Rock the Yacht

Ahoy!  Yachty by Nature has been catching fire again coming into summer 2021.  Importantly, the band turned 5 years old this June!  Yep.  It’s been 5 years since our first show in June 2016 and the FIRST band to play yacht rock on a regular basis in Southern California.  Indeed, we were that band that kicked down doors to a new genre that was rarely played.  Sea Legs, House of Blues, Brooklyn Bowl Vegas, and the home crowd at Stillwater Dana Point.  We are so proud of this band, the fans that are onboard, and the smooth seas ahead.  It’s been a killer ride!

So, let’s cheers to this 5 year smooth pleasure cruise and the places we’ll go this year forward.

Plenty of opportunities to rock the yacht as things have significantly opened up.  In fact, this band has had sold out concerts at OC Tavern, High Park Tap House, Campus Jax, and a packed house beach show at Sea Legs!  As always, thank you for your support.  And, thanks for enjoying live music again with us.  Since February, Yachty by Nature has been fortunate enough to have some live in-person shows with Covid protocols in place.  However, we are so encouraged to get back on the boat again.

Dropping Anchor

Firstly, make sure you are tracking us on Bandsintown so that you are the first to know about our concerts!  Click this link to Bandsintown to join us there and mark your calendar!

Recently, Yachty by Nature played OC Tavern in San Clemente and blew the doors off with a 400 person crowd.  It was so fun to be outside again with a large crowd of yachty rockers!  Ultimately, Sea Legs at the Beach in Huntington Beach on May 1 the next week ramped up for a crowd of about 1500!  Honestly, this was an incredible blowout crowd for our first experience as California began to open up.  What an experience.  Importantly, this crowd showed up to rock the yacht, hungry for the boat concert we’ve been sorely lacking since the pandemic began.  Wow!  It was so amazing to play again for such a blast of an audience.  In fact, check Facebook for a great video of Courtney Cruise cranking it up on Got to be Real!

Sold Out

Subsequently, the band played private shows and a quick trip to Las Vegas in May.  As you can imagine, June 2021 kicked off one helluva yachty summer.  Moreover, we played Lake Arrowhead Concert Series on June 12 to another SOLD OUT crowd.  The show culminated in a 3 song encore with a famously fun audience in the mountains.  WE LOVE YOU LAKE ARROWHEAD!  Lastly, it was incredible to celebrate with our superfans from LA, those who boated over to the show and a wild appearance by Skip n OC in a speedo to sound check.  RARE!  Next up was a private wedding in San Clemente:  congratulations Ryan and Allie, that was a raging version of Regulate by Warren G.  The band finished with our first concert in the park at Bellflower and a return to the friendly confines of Campus Jax for a sold out show again!

4th of July Yacht Rock weekend

As we crack open this beautiful summer in Southern California, a big 4th of July was on the horizon.  Finally, our postponed show at Canyon Agoura Hills was scheduled for July 3!  What a venue.  The band played to a packed house and enjoyed the amazing sound and killer vibe of this Los Angeles concert hall.  Thanks to our LA peeps for coming out to enjoy Southern California’s ORIGINAL yacht rock band.  Can’t wait to return to this place, it was the perfect stage to catch a YBN show.  And, stay tuned for some killer pictures and video.

Come Sail Away

Next up, the Fourth of July went off.  In fact, the City of Lake Forest played host to 7,000 spectators for the largest yacht rock concert we’ve played!  Lots of superfans there waving their patriotic fervor and dancing to the Guido Shuffle, All Night Long, Africa, Regulate, and some Brandy.  This crowd was ready to get smooth and rock the yacht for sure.  Happy Birthday America.  Yachty by Nature had a blast with our hometown crowd and such a cool experience to have all ages diggin’ the yacht rock scene.

This 4th of July, Scotty McYachty was in rare form and held that note on the Guido Shuffle like a champ.  Let’s face it, he’s the songbird of his generation.  Courtney Cruise wowed the crowd in the red jumpsuit and crushed the vocals on Got to Be Real again to everyone’s delight.  As always, Pacific Rim put on another saxophone clinic as he proved once again to be the Saxiest Man Alive!  Ben Shreddin’ capped off the evening with the hottest energy on Come Sail Away there’s ever been.  In fact, the crowd went nuts as they sang Come Sail Away with us right into a legendary fireworks session.  Big Wave Dave had the beefiest kick drum of his career and locked us down for one bouncing bunch of boaters.

