues coming up this month.  Thus, get those reservations, buy the tickets and planning on getting Yachty in April.  You see, California’s best Yacht Rock band is playing your favorite yacht rock tunes and coming to your town soon.  Last month, our travels brought us to Laughlin, Scottsdale, and a crazy ski week in Las Vegas in February.  Additionally, we had another festive week of St. Patrick’s Day fun and adding new fans all over the West. St. Paddy’s Month with YBN! In other news, we’ve booked our first show in Iowa later this year.  In fact, we’ve experienced a bunch of interest in the Midwest so stay tuned for some exciting and fun travels this year.

Thank you to our amazing fans making these shows so dang fun.  The band has really continued to blossom, we’re adding new tunes all the time and booking really cool shows.  As the weather warms up, you can just feel the yacht party brewing and we’re looking forward to another summer filled soft rock swing through Southern California.  Some of the cities we’ll be coming to this summer are:  Chino Hills, Diamond Bar, Rancho Santa Margarita, Calimesa, Palm Desert, San Clemente, Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Monrovia, and more.  Of course, it’s been hard to schedule all the requests as we are only one Yacht Rock band!  Thanks for all that love, it’s been so contagious.

April 2019

Yacht Rock Brunch at Country Club

– April 14

Starting this upcoming weekend, we’ll spring into soft rock this month!  In fact, after a nice week off, the band is rested and ready to cruise into Country Club in Costa Mesa this Sunday, April 14 for a Sunday Funday starting at 1pm.  More importantly, get your reservation for Yacht Rock Brunch as breakfast begins at 10am.  As always, wear your captains hats and resort attire for maximum fun potential.spring into yacht rock brunch country club yachty by nature best oc yacht rock band bands los angeles orange county costa mesa newport beach

Spring into Soft Rock Extravaganza

@ Slidebar – April 19

Our long awaited return to Fullerton and the friendly confines of the patio bar at Slidebar.  On Friday night, we’ll fire up the yacht at 8pm and play your favorite soft rock hits.  As well, this college town gets fun so get your table now.   Or, just drop anchor in yacht attire to enjoy a sumptuous feast of smooth.  We can’t wait to get your weekend started at Slidebar.

Back Bay Bistro in Newport Beach

April 27.  The capstone of our Yachty April, don’t miss the boat at this cool new venue!  Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort has a beautiful indoor music venue and we’ll be the starring attraction Saturday April 27 at 8pm.  Get your dinner reservation and sip champagne comfortably at $20 ticket or enjoy the bar for $15 per ticket.  In fact, this venue has become a magnet for other tribute bands and this month featuring Wayward Sons, Turn the Page, and Trinity.  Resort attire, boat wear, captains hats, and generally country club attire is always encouraged!

Grapes for Grads in Laguna Beach

April 28.  In addition, we spring into soft rock for Laguna Beach’s Premiere Wine Tasting and Scholarship fundraiser event on April 28, 2019.  Enjoy another Sunday Funday with Yachty by Nature at Festival of the Arts and raise money for high school students going to college.  OC yacht rock band of the year will pair well with wineries from all over California for this fundraiser.  More importantly, you’ll savor delicious foods from Maro, Oak, Wine Gallery, Harley and Moulin.  Ultimately

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, come sail away with great wine and food and company and amazing music.  Finally, your captains of smooth set a course for adventure as local restaurants and wineries toast to the finest Yacht Rock band in the Southland.  Lastly, Grapes for Grads opens up for VIP entrance at 12 noon and the band will play smooth soft rock as general admission opens at 1pm.  Likewise, tickets are $50 for this Rotary Laguna Beach hosted event and will cost $60 at the door.

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Thanks for all the support, here at YBN, we’re working hard to bring the hottest in LIVE soft rock.  In fact, we’ve recently added some new tunes especially featuring those big vocals on She’s Gone by Hall and Oates.  Beginning at Marty’s on Newport, we cracked open that song and featured it on our last few shows to an amazing response.  From sold out shows at Campus Jax and The Fifth, we’re so fortunate to have you as phenomenal fans.  We really enjoy the love and especially that people see our passion for the music.  Especially, we always play live and are so proud to be able to play these tunes without the help of backing tracks.  Thanks for noticing that hard work and continuing to spread the good word!

