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It’s the summer of 2023, and Yacht Rock Revue is set to perform at the Leader Bank Pavilion on Friday, July 14th. The band is excited to bring their smooth, yacht-rocking sounds to the Pavilion, and they’re sure to get the crowd moving with their hits like “Sail On” and “Avalon.”

Yacht Rock Revue is the perfect band to see on a summer night, and their Leader Bank Pavilion performance is sure to be a night to remember. So mark your calendars and get your tickets now – you don’t want to miss out on this show!

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• Sunday September 22, 2024 Yacht Rock Revue Roadrunner-Boston, Boston

Friday 14 July 2023

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290 Northern Ave. 02210 Boston, MA, US (617) 728-1600 www.livenation.com/venue/KovZpZAEAdEA/leader-bank-pavilion-events

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Yacht rock revue sets steady course for musical treasures.

On Thursday night, on the huge Pavilion stage, Yacht Rock Revue sold nostalgia, escapism, the notion that musical chops matter, and a post-modernist take on popular music. But mostly, like Paul McCartney before them, the aviator-sporting middle aged guys in YRR sold silly love songs. Or at least re-sold them.

An Atlanta-born tribute to ’70s AM Gold and ’80s Top 40, YRR went mainstream on the back of years of touring – the band plays the Cape Cod Melody Tent Wednesday and Thursday before returning to the Pavilion on Friday. Too good to remain purely a cover band, YRR made an album of originals in 2020 – the LP, “Hot Dads in Tight Jeans,” is a tasty cocktail of soft rock, indie pop, sparkling disco and glitchy electronica. The Revue’s covers and originals both work because they take the music (if not themselves) seriously.

And yes, you can take Looking Glass’s “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” seriously.

When the Beatles went from the heartfelt “Love Me Do” to the sardonic “Glass Onion,” they lost some people. Those people – alienated by the weirdness and self-indulgence of late ’60s and early ’70s – found a home in the old-school songcraft and sincerity of yacht rock’s love songs. Here’s where Yacht Rock Revue comes in.

Live, the band threads an almost impossible gap. The love songs are sweet, the rock songs are rocking, the cheek is packed with tongue, and yet the catalog is done reverently not ironically. Yacht rock is deemed a guilty pleasure, but it is enjoyed earnestly. (Can anything actually be enjoyed ironically? I doubt it.)

So Yacht Rock delivers earnest infatuation (Jackson Browne’s “Somebody’s Baby”), earnest romance (Rupert Holmes’ “Escape”), and earnest longing (the aforementioned Brandy). The songs connect because they are all little masterpieces of pop. And because the band is smoking hot.

The five of the members who took lead vocals are all great – Kourtney Jackson can do Sade with the required smooth gloss and YRR founder Nick Niespodziani’s talent for channeling so many (Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald, even David Lee Roth) is endlessly impressive. Guitar ace and Berklee grad Mark Dannells can riff on Toto and rearrange Steely Dan leads. The whole band needs to be excellent because, beyond sincere lyrics, yacht rock depends on players having profound skills.

When YRR does Toto’s “Rosanna,” Niespodziani needs to sell the impassioned vocals, the “I didn’t know that a girl like you could make me feel so sad.” But equally importantly, the band needs to fill out an epic tune that dips into jazz, funk, blues, heavy metal and prog rock. YRR can do this, plus do the bass line in “Smooth Operator,” the harmonies of “Dancing Queen,” and complex chords of “Peg.”

YRR is a great time. It’s a time for dressing up in captain’s hats, booging to the Doobie Brothers, getting sloppy and silly, even when – especially when – the silliness extends to those cheesy-but-honest love songs.

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Music | Review: We did not see this coming at Train, REO Speedwagon show

Co-headliners work surprisingly well together at shoreline.

REO Speedwagon seemed better off touring with a fellow ’70s/’80s classic rock act like Styx, Chicago or the Doobie Brothers again. Train should probably stay on a more modern track and hit the road with a contemporary like Maroon 5.

And, really, is there an audience who wants to hear “Keep on Loving You” and “Hey, Soul Sister” equally?