And lastly, Captain Crowd punctuated the patriotic party by running through the throng of revelers on the lawn while rapping to Regulate!  Hope you guys had fun and we can’t wait to have more concerts like this.  Cheers.

On the horizon

First, make sure to TRACK us on Bandsintown as I wrote earlier.  Secondly, mark your calendar for the public shows below.

• 7 10 – Laguna Beach private community
• 7/11 – private wedding
• 7/14 – Brea Concert in the Park
• 7/17 – Irvine Concert in the Park
• 7/23 – Canyon Montclair – click the link for tickets!
• 7/24 – San Clemente private community
• 8/1 – Rancho Santa Margarita concert in the park
• 8/7 – Old World Biergarten, Huntington Beach – click link for tix
• 8/8 – Calabasas Concert in the Park

Make sure to rock the yacht with us at least a couple times this summer.  There are more shows and adding events all the time, so check in with us 🙂  Most of all, enjoy the yacht rock music and let’s celebrate getting to see each other more often and those bright smiling faces again.  Obviously, it’s been a tough year for so many and we just love what we are doing and hope you can enjoy the music with us soon.  In advance, hit our Merch Booth up and get outfitted with the latest in yachty gear!

Anchors Aweigh!

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Yachts Landing

Can you say Yachts Landing?  With a year of Covid under our belts, your ship is finally coming in.  In fact, your favorite yacht rock band, Yachty by Nature just did 2 shows in a week!  Can you believe it.  It’s been a year of dry dock and all of a sudden we see a light at the end of the tunnel.  St. Paddy’s day at Black Marlin in Tustin last week was some kind of homecoming.  Importantly, concerts are beginning and we couldn’t be happier.  Yacht concerts are outside and socially distanced, but it’s on period!

I’m on a Boat

In all, thanks for your patience, support, understanding and love.  Yachty by Nature has been adding songs and working hard to be back soon.  In addition, we played a private show in Ladera Ranch last Friday and enjoyed the love fest.  In fact, the cul-de-sac party featured some pretty awesome kids dancing their hearts out with full synchronized moves!  Who knew that yacht rock could bring out the fun in our epic dance crew.  It felt amazing to feel alive again and bring smooth music and good vibes to our crowd.

Ultimately, music was in the air of south Orange County again.  In fact, even the Ladera buzz on Facebook spread the good word of life coming out of Covid 19.  Music on the streets of Ladera Ranch, how festive.  Cheers to the silver linings!  They must’ve heard Footloose and seen some of the Solid Gold dance crew moves.  Our new tunes were on full display.  And, lemme tell ya, Scotty McYachty and Courtney Cruise’s vocals didn’t disappoint.

High Park Taphouse show!

In fact, we made it two weeks in a row when the Mission Viejo Connection on Facebook wondered where the great music was coming from.  Well, it was High Park Tap House’s outdoor parking lot concert on March 27.  We had a sold out show and even some die hard fans that camped out on the lawn next to the venue to enjoy our Yachts Landing.  Indeed, the anchor has dropped and at Spring Break 2021, the future is looking better and better.

Yachts Landing postponements

All in all, it was a rough year of Covid 19.  In fact, the band was slated for shows all over the country last year.  In addition, we scheduled a Lake Arrowhead 4th of July.  Moreso, all the Canyon Clubs and the Rose shows in LA had to be rescheduled.  Worse yet, our Catalina Island show was canceled.  Unfortunately, it appears that we won’t get a date to play in 2021.  But, rest assured, the hottest yacht rock band in the business is posting up new dates and rescheduled shows currently.  New tunes are coming on left and right and hitting the mark.  Southern California’s ORIGINAL yacht rock band is coming back.  Let’s take a look here for the upcoming calendar!

Yachts Landing Calendar

First of all, we’ve sold out the first shows of 2021:

March 17 St. Paddy’s Day sold out for a shamrock of a good time at Black Marlin in Tustin, CA.

