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Yacht rock forever! No longer a fad, genre shows staying power

Yacht Rock Revue perform in Montclair, Dec. 4, as well as in Huntington, N.Y., Dec. 2-3.

YRR will coast into the Garden State on Dec. 4 for a concert at The Wellmont Theater in Montclair. They also will perform at The Paramount in Huntington, N.Y., Dec. 2-3.

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Peter Olson believes Toto’s “Africa” is the ultimate yacht rock song.

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One of the most commercially successful musical genres of all time, Yacht Rock has built a loyal and unwavering fan base who are today’s prime ticket buying audience. Yacht Rock Gold Experience brings all your favorite hits from the late 1970’s-early 1980’s to new generations of music fans. Celebrating the smooth sounds of the Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Steely Dan, Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, Little River Band, Ambrosia, Boz Scaggs and so many more, Yacht Rock Gold Experience engages fans with amazing harmonies and musicianship that brings audiences back to a time when music made you feel good and soothed the soul. An evening with Yacht Rock Gold Experience satisfies audiences craving hit song after hit, great visuals and a note for note performance. Yacht Rock Gold Experience is the Yacht Rock tribute you’ve been looking for and they are ready to bring the Yacht Party to YOU! Put on your captain’s hat and let’s party “All Night Long.”

Yacht Rock Gold Experience, features four lead singers, delivering incredible harmonies, accompanied by a five piece rhythm section with the killer iconic sax & flute & lines that bring audiences to their feet, show after show.

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ROCK THE YACHT DOORS OPEN AT 6:30pm, SHOW STARTS AT 8pm GROUP SEATING DOES APPLY NJ's premier "Yacht Rock" band playing all the hits from the 70's and early 80's when AM radio

ROCK THE YACHT

DOORS OPEN AT 6:30pm, SHOW STARTS AT 8pm GROUP SEATING DOES APPLY NJ’s premier “Yacht Rock” band playing all the hits from the 70’s and early 80’s when AM radio was king of the airwaves! We play the best of Ambrosia, Little River Band, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs, The Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Pablo Cruise, Bread, Seals & Crofts and many, many more. So sit back and enjoy a trip down memory lane. THE DANCE FLOOR WILL BE OPEN FOR DANCING

(Thursday) 8:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tim McLoone’s Supper Club

1200 Ocean Avenue Asbury Park, NJ 07712

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Rock the dock, saturday, april 27, 2024.

Yacht Rock Radio presents Ambrosia, Peter Beckett the Voice of Player, John Ford Coley, and Walter Egan. Saturday April 27 at the Bergen PAC in Englewood, NJ. Sail Away with these Ocean Size Yacht Rock Hits from the original artists! Biggest Part of Me, How Much I Feel, You’re The Only Woman, Baby Come Back, This Time I’m In It For Love, It’s Sad To Belong, I’d Really Love To See You Tonight, Love Is The Answer, Magnet and Steel, and a Yacht more!

Yacht Rock Radio is available for your terrestrial radio station. This 2 hour weekly show is perfect for Classic Hits, Light Rock, Soft Rock, Oldies, and Variety radio. Contact Yacht Rock Radio program director Captain Adam at [email protected] for more details.

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Climb aboard with your Captain’s Hat and Cold Beverage and get ready to cruise thru the cool sounds of the late 70’s and early 80’s that will make you yearn for that Southern California sound that made the marina rock.

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Yacht Rock Radio is captained by Adam Ritz. Adam is a 25 year veteran of radio and tv, and a 40 year fan of what we know now as Yacht Rock! The first song he ever played on Yacht Rock Radio was Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty. These songs, “take me back to a nostalgia that makes me smile remembering the easy life from 1976 to 1983.’ Adam also hosts The Adam Ritz Show, a nationally syndicated Public Affairs radio show, with recent episodes at The Adam Ritz Show .

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Imagine that it’s 1981 and you’re cruising the Atlantic shores of the Hamptons with your friends. Bikinis are fluorescent, polo collars are popped, and boat shoes are rocked sockless. In the background, your booming sound system is playing the soft-rock sounds of Olivia Newton-John, Toto, Kenny Loggins, The Carpenters, Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, Christopher Cross, and Air Supply.