Spring into Soft Rock this Summer

So the message is clear; firstly, let’s rock the yacht and party like Spring has sprung this April.  Secondly, thanks for some really successful trips to Scottsdale Tennis Week in Arizona, Topgolf Vegas, Tropicana Laughlin, and Amazon Web Services corporate show.  As always, we love adding songs and especially enjoy our fans reaching out to request new tunes.  Keep up the good work, hope to see you this April and look forward to seeing you this summer so keep checking the calendar.  We’ll continue a residency at Sea Legs at the Beach, add a bunch of concerts in the park outside, and play our regular venues out there.

Whatever you do, wherever you go, Stay Yachty! #yachtrock #liveyachtrock #yachtrockband #oc #orangecounty #newportbeach #backbaybistro

Captain Carl

12 Apr
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St. Paddy’s Month with YBN!

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green captains hats yacht rock yachty by nature bronerSt. Paddy’s day is coming this month!  And, Yachty by Nature comes your way with the best in LIVE yacht rock.  In fact, prepare for us to drop anchor and give you the best 70’s and 80’s yacht rock experience!  More importantly, come see the BEST on the West Coast and all LIVE all the time!  In addition, click here for new MERCH that will have you stylin’ for these special St. Patrick’s day celebrations.  In fact, get your new green hat or break out that hat from last year to represent the green!  At last, get your new t-shirt and know that both white and green captain’s hats are in stock for you.  So, hit us up on the Yachty Merch store!

St. Paddy’s March 2019

Okay, let’s get into the dates for one shamrock of a St. Paddy’s Yachty March!  First of all, try some of the options we havefor you.  And, secondly, we hope to see you more than once for maximum fun potential.  As you may well know, last year went absolutely nuts, so we’re really looking forward to fun times ahead!  In fact, look, we’ve smartened up and we won’t be playing twice on St. Paddy’s day but we will play on both the 16th at Sea Legs and 17th at Costello’s.  Besides that, here goes:

March 2 Private Fundraiser at San Diego Yacht Club

March 9 Campus Jax – Newport Beach at 8pm $10

Then, March 16 Sea Legs at the Beach Season Opening – Huntington Beach 2pm $5

and… March 17 Costello’s – Mission Viejo 1130am FREE

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March 22  The Fifth – Anaheim 8pm $15

March 23 Private Fundraiser – El Segundo

March 26 Private Corporate – Palm Springs

March 30  Tropicana Resort and Casino – Laughlin 8pm $25

As always, we are adding new tunes all the time.  More importantly, hit us up for song requests and we might just get it done for you.  Here’s that song list link if you’re curious!

Yeah Buoy St. Paddy’s!

Thanks for all the amazing support from our fans!  Two weeks ago, we had an amazing show in Las Vegas at Topgolf.  In fact, we returned later in the week to play for a corporate party for Amazon Web Services over at the Sands Expo Convention Center for about 7,000 employees.  Ultimately, check out our snow day on Thursday and the fact we couldn’t leave Las Vegas.  Oh what a week in Vegas it was.  If you missed the yacht party, stay tuned as I’m sure we’ll return to Las Vegas soon.  And if you feel like driving down to the Colorado River, we play on March 30 at the Tropicana in Laughlin.

Additionally, we had plenty of Vegas and Arizona fans at our last show in Laughlin and the yacht party was alive and kicking that night.  This year, St. Paddy’s month will be fun filled and then some.  Prepare to get yachty and come sail away with us as never before.  Increasingly, the band has just been on fire.

Reminder:  What is Yacht Rock?

As always, we love to educate our fans on Yacht Rock and it’s that jazzy/R&B laced smooth music from 1976 to 1984.  In fact, it is well produced with lush vocals and harmonies and includes those badass session players of the 70’s and 80’s like Toto’s players.  Many of those artists appear on even Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall and Thriller and captivated that smooth sound produced by others like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross and so many more.  This genre of music was introduced back into the conversation by J.D. Ryznar and his YouTube series titled Yacht Rock.  If you haven’t seen it, it is a must watch.

Of course, he also has a podcast by the name Beyond Yacht Rock and the famed Yachtski scale where they judge songs by whether they make it as Yacht Rock or Nyacht Rock.  As a band, we’ve tried to stay true to the Yachtski scale but we know that our fans love to hear some Nyacht rockers as well to keep the party flowing.  As always, we’ll do our best to provide you with the smoothest in yacht rock and the grooviest soft rock and other tunes that keep the yacht party going.