March 27 we had a SOLD OUT show at High Park taphouse in Mission Viejo, CA.  As you know, the yacht concerts are outside, socially distanced and doing the best we can.  Really looking forward to this rescheduled event and sorry to those who couldn’t get tickets!

April 17 at OC Tavern is also SOLD OUT and a huge night for our San Clemente peeps.  This parking lot already has our people traveling down from Los Angeles to check us out!  Ahoy, indeed.

April 24 Private Country Club Party in Palm Desert.  In fact, we wish you were invited!

May 1 Sea Legs in Huntington Beach.  We are back to the beach and a strong return to our favorite beach side venue!  Mayday, mayday, we’ll be on a crash course for adventure as this Love Boat will surely float your boat.

May 7 Lake Havasu, the S.S. Yachty by Nature will see yachts landing out on the river.  It’s a small venue so get their early!  free show.

Yachty JUNE 2021

June 12 we penciled in a show but we can’t post until we get full confirmation.  Stay tuned.

June 19 private wedding in San Clemente

June 25 Campus Jax in Newport Beach and a return to the friendly confines.

July 3 – Canyon Club Agoura Hills!!!  One of THE best venues in all of Southern California, DON’T miss this epic yacht concert! For tickets, click here – https://wheremusicmeetsthesoul.com/events/yachty-by-nature-agoura-hills/

July 17  City of Irvine Concert in the Park

July 23 Canyon Montclair is a rescheduled show from 2020 and back to the Canyon Clubs!

August 7  Biergarten at Old World.  Legendary venue where Poor Man of KROQ used to hang in the 80’s!  Get your tickets now 🙂

August 14 Private Party

August 28  Canyon Club Santa Clarita.  CANCELED so that we can do July 3 at Canyon Club Agoura Hills!

September 5 Delta Coves on the Sacramento River Delta.  Northern California, here we come!  Moreover, the band is stoked on seeing our yacht rock crowd back in the Bay Area again.  And a yachty boat show as well?  Just what the doctor ordered, and Gopher, and Isaac, and the whole Love Boat crew.  Yachts Landing for real.

Yachts Landing soon

As you can see, the future is looking better and better for LIVE yacht rock shows.  Make sure and stay tuned, stay yachty, and come sail away with us when you can.  It’s spring break now.  Moreover, check out our shows outside and distanced.  Summertime will surely see some inside venues open up hopefully.  The band is working hard, adding tunes, and honing our one-of-a-kind yacht rock experience.  Importantly, we’ll drop anchor in the next couple months on the sand in Huntington Beach, near the water in Lake Havasu, and hopefully a mountain lake here and there.

Courtney Cruise

Specially, our crowd has finally experienced the addition of Courtney Cruise on vocals.  Similar to last year, the yachty crew of peeps in the audience watched as Courtney transformed the venue.  With epic renditions of Ain’t Nobody, You’re so Vain, and Magic, the crew was swooning.  Well, it’s been a magical add to the S.S. Yachty by Nature and we appreciate the wonderful welcome she has received.  In fact, the band has had a blast playing some Olivia Newton John, Pointer Sisters, and Chaka Khan.  Also a thank you to KTLA for airing a couple videos of us during the pandemic as well!  Check out our growing list of amazing songs.  Yachts are Landing, come sail away with us.

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Im on a boat!

Well, it’s been nearly 6 months of Covid 19 and hopefully you’re still on the Yacht!  We can’t wait to say Im on a Boat again.  In fact, it’s really what we all need to keep cruising.  America’s Yacht Rock band, Yachty by Nature is in dry dock, but not forever.  Stay tuned as we are able to add live shows.  Importantly, we observe many of our crew out their on the water these days and getting wet in general.  It’s starting to be a hot summer here in August and everyone is flocking to the outdoors.  Lots of Tahoe, Catalina Island, San Diaaago, and even the roasting out in Lake Havasu.  We hope you’re finding an escape with our music and a watery resort somewhere.