The Docksiders are made up of music industry veterans – led by 3-time Grammy™ nominee, Kevin Sucher. Their unique tribute act of your favorite “soft rock” songs of the 70s and 80s – now defined as Yacht Rock – have been entertaining thousands of people for years and the revival of this genre and audiences are only getting bigger.

The Docksiders just completed a 50+ show run at The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas… and now Headline at Notoriety Live on Fremont St.

Show stopping hit song after hit song, costume changes, and production, is only topped by their world-class performance.

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“GET ON THE BOAT!!!! The Docksiders show defines Yacht Rock!! They are the total experience of this genre of music! So yes, get on the boat, have a beer, have some pizza, and party with the the greatest Yacht Rock Band in the country …The Docksiders!” – Tony Orlando – Legend

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As we enter the elegant lobby of MPAC in Morristown, NJ, this Tuesday, August 20, 2019 evening, we notice several ushers wearing captain’s hats and bartenders offering a special concoction known as a “yacht rock breeze” — an appetizing drink consisting of coconut rum, pineapple juice, and cranberry juice.

On the port side of the lobby, there’s a table filled with merchandise — T-shirts, CDs, books, sheet music, and more — of various yacht rock music artists, and on the starboard side, there’s an assortment of sunglasses and yacht captain’s hats set up in front of an MPAC backdrop where patrons are invited to have their photos taken.

For those landlubbers who are not familiar with the term, yacht rock is the tongue-in-cheek name of a highly-polished form of soft rock produced between the mid-‘70s to the early-‘80s which early yuppies likely enjoyed while sipping drinks on their yachts. Its name — coined in 2005 by the makers of an online video series entitled  Yacht Rock  — was created to describe a genre of adult-oriented rock which drew on sources including smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, funk, and disco with an emphasis on catchy melodies, high-quality production, and clean vocals.

Artists commonly considered part of the yacht rock scene include Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Boz Scaggs, Hall and Oates, Kenny Loggins, and Ambrosia, and can be heard via such media outlets as Sirius XM’s Yacht Rock Radio, Pandora’s Yacht Rock channel, and Spotify’s Yacht Rock digital music streaming service.

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The music can also be heard by an outgrowth of yacht rock cover bands and in live shows which feature original artists of the yacht rock genre. One such example is tonight’s concert at MPAC entitled  Rock the Yacht  which features artists including Ambrosia, John Ford Coley, Looking Glass’s Elliot Lurie, The Moody Blues’ and Wings’ Denny Laine, and Player’s Peter Beckett.

As we wait for tonight’s show to begin, we chat with Jennifer from Verona who proudly sports an “I Love Yacht Rock” shirt.

Explains Jennifer, “I’ve gone to yacht rock concerts where a lot of audience members dress in nautical themes, and there are cover bands who play the music. This concert is different because the bands are the original artists, and I’m excited to see the real artists do what I usually see the cover bands do.”

When asked what it is about this type of music that appeals to her, Jennifer replies, “I like that I can sing along to it.” Acknowledging, “I recently bought an 18-CD set from TimeLife which has 180 yacht rock songs on it,” Jennifer reveals, “My favorite yacht rock song is ‘Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)’ which I’m looking forward to hearing Elliot Lurie from Looking Glass play live tonight.”

We take our seats in the exquisite MPAC auditorium as the lights dim and tonight’s first artist takes the stage — Ambrosia, featuring bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, singer Ken Stacey, keyboardists Mary Harris and Christopher North, guitarist Doug Jackson, and drummer Burleigh Drummond.

The group opens with “Nice, Nice, Very Nice” and gets the audience clapping right away to this soft rock number which features mellow vocals, rhythmic guitar, and swirling organ.

Joe Puerta welcomes the crowd stating, “Aloha from Ambrosia!” before the band segues into their 1980 Top 20 hit, “You’re the Only Woman.”