If you’d like some other creative musings about the genre, there’s plenty!  My favorite list of tunes appears on the hello loser page and here’s the authors of the Yacht Rock blog.  In addition, check out some very creative musings https://medium.com/discoverbest-blog/in-defence-of-yacht-rock-c8f575c1f5b1 .  More importantly, find your Yacht Rock jams on Sirius/XM with their station Yacht Rock as well.

The Band…

For St. Paddy’s day, the band has been on a tear and you just won’t find a nicer crew of sailors than Yachty by Nature.  When I look around, Big Wave Dave keeping us in the pocket and Rim shredding sax over all the smooth.  There’s Doctor Ira just killing it on the performances and you just never know what he’s going to do with a wireless mic and that jazz flute!  Then, Ben Shreddin’ kills it softly with his song and then ramping it up for those Toto solos that will gently melt your face off.  Scotty McYachty absolutely crushing the vocals on everything from Michael McDonald to Hall and Oates and beyond and then rockin’ those crazy Steely Dan bass lines all the while.

And I’m your humble Captain Carl just trying to hang on to those keyboard stylings and solos that our Yacht Rockers have emblazoned into our blood stream and sing a few songs that will anchor us in.  Lastly, I’m so damn proud of these guys for working so hard and being amazing people and playing so passionately for our yacht rock lovers out there.  And, listen to all those Eagles harmonies over everything.  Fact is, it is no small feat so it’s so cool to see us playing amazing venues and stoking the fire of our fans passion for that smooth music!

And lastly, enjoy a Happy St. Paddy’s day and Stay Yachty,

Your Captain,

Captain Carl

 

07 Mar
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Rock the Yacht 2018 with Yachty by Nature

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Rock the Yacht 2018

2018 Rocked the Yacht.  The band appeared on the Rich Eisen show!  In fact, the S.S. Yachty by Nature sailed smoothly to new venues, new cities, and so many new people. Of course, we celebrate every new venture, new song, and our growing crew of Yacht Rock enthusiasts…or En-smooth-iasts! In fact, the band even got out to some amazing concerts of our yacht rock heroes (Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins and Toto). And, we’ve also seen some of those heroes pass away this year. Specifically, the recent death of Captain Daryl Dragon of Captain and Tennille and Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook really took the wind out of our sails.

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2018 Most importantly, we thank our amazing fans both new and old. Thanks for being so supportive and making us Southern California’s ONLY choice when it comes to LIVE Yacht Rock. Of course, yacht rock was meant to be played by live human musicians so we play every single note on stage. We do so without any help from backing tracks. As well, YBN really appreciates fans who know the difference between yacht rock played live and yacht faking when a band uses backing tracks and ‘pretends’ that it’s live. In addition, let’s take a look back at the smooth seas we’ve sailed. Then, let’s look ahead to the fantastic voyage that our yacht will traverse in 2019.

Marty’s on Newport 2/1/19

Before we look back on 2018 the year in yacht, make sure to get your tickets to Marty’s on Newport for our show on Friday, February 1, 2019. This cool dive bar and intimate venue has an interesting history in Tustin. Especially, it is visited by top name acts from across the country like Berlin, Warren G, Reverend Horton Heat, X, and War. In fact, what an honor to bring our top rated Tribute to Yacht Rock to a primarily original band concert venue. Thus, it’ll be another first for our rise as the PREMIERE band on the Southern California yacht rock scene. Don’t miss the boat, there’s not a bad view in the house. And, it offers great food and a fun concert vibe. As always, look forward to a one of a kind yacht party type of show.

$15 while tickets last:

Rock the Yacht…Las Vegas!

Also, a quick shout out that we’ll be back at TopGolf in Las Vegas on February 16, so stay tuned for some really fun news and a trip to get Yachty with our Vegas faithful! In fact, the band has been dying to make a return to our Bae Watch crew! This Love Cruise celebrates a Yachty Valentine’s Day weekend. So, if you’re headed to Vegas or feel like visiting sin city with one badass Yachty Crew of musical sailors, get onboard! https://topgolf.com/us/las-vegas/

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Las Vegas Here we come again!