Paramount to the genre, many of our fans keep telling us, “Im On a Boat!”  And. if you haven’t enjoyed the Andy Samberg and T-Pain smash tune, I’ll post it here.  It’s the clean version but watch out for lots of language there. As you can tell, we love dropping anchor in a sea of smooth tunes.  This tune is off the chart for many of our yachty fans and Of course, we’re still pining away for the amazing concerts we had scheduled this year:

• Catalina Island
• Pala Casino
• The Canyon Club
• Kansas City and Iowa
• Telluride
• Gaslamp in Long Beach

And so much more.

Yachty… By Nature.

So many fun yacht rock shows that couldn’t have been.  Lots of weddings postponed or canceled.  But, remember, we’re still in this together and we look forward to bringing you smooth sounds again LIVE.  Additionally, we hope you’ve joined the few virtual concerts that Yachty by Nature played.  Moreover, our shows at Rancho Fest in June, Whittier in July, and Brea in August were in line with Im on a Boat.

The band hadn’t seen each other since March so June was a bit of a rough sea.  However, Whittier got cruising and we featured our substitute and Courtney Cruise’s sister:  Summer Cruise.  Who knew it’d be such a Summer Breeze but glad you made those performances.  Then, in Brea, we really found a stride and Courtney’s return signaled an epic Set List and I’ll post it here for those interested.  It was a Hot August Night and Brea really had the sound dialed in for us.  Obviously difficult to play to an empty house, but a million thank you’s to joining us!  It means a lot.

Yacht Rock Music

Nevertheless, the band was on fire and the set list at Brea was a hot one!  You can still find the Live Facebook video up on social media or even check out the Yacht Rock setlist we played that night.  It was truly deep in the yacht and a smooth pleasure cruise that was so unique!  In fact, it was a rare one to combine so many deep and yachty cuts.  Go check it out.  Imagine some Captain and Tennille, Olivia Newton John and even Sanford Townsend Band and other rare yacht rock songs.  Our girl singer Courtney Cruise was in rare form and belted out those deep cuts for us in style.

As always keep requesting new tunes for us to play.  You never know when we’ll get your favorite – im on a boat – style yacht song into the mix. Lately we’ve had plenty of success with Carly Simon’s hot hit, You’re So Vain.  Check this video of us crushing it with Courtney Cruise on vocals.  So good.

Drive In Concerts

Hey, City of Irvine is hosting us for a Drive-In Concert on August 29 to finish the summer.  Although we can’t say, Im on a Boat, this yacht band will be rockin’ it LIVE.  Located at the Great Park in Orange County, CA we’ll really be rockin’ the yacht in public again.  Kudos to our Irvine and South Orange County peeps for making it all happen.  The concert sold out for 250 cars quickly but hope to see some more parking lot and drive in yacht concerts.  The trend seems to be going that way and indoor concerts may be a thing of the past for now.  So, for the time being, get it while it’s yacht!  Promising another hot setlist for this show, things are starting to happen, although things are still pretty closed up.

Im on a Boat again!

Speaking of which, we just booked a show up in Northern California.  It’s truly a yacht band show, complete with a big stage on the dock and yacht rock captains and captainettes cruising by.  Wish you could be there, but it’s a private community on the Sacramento Delta near Stockton.  We always love traveling for yacht rock shows.  Above all, we’ll be saying Im on a Boat all weekend long for Labor Day weekend.  For those about to dock, we salute you.  Delta Coves here we come!  It’s going to be one holiday weekend for the books.  We’ve played Northern California before but everyone wants their yacht rock on the water and this band is on it!  If this dock is a rockin’ don’t come a knockin’.

Ships Ahoy

In addition, we’ll be traveling to the central coast in October as well for a private show.  Even during the pandemic, seems Yachty by Nature is the choice of a yacht generation!  Of course, we pair well with a good rosé, but a fine cab as well, but champagne may be our favorite.  As luck would have it, we’ll be popping the champagne at this show for a yacht rock wedding.

In closing, don’t let the pandemic get you down.  Keep listening, stay tuned for upcoming shows, and things are starting to happen.  Have faith, we’ll be back.  Bigger, better, smoother and yachtier than ever.  Activate your playlists and keep it smooth no matter what you do.  Thanks again for all the support and we miss everyone immensely.  Everyone has poured out their longing for concerts returning and there will be some shows this fall somehow and some way.  Keep it safe and healthy and looking forward to getting yachty with you soon.

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