Puerta sings, “You and I’ve been in love too long/To worry about tomorrow.” Audience members happily join in singing along on the “You’re the only woman that I’m dreaming of” refrain of this soft rock classic which features solid rhythm section playing by Burleigh Drummond on drums and Doug Jackson on guitar.

Following cheers from the crowd, Puerta exclaims, “Thank you!” before announcing, “Mr. Elliot Lurie from Brooklyn!”

There’s an audible sigh from the audience as they recognize the iconic keyboard intro to King Harvest’s 1972 Top 20 hit, “Dancing in the Moonlight.” Lurie takes the stage in his cool shades singing and playing guitar as the Ambrosia musicians deftly accompany him.

The audience sings and claps along on the catchy “Dancin’ in the moonlight/Everybody’s feelin’ warm and bright” chorus.

The crowd hoots and hollers, and Lurie introduces Jeff Grob — his original drummer from Looking Glass — saying, “We used to play in New Brunswick, NJ,” joking, “We were a one hit wonder — but there was one more tune.”

Here, Lurie — accompanied by Ambrosia with Grob on percussion — performs Looking Glass’ 1973 Top 40 single, “Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne.” With his cool vocal style, Lurie tells an inner-city love story as the melody rings out on this pop-rock number.

Following avid applause, Lurie announces, “This is a song I wrote a long time ago — it seems to hang in there pretty good.”

Here, he and the band launch into Looking Glass’ 1972 #1 hit, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl).”

Audience members dance at their seats as they sing along with Lurie on the bouncy “Brandy, you’re a fine girl” (You’re a fine girl)/What a good wife you would be (Such a fine girl)/Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor from the sea” chorus.

The crowd rewards Lurie with a standing ovation. He leaves the stage and Ambrosia performs their 1978 Top 5 hit, “How Much I Feel.” Four-part harmonies support Joe Puerta’s lead vocal as the group sings, “(That’s how much I feel) Feel for you, baby/(How much I need) Well, I need your touch/(How much I live) I live for your lovin’/That’s how much (That’s how much).”

The audience cheers, and drummer Burleigh Drummond announces, “When we got started in the ’70s we got to tour with this next artist, John Ford Coley.”

Coley takes the stage stating, “We’re going to take a walk down memory lane.” He opens his set with “Nights Are Forever Without You,” a Top 10 song from 1976 for England Dan and John Ford Coley. As Ambrosia guitarist Doug Jackson leads the way, Coley performs this soft rock love song with lots of rhythmic guitar strumming to large applause and a fan who yells out, “We love you, John!”

Coley responds by stating, “Thank you! Here’s a song you might remember.”

England Dan and John Ford Coley’s Top 10 song from 1978, “We’ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again” is up next. Coley plays keyboard center stage as the crowd joins in singing on the catchy “We’ll never have to say goodbye again” refrain.

Following avid applause, Coley jokes “No one really knows the lyrics to this next song.”

That notwithstanding, everyone sings along to his 1975 Top 5 smash, “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight,” joining in on the catchy, “I’m not talking about moving in/And I don’t want to change your life/But there’s a warm wind blowing, the stars are out/And I’d really love to see you tonight” chorus.

The audience reacts with a standing ovation and Coley responds by saying, “In 1979, this was the only song in the Top 10 that was not disco — it was written by Todd Rundgren.”

His voice soft and compelling, he performs the England Dan and John Ford Coley hit, “Love Is the Answer.” Audience members clap along to the swirling organ sound and the groove of the ringing harmonies as Coley and Co. serenade, “Light of the world, shine on me/Love is the answer/Shine on us all, set us free/Love is the answer.”

The audience cheers for Coley, and Ambrosia closes out Act I of  Rock the Yacht  with a rendition of Bruce Hornsby and The Range’s “The Way It Is.” Thanks to impressive bass playing by Joe Puerta and top-notch piano playing by keyboardist Mary Harris, the group inspires a standing ovation from the crowd.

Following a short intermission, Act II begins with Ambrosia’s interpretation of The Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour,” which is followed by the introduction of Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Denny Laine, who was both a member of The Moody Blues and of Paul McCartney and Wings.

