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The Greatest Yacht Rock Revival was a smash, thanks to YOU Nation of Smooth!  We could go on a hyperbole-filled rant about the greatness of Little River Band, Ambrosia, Peter Beckett of Player, Walter Egan, the impromptu reunion of Starbuck after 30 years(!), Ill-Eagles, Schooner, and – most of all – ourselves… but most of [...]

Don’t ever let someone tell you that staging a festival reviving an entire genre of under-appreciated music is easy.  From massive tent rentals to beer sponsors, from volunteer schedules to big band riders, from press releases to assembling 1,000 John Oates fans… we’ve been working hard for a long time to bring you our very [...]

This week we’re on the road to Nashville to play at the Mercy Lounge Friday night (TICKETS.)  The show will feature a special guest appearance from legit ’70s yacht rocker WALTER EGAN, the artist behind the smash hit “Magnet and Steel,” writer for Gram Parsons and others, and friend of Fleetwood Mac!  His appearance is [...]

Mother Nature’s attempts to thwart the smooth (and the U2) over the last couple of weeks were met with resolute soft rock from the PleaseRock crew.  (Thanks to Smynings Yacht Club for the inspiration for the blog title this week!)  Uno Dos Tres Catorce followed a torrential downpour at Meehan’s last Saturday with a downpour [...]

We had another fun excursion with our friends from Sixthman on the VH1 Best Cruise Ever last weekend from Tampa to Cozumel.  Cheers to all of our new pals!  Bencoo loved his jam with the undermanned (and amazing) One eskimO, and Pat from Train told us we would be huge if we had a hit [...]

Reagan Rock Prom II was a bash!  Productions of that magnitude always wear us out: we learn a lot of tunes, storm a lot of brains, and engage in a lot of crafts to make the show happen.  It’s nice when it comes off so smoothly… and with air conditioning.  If you [...]

The annual PleaseRock involvement at the Limerick’s Junction St. Patrick’s Day Celebration was an extravaganza this year, with six bands on three stages and lots of drunk honorary Irishmen and women.
I was in Austin playing SXSW with Lovett the week of St. Pats.  I yummied down on food trucks (Korean tacos!), saw some excellent bands [...]

We’ve played the best St. Pats every year since we moved to Atlanta in 2002. The 24th Annual Limerick Junction St. Patrick’s Day Festival is Thursday, and we’re taking over Virginia Highlands with outdoor and indoor stages (and the 10 High as always) featuring all of your favorite PleaseRock bands: DETAILS.
Uno Dos Tres Catorce [...]

How many blog posts in the last couple of weeks have been titled “Winning?”  Way to go, gang!  Enthusiastic audiences in Nashville and Atlanta pulled us through a challenging weekend, and for that we salute you.
It seems like the Nashville Nation of Smooth is really starting to come together judging by Friday night’s show at [...]

When we moved to Atlanta in 2002, our goal was to make a living playing music, and we’ve achieved that goal in a manner we never would have expected. We’ve bounced from indie rock struggles to backing up a rock violinist to creating cartoon music to dentist office rock.  Rather than using this blog to [...]