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Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw includes members (not in left to right order) lead vocalist Phillip Daniel (Philly Ocean), drummer Rob Jones (Sailor Hawkins), bassist Chaz Ruiz (Baba Buoy), guitarist Thomas Gardner Jr. (Tommy Buoy), backing vocalist Curt Clendenin (Stoney Shores), saxophone\/flutist Paul Pate (Pauly Shores) and keyboardist Matt Grossman (Matthew McDonald). Courtesy photo.<\/p>\n
The band Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw<\/a> is setting sail for Texas and will dock at the Granada Theater<\/a> for a show on Friday, Oct. 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Cr\u00ebw has played in Dallas before but not at the Granada Theater. Their stop in our neighborhood is part of the band\u2019s \u201cSeas The Night World Tour.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n You might have seen Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw on Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary<\/a> or caught the band\u2019s appearance on Andy Cohen\u2019s Watch What Happens Live. Or this might be your first time hearing about the Los Angeles-based Cr\u00ebw, whose members dress up in blue blazers, captain\u2019s hats and sunglasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n As you can imagine for a group of guys who have adopted punny stage names (see: Philly Ocean, Pauly Shores and Tommy Buoy), the band started for fun. Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw\u2019s voyage began when drummer Rob Jones (aka Sailor Hawkins) and another member were looking for musicians to start a soft rock band with.<\/p>\n \u201cWe thought we would do maybe half a dozen shows,\u201d Jones said. \u201cAt the time, it was really looked upon as guilty pleasure music. This is in 2016, so not a lot of stations were playing sailing and ambrosia songs on the radio unless it was a dedicated station, like on SiriusXM or something. Occasionally, you\u2019d hear these songs on the radio, but they weren\u2019t really mainstream.\u201d<\/p>\n In the long run, there were wrong about only performing a handful of times. Jones said the band played 34 shows in the first year, more than 80 in the second year and 150 in the third year. Clearly, there was a demand for so-called yacht rock.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt grew and grew, more than we expected by far, and here we are making records now and touring the world,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIt\u2019s bananas.\u201d<\/p>\n But it was difficult for Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw to book performances in the beginning since yacht rock wasn\u2019t popular at the time. Venue leaders didn\u2019t think the Cr\u00ebw\u2019s sound would work with their audiences. Jones recalled trying to book a show at The Viper Room in West Hollywood and having to wait for six months to perform there. But once they did, they were a hit and continued to play there to sold out crowds as a residency act until they outgrew the space.\u00a0<\/p>\n Yacht rock tunes tend to play well to those familiar with the music as well as audience members finding it for the first time. Jones said younger people are especially being exposed to yacht rock via social media and the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, which has featured that kind of music.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s a genuine love for the music,\u201d he said about why Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw became so popular. \u201cThere\u2019s not a lot of people that perform it. It\u2019s also new to a lot of people. The music is good. I think it brings back memories and good times for people of when these songs were released, and I think that the show that we put on is entertaining.\u201d<\/p>\n Most of the songs Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw performs are covers, but the projects the band puts out tend to have one original song for each. The band\u2019s first full length album, Seas The Night (which is coming out Sept. 19), includes the song \u201cPain Of Losing You<\/a>\u201d written by legendary songwriter Diane Warren. The song, despite its mournful title, is a smoothly-produced upbeat bop. Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw\u2019s manager ran into Warren, who pitched what she described as the perfect song for the band, according to Jones. And buoy (pun intended), she was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt really fits with the rest of the stuff that we do,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n Jones said the band is looking forward to playing a show in Dallas again and seeing the Y\u00e4chtley Cr\u00ebw fans in our area.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cFor the fans that haven\u2019t seen us, I think it\u2019s definitely worth coming,\u201d Jones said. \u201cIf you like the music, you like the era and you like to see a good, fun show, it\u2019s definitely worth the evening. We\u2019ve never had anybody ask for their money back from coming to see our show, and our numbers continue to grow as far as our audience. I can definitely tell you that I think people have a great time coming out and spending the evening with us. It\u2019s all the songs you know and love, and it\u2019s a feel-good time.\u201d<\/p>\n