Laine takes the stage with his electric guitar to perform Wings’ “Time to Hide.” His voice sounding rough and gravelly on this soulful rocker with a driving beat, Laine sings, “Baby, won’t you let me have a little time to hide.”

Heads bop to the beat as Laine takes out a harmonica and solos on it to great applause.

Laine welcomes the crowd saying, “Here’s one — it’s a ’60s song and a ’70s celebration,” as he launches into a song on which he originally sang lead in 1964 with The Moody Blues and later rerecorded in 1976 with Paul McCartney and Wings for the the group’s  Wings Over America  album.

His voice crying out as he performs “Go Now,” the crowd cheers for this memorable pop confection in waltz time.

A highlight of tonight’s concert is Laine’s interpretation of Paul McCartney and Wings’ 1974 chart-topper, “Band on the Run.” Hearing Laine’s authentic guitar licks played live is a thrill for music fans in the crowd. The audience sings along on all of the major parts of this masterful McCartney composition, notably the “Stuck inside these four walls” intro, the funky “If we ever get out of here” segment, and the folk-rocking “Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash” pre-chorus before clapping and fist-pumping on the ubiquitous “Band on the run/Band on the run” chorus.

“You having a good time out there?” asks Laine as audience members dance at their seats before rewarding him with a standing ovation.

Ambrosia follows up with a performance of the rock ballad, “Holdin’ On to Yesterday,” before Puerta introduces someone whom he calls “one of our favorites,” joking, “He’s been giving us ‘rock star lessons’ on hair, and how to stand — Peter Beckett from Player.”

Jesting, “It’s been a nice evening so far — so we’re going to mess that up,” Beckett performs Player’s 1977 Top 10 hit, “This Time I’m In It For Love,” backed by Ambrosia.

With its catchy beat, the audience can’t help but move to the groove of this ’70s pop-rocker which inspires cheers from the crowd.

Inviting the audience to dance, Beckett performs his version of Ace’s “How Long Has This Been Going On.” Many comply and begin to get down while others sing along and clap their hands over their heads as guitarist Doug Jackson steps out front to solo with Beckett and the two musicians rock out on the tune’s musical interlude.

Beckett wraps up his segment of the show with the #1 hit he composed for Player, “Baby Come Back.” Audience members sway in time to the song’s easy beat and sing along on the “Baby come back/Any kind of fool could see/There was something in everything about you” chorus.

The audience cheers enthusiastically as Beckett perfectly hits the high falsetto notes at the end of the “Ain’t there nothing left for me” bridge. The funky groove of Beckett and the band fills the theater with blue-eyed soul and audience members stand and cheer as Beckett exclaims, “Thanks very much!”

Joe Puerta takes a moment to thank Sirius XM radio for playing his group’s next song on the media outlet’s Yacht Rock channel stating, “This song connects with people.”

The entire audience gets on its feet, standing and singing along while they dance to Ambrosia’s 1980 chart-topper, “Biggest Part of Me.” A disco ball spins rays of light over the audience as everyone sings “(Sunrise) There’s a new sun a-risin’/(In your eyes) I can see a new horizon/(Realize) That will keep me realizin’/You’re the biggest part of me.” Audience members clap overhead for a Doug Jackson guitar solo and cheer wildly on their feet for Ambrosia following the coda.

Bringing the entire  Rock the Yacht  cast back for an encore, the musicians perform their rendition of The Animals’ “I’m Crying.” The audience sings the “Ah” refrain on this minor blues rocker and keyboardist Christopher North turns his Hammond keyboard sideways so the audience can see the keys as he plays a swingin’ organ solo.

The group segues into a raucous rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” the band enjoying playing both with and for one another. The crowd loves this rollicking conclusion and they cheer on their feet as the  Rock the Yacht  cast takes a bow and exits the stage.

While audience members make their way out of the auditorium, we chat with performer John Ford Coley who is already meeting and greeting his fans in the MPAC lobby.

When asked how he enjoyed performing in the Garden State tonight, Coley happily declares, “We love the crowds in Jersey — we always have a good time when we’re here!”