2018 the year in yacht, a look back…

Wow, what a ride it’s been for Yachty by Nature. Established in 2015, we were the very first Orange County yacht rock band. In fact, only Harbor Party (Los Angeles) and High Tide Society (San Diego) have been around longer in Southern California. Plus, we are the only California yacht rock band to regularly play in Las Vegas, let alone Arizona, and even the East Coast (North Carolina). In 2018, we were on tour taking 4 trips to Arizona, we must be doing something right! These Arizona travels included the Tropicana Laughlin, Arizona State Fair, Arizona Strong Beer Fest, and TopGolf Scottsdale. March 2018

In addition, we played many weddings in 2018. In fact, a wedding in Northern California on the Sacramento River delta. Furthermore, don’t forget our unforgettable night in Joshua Tree for Babes Ride Out! And then, two trips to Las Vegas including TopGolf and the Summit Club. TopGolf . On the other hand, our concerts in the park were tons of fun as well. Particularly, Born Free was huge and Ladera Ranch we packed the park with a record nearly 3,000 people. Wow, what a party that it has been.

Lastly, the band has been on fire and what a testament to our growing following and the fantastic yacht party we bring to Yacht Rock fans around the southland. Hence, the band couldn’t have been happier to finish the year in Yacht Rockstar form! Finally, we hit the big stage at Sea Legs Huntington Beach for the Anti-New Years party with party band, Tijuana Dogs.

Anti-New Years at Sea Legs!

Rock the Yacht Costello’s and Stillwater

Especially, we’d love to thank our first venues that gave Yacht Rock a chance! Costello’s in Mission Viejo and Stillwater in Dana Point certainly had faith to launch our brand of smooth soft rock. As well, YBN really had to convince Stillwater that Yacht Rock was viable and no sooner did they hire another fun yacht rock band, Captain’s Quarters. Most importantly, we love playing at these local South Orange County venues and we love playing to our fun and loyal fans that embraced this new genre of SMOOTH! Particularly, that fan base and the fun we’ve been having has been a contagious source of yacht fun that has helped us travel all over the place and get noticed by some really great venues in Arizona, Las Vegas, and beyond.

J.D. Ryznar comes to a YBN show!

Since Scotty McYachty and I began to get yachtified back in 2012, it’s been some kind of experience. First, we began hearing about this cool genre at an industry party and found it absolutely hilarious. Then, YBN realized there was a name for this genre of tuneage that we were always drawn to since the days of AM gold and riding in the back of the station wagon.

Finally, watching the transcendent YouTube series Yacht Rock helped us really turn the corner and understand what it meant to be SMOOTH. Furthermore, the creators J.D. Ryznar, Hunter Stair, and David Lyons geniusly coined the term Yacht Rock after realizing what a convergence of musicians like Michael McDonald, Toto, Steely Dan, etc. had in the 70’s and 80’s. If you’d like to see what these gents are up to now, check out their BEYOND YACHT ROCK. The band is eternally grateful for their wonderful creation. Although we play songs that don’t make the Yachtski Scale (Yacht Rock measuring tool), we appreciate their dedication to the genre!

Actually, we were fortunate enough to get J.D. Ryznar to our Concert in the Park in Monrovia in August and he raved about our ALL-YACHT ROCK set on twitter. Thus, we were ecstatic to get such high praise from the originator of the genre of Yacht Rock. In fact, here’s an amazing tweet from J.D.: https://twitter.com/yachtrock/status/1034211276392517632 . Ultimately, we even got a hall pass on playing the song Brandy. Which is unfortunately not a Yacht Rock song in their shrewd estimation. Lastly, if you want to go really deep, here is their reasoning on the song Brandy. Have no fear, we’ll use that hall pass to play this guilty pleasure!

National TV with Rich Eisen

2018 the year in yacht poured some serious gas on our yacht fire when Yachty by Nature ended up national TV! In fact, the Rich Eisen show spent 3 minutes on his show talking about the band. Inadvertently, our corporate gig had us setting up directly across from Rich Eisen’s El Segundo studio. And, he sent cameras out to film us. More importantly, his witty repartee and feedback on the band is priceless. So, if you haven’t seen the footage, make sure and check it out! Further, here it is below or check it out on YouTube:  

Rock the yacht some more in 2019!

As you can tell, we love what we do and so thankful for your support. 2018 was an epic year and truly the band is just playing on another level these day. Please come out and see us. In fact, check the calendar, and spread the word over social media, email, phone or whatever! This year, we’ll have more merch for sale and feel free to hit us up for new songs. We always love to hear from our fans and keep our show alive. In addition, the band really works hard to bring you that great music, entertainment, and all around fun. Hope to see you in February at Marty’s, TopGolf Vegas, Daily’s in RSM, then Campus Jax and Tropicana Laughlin in March. Not to mention Costello’s for St. Patty’s Day and back to Sea Legs in a big way. We’ve got big things coming up so, stay tuned and stay yachty!

14 Jan