We also chat with several audience members who share their opinions of tonight’s  Rock the Yacht  performance.

States Erwin from Bloomingberg, NY, “This was a great show! Ambrosia was great as the house band — I’ve seen them before, and they are always top notch.”

Continuing, “I’m a yacht rock guy complete with the hat,” Erwin explains, “This is my era. The show brought back great memories of the late ’70s and early ’80s. I was thrilled to see Denny Laine and Elliot Lurie here tonight” before noting, “and ‘Band On the Run’ had everyone standing and cheering — it was my favorite song of the night.”

Comments Rick from Hardyston, “This was a really great show — awesome! John Ford Coley was terrific — he has such personality.”

Adding, “We play these yacht rock songs on Pandora at home. We love it, and even our dog loves it,” Rick’s wife, Erika, jokes, “Well, I love it more, but I’m sure our dog is sorry he missed tonight’s show.”

Marlena from North Middletown remarks, “I’m a fan of all of the performers this evening. This was a real stroll down memory lane for me. I was singing and clapping along, and I knew all the words,” before adding, “The line-up was right up my alley. Ambrosia was my favorite band in the late ‘70s/early ’80s — I’d seen them a few times, and they are still sounding great — and I’ve always liked Player, so it was wonderful getting to hear Peter Beckett perform live tonight.”

Chris from South Plainfield agrees, calling this evening’s show, “Fantastic,” and asserting, “They played all the songs we love so much!”

Lastly, we chat with a family from West Orange, here to enjoy the  Rock the Yacht  concert experience together.

Says son Josh, 15, “I was singing along all night!” explaining, “I play guitar, so I like to watch musicians perform so I can learn from them. These musicians have longevity — they are popular with parents and with kids like me — and it’s impressive they’ve been performing for 40 to 50 years and are still so popular.”

Whereas Josh’s younger brother Sammy, 11, agrees stating, “This kind of music just never gets old,” Sammy’s twin, Zach, 11, declares, “It’s the kind of music that makes you want to sing it back.”

The boys’ mom, Stacey, concurs commenting, “I love that I can play the yacht rock station in the car with my three sons and they all like it. It just keeps going and going,” before concluding, “It’s great that this music continues to stand the test of time!”

To learn more about Ambrosia, please click on  ambrosialive.net/the-band . For info on Looking Glass’s Elliot Laurie go to  facebook.com/elliot.lurie.brandy . To find out about John Ford Coley, click on  johnfordcoley.com . For more on Denny Laine, go to  facebook.com/DBFLaine . To learn about Player’s Peter Beckett click on  peterbeckett-player.com .

To find out about upcoming concerts at MPAC — including Kathrine McPhee on September 13, Graham Nash on September 20, America on October 10, and Kenny G on October 12 — please go to  mayoarts.org .

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Train, REO Speedwagon & Yacht Rock Revue at Freedom Mortgage Pavilion

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Let’s all hit the road with Train and REO Speedwagon as they join forces for the co-headlined Summer Road Trip 2024 tour! The tour is visiting 53 cities around the world, including Camden, New Jersey on Friday, July 26, 2024, for a night you’ll never forget. Yacht Rock Revue will also be tagging along as a special guest with their timeless trip of musical mayhem.

“This tour won’t just be a great time with great people, but a tour that will have a ton of familiar songs to most generations. I will be wishing I was in the audience as much as I’ll love being on the stage.”

Get ready to witness a gobsmacking performance from this duo. Multiple Grammys and a ton of charted songs later, Train is one of the most well-known names in the genre. The pop rock band is bringing on their best global hits loved by all generations so everyone can have a rocking time. With songs like “Hey, Soul Sister” and “Drops of Jupiter,” expect to sing your heart out to the end of the night.

REO Speedwagon will be right beside them with some of their biggest fan-favorite records. After countless tours, millions of sold records, and decades in the industry, they are more than ready to carry out the performance of a lifetime. They sure do Keep the Fire Burnin’ with classic hits “Can’t Fight This Feeling” and “Keep On Loving You” that are just impossible not to vibe with.

Last but certainly not least, special guest Yacht Rock Revue will take you on a musical voyage like never before. Their nostalgic soft rock tunes and infectious energy will have the whole place on their feet before the night even begins.

New Jersey’s Freedom Mortgage Pavilion has got up to 25,000 seats just waiting for the fans to fill up for this electric one-of-a-kind show. Known for its incredible setting, views, and sound and visual facilities, you’ll most definitely have an amazing time. Come on down to Freedom Mortgage Pavilion on July 26, 2024, as we Sing Together and Live Every Moment of this incredible night. Buy your tickets now!

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A New Jersey serial killer already jailed for killing three women is facing new charges of a fourth murder.

Police say they have linked Khalil Wheeler-Weaver to the killing of 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia, whose body was found in an abandoned carriage house in Orange in April of 2019.

Wheeler-Weaver had already been charged with her death. The new charges include attempted sexual assault of a minor, endangerment and the desecration of human remains.

Like his previous victims, prosecutors say Wheeler-Weaver met Doumbia online and asked her to meet for sex in exchange for money.

NJ.com reports he offered the girl $70 and she agreed to meet in October 2016.

She left home, allegedly to meet Wheeler-Weaver on Oct. 8. That was the last time her father and sister saw her alive. She was not heard from again until her body was found nearly three years later.

Previous victims were also found in abandoned buildings in Essex County.

One of his would-be victims, however, was able to break free and call police.

Tiffany Taylor offered crucial testimony in the trial that resulted in Wheeler-Weaver's conviction. He is currently serving a 160-year sentence.

Prosecutors have said they believe there may be other victims but have provided no additional details about their investigation.

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This Bay Area band was ‘yacht rock’ way before ‘yacht rock’ was a thing

S o many acts are claiming the yacht rock badge of honor in 2024, as fans of all ages embrace (or re-embrace) those pristine soft rock hits of yesteryear through Sirius/XM and other decidedly modern avenues.

For Bay Area band Pablo Cruise, however, the connection to the genre has been longer — and mote literal — than for most.

“Our headquarters was an 82-foot schooner in the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon,” says Cory Lerios, who co-founded Pablo Cruise in 1973. “So, we were definitely yacht rockers back before yacht rock was a term.”

From that base, the band has delivered some defining gems in what is now known as the yacht rock genre, which celebrates the smooth a.m. radio staples of the ‘70s and early ‘80s delivered by such artists as Toto, Nicollette Larson, Poco and the Little River Band.

Most notably, Pablo Cruise was responsible for the meticulously produced soft-rock numbers “Whatcha Gonna Do?” and “Love Will Find a Way,” both of which were Top 10 hits and rank as first-tier yacht rock staples.

Those two songs — which sound as good today as they did when they first came out in the late ‘70s — are two of the biggest reasons why fans will turn out to see Pablo Cruise when it performs May 9 at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park. Showtime is 8 p.m. and tickets are $49, guildtheatre.com . The group also plays May 8 at the Felton Music Hall and May 10 at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma, pablocruise.com .

The Menlo Park show will be a homecoming for Lerios, who now lives in Thousands Oaks but was born in San Francisco and grew up in nearby Palo Alto. It was on the Peninsula where he began playing piano and joined his first bands in junior high school.

“I never really thought I would make a career of it,” Lerios says of playing music. “But one thing led to another and I kind of never looked back.”

He’d find his first taste of real success as a member of Stoneground, a Concord-based rock act that released a number of albums on the Warner Bros. records label in the 1970s. After a few years, however, Lerios and two other Stoneground members — vocalist-guitarist David Jenkins and drummer Steve Price — would leave the fold and go on to form Pablo Cruise with the help of bassist Bud Cockrell (previously of the Bay Area act It’s a Beautiful Day).

One thing to note from that list of original band members is that none of them are, in fact, named Pablo Cruise. Neither are any other of the current or former members, for that matters. So, it’s probably a good time to pause and clear up the origin of the moniker, which Lerios says has certainly drawn plenty of questions over the years.

“The truth is that it was a nickname of a buddy of mine from Colombia, South America,” he says. “It was just a nickname I gave him — Pablo Cruise. He was a very bright guy, very charismatic. And I just called him Pablo Cruise.”

So, when it came time to name this new post-Stoneground outfit, Lerios remembered his ol’ pal’s nickname and thought it fit in with one of the trends of the era.

“It was kind of at that point where you had Fleetwood Mac, Jethro Tull — a lot of two names for these bands — and Pablo Cruise just had a great ring to it,” Lerios reckons.

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Whatever they called themselves, these four musicians were bound to get discovered at some point — given that they were all great players and wrote memorable tunes. So, not surprisingly, it wasn’t all that long before A&M came knocking and Pablo Cruise was thrilled to sign with such a well-regarded record label.

“A&M was notable for sticking with a band,” Lerios says. “Today, labels barely sign bands. But they don’t support bands like they did a lot of back in the day. They supported tours. They supported the making of the record, the travel — all kinds of things that they don’t do anymore.”

The result was the band’s 1975 eponymous debut, which eeked its way into the Billboard 200 and began setting the foundation for the success that would later come. It didn’t produce any hit singles, but it did give listeners a wonderful 12½-minute instrumental number called “Ocean Breeze” that drew plenty of spins at album oriented radio (AOR) stations.

“If you want to check out some deep Pablo Cruise, you should listen to that — because it’s a phenomenal piece of music,” Lerios says. “And that (song) really got us going. Still, everywhere we play now, people ask to hear ‘Ocean Breeze,’ which is always nice to know that people have gone that deep into the repertoire.”

A second album, titled “Lifeline,” followed in 1976 and managed to hoist the band a bit further up the charts, but Pablo Cruise still lacked that hit to really take it to the next level.

All of that would change with the third album, 1977’s “A Place in the Sun,” although not overnight. In fact, the first single released from that album was “Atlanta June” and it didn’t live up to expectations. Oh, but the B-side was a catchy little number called “Whatcha Gonna Do?”

“(Radio stations) played ‘Atlanta June’ and it got some acclaim, but it didn’t really take off the way they’d hoped,” Lerios remembers. “So, somebody flipped it over and put on ‘Whatcha Gonna Do?’ and, all of sudden, it started to blow up.”

The song slowly climbed the charts, eventually breaking into the top 10. The group then scored a second hit with the album’s terrific title track.

“When it gets to that point, everything changes,” Lerios says. “The phones really start to ring. You are getting offers to be on TV shows. All of a sudden, it’s like you’ve arrived.”

The band quickly followed up that album with another winner, 1978’s “Worlds Away,” which produced three hits – including the slam-dunk single “Love Will Find a Way.”

Both albums, “A Place in the Sun” and “Worlds Away,” would be certified platinum.

That would be the zenith of the band’s career, although it did produce two more albums — 1979’s “Part of the Game” and 1981’s “Reflector” — which still did quite well on the charts. The same could not be said of the band’s last studio record, 1983’s “Out of Our Hands,” which failed to chart as listeners had moved on from Pablo Cruise-style soft rock to other styles of music.

“There was a certain instrumentation, a certain form of writing that was predominant back then,” Lerios says of the a.m. hits of the era. “Then, all of a sudden, like the Knack, Johnny Rotten and all these bands came in and punk rock kind of took over and just squashed soft rock.”

By the mid ‘80s, the band members parted ways.

“Success can change things and as we just evolved in our lives, Dave (Jenkins) and I weren’t hitting it anymore,” Lerios says. “We really weren’t writing a lot. And what we were writing, we didn’t really like – and nobody else seemed to like it either.

“I had other aspirations and I know Dave did. So, we split. We didn’t necessarily break up the band. We just went different directions.”

Lerios managed a really cool second act in Hollywood, scoring films and TV shows. In that realm, his credits include the 1993 Wesley Snipes action flick “Boiling Point,” the awesome 1991 horror epic “Child’s Play 3” and, most famously, “Baywatch.”

Jenkins also experienced a good deal of post-Pablo success, including spending a few years in the country group Southern Pacific and recording with Hawaiian vocalist Kapono Beamer.

About 20 years ago, Lerios and Jenkins decided to give Pablo Cruise another shot and they’ve been peddling the soft rock to eager crowds ever since. Yet, it’s not just the old-school fans who are showing up. Pablo Cruise — which now consists of Lerios, Jenkins, bassist Larry Antonino, drummer Sergio Gonzalez and percussionist Robbie Wyckoff — is also seeing a healthy contingent of younger listeners.

“One of my jokes is that ‘you are too young to be here,’” Lerios says. “Kids come up and say, ‘My parents played this music in the house all the time. I love it. Big fan.’

“You know, music — even though we try to compartmentalize it and try to give it a decade or a whatever – good music is good music.”

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The Grammy winner, known for such hits as “Tonight I Celebrate My Love” and “Beauty and the Beast,” will kick off Thornton Winery’s Champagne Jazz Series, which annually brings top names to the area for outdoor concerts amid ripening grape vines.

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Other wineries will bring in headliners through early fall as well.

While most wineries offer free live music year-round, these are ticketed events. Some such as country concerts at Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyards, sell out rapidly.

Here are concerts that have been announced at press time.

Champagne Jazz Series

Where:  Thornton Winery, 32575 Rancho California Road, Temecula. 951-699-0099. thorntonwine.com

Details: Concerts start at 7 p.m. Gates open at 6 p.m. General admission is first-come-first-served with lines starting two hours before show time. Season tickets ensure an assigned seat. Gourmet supper packages include assigned tables and dedicated servers.

Peabo Bryson, Jackiem Joyner: May 18, $95, $215.

Gerald Albright: May 25, $95, $215.

Damien Escobar, Adam Hawley: June 1, $95, $215.

Norman Brown, Kirk Whalum: June 8, $100, $220.

Najee, Keiko Matsui: July 6, $95, $215.

Peter White, Mindi Abair, Vincent Ingala: July 20, $95, $215.

Richard Elliot, Rick Braun: July 27, $95, $215.

Eric Benét, Paul Taylor: Aug. 3, $105, $225.

Average White Band: Aug. 24, $95, $215.

Chris Botti: Sept. 7, $125, $245.

Jeffrey Osborne, Lemek: Sept. 21, $110, $230.

Boney James, L. Young: Sept. 28, $120, $240.

Eric Darius, Marcus Anderson, Julian Vaughn, Lin Rountree: Oct. 5, $95, $215.

Brian Culbertson: Oct. 12, $120, $240.

Candy Dulfer, Brian Simpson, Marion Meadows, Steve Oliver: Oct. 13, $95, $215.

Country Concert Series

Where:  Wilson Creek Winery & Vineyards, 35960 Rancho California Road, Temecula. 951-699-9463.  wilsoncreekwinery.com .

Details: Concert starts at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are general admission or VIP seating with dinner and hosted bar. Attendees must be 12 years and older. Wine Club members can get discounts.

Chris Lane: July 19, $75, $200.

Dylan Scott: Sept. 18, $65, $200.

Rhythm on the Vine

Where:  South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula. 844-428-6292. rhythmonthevine.com

Details: This year’s lineup is still being finalized, according to the resort, although a separate jazz series has been announced. Last year there were five concerts July through September with artists that included Chris Isaak.

Rhythm on the Vine Jazz Series

Where:  South Coast Winery Resort & Spa, 34843 Rancho California Road, Temecula. 844-428-6292. southcoastwinery.com

Details: Shows start at 7 p.m.; doors open at 6 p.m. Food service is from the Vineyard Rose Restaurant; reservations required.

Chris Standring, Patrick Lamb, Gregg Karukas: July 21,

David Benoit, Lindsey Webster: Aug. 4, $65-$250.

Brian Bromberg, Paul Brown, Michael Paulo: Aug. 18, $65-$250.

JJ Sansaverino, Blake Aaron: Sept. 1, $65-$250.

Tris Imboden Yacht Stars: Sept. 15. $70-$250.

Kalapana’s 50th Anniversary Celebration Concert: Sept. 29, $65-$130.

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