Fortunately, the two co-headliners — separated by peaks in popularity by nearly 30 years — didn’t end up performing on paper, but rather on stage at Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View on Saturday night. The result was a diversely appealing evening of music by two bands that don’t share much in common, other than the fact that they are both very entertaining live acts.

And it’s the latter that mattered most on this night.

The nearly 4½-hour concert began in fun fashion with opening act Yacht Rock Revue, the popular cover band that celebrates the groovy soft-rock tunes that dominated a.m. radio back in the ’70s and ’80s. The setlist was filled with such genre classics as Rupert Holmes’ “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” — which is perhaps the definitive yacht rock staple — and Looking Glass’ “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl).” My only quibble is that the set closed with Boston’s “More Than a Feeling,” which doesn’t really belong in the genre.

Next up was REO Speedwagon, which prefaced its set with an audio/video segment that reflected on the year of 1981. That was the year when such films as “Stripes” and “Superman II” (aka, the best of all Superman movies) ruled the box office, fans were reminded during the segment. It was also when REO had the No. 1 selling album of the entire year with “Hi Infidelity.”

There were certainly a lot of people in attendance who clearly remember 1981 and (like this critic) still own an original vinyl of copy of “Hi Infidelity” purchased back in the day. Those were the people who could be heard shouting along to the lyrics as vocalist Kevin Cronin and company opened their winning 75-minute set with a rowdy “Don’t Let Him Go,” the first of five numbers drawn from “Hi Infidelity” on this night.

“I figured out why the Train guys were so excited to tour with REO Speedwagon,” Cronin joked. “I think they figured if they toured with us we’d bring in a slightly younger audience.”

The group  — which appears to be inching closer to its long-overdue Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction with each passing year — sounded terrific as it continued through the anthems “Take It on the Run” (another “Hi Infidelity” winner) and “Keep Pushin'” (from 1976’s “R.E.O.”) early in the 13-song set.

Dave Amato was an absolute beast on the guitar throughout the night, consistently living up to the “Shred Master General” nickname that the band has bestowed on him as he flew through meaty leads on “Can’t Fight This Feeling,” “Ridin’ the Storm Out” and so many others.

Cronin, of course, was his regular energetic self, working the stage and the crowd with determination. The moment that really stuck with me was when he brought “Son of a Poor Man” to a close by screaming out, “Rock ‘n’ roll will keep you young forever.”

And it certainly seems to have worked thus far for Cronin.

“I’m only 72,” he remarked. “But I feel like I’m 22.”

After the band closed the set with a roaring “Roll With the Changes,” Cronin advised the crowd “the party is just getting started.”

“There is a Train on the tracks and it’s coming your way,” he added.

San Francisco’s Train made great use of its own 75-minute set, keeping fans on their feet — singing and dancing along — pretty much from start to finish.

“It’s so good to be back home,” Pat Monahan exclaimed.

The vocalist and his four bandmates — guitarist Taylor Locke, bassist Hector Maldonado, keyboardist Jerry Becker and drummer Matt Musty — came right out of the gates with a towering version of “Calling All Angels” and then continued to build momentum as they moved through such fan favorites as “Get to Me” and “Save Me, San Francisco.”

Monahan is a man who fears no rhyme, boasting a lyrical track record that includes pairing “disco” and “San Francisco” and, most famously, “soul sister” with “Mr. Mister.” While those kind of rhymes have resulted in countless trips to the bank for Monahan over the years, they can also sound a bit trite and sophomoric during heavy repetition on pop radio.

Yet, Monahan and company were consistently able to lift their material to higher levels on the concert stage, drawing up versions of, in particular, “50 Ways to Say Goodbye” and “Drive By” that easily topped what’s heard on record.

They also pulled out all the stops at Shoreline, such as bringing Cronin back onstage for a bit of the Steve Miller Band’s “The Joker” that was tacked on to the end of “Meet Virginia,” and Monahan handing the microphone over to son Rock for a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Over the Hills and Far Away” while dear ol’ dad moved over to the drum kit.

(Side note: This is a band that has always had a surprising affinity for Led Zep, having once released a full live album dubbed “Train Does Led Zeppelin II” — which did indeed find Monahan’s group covering the heavy metal titans’ second record in its entirety.)

The best moment came as Train approached the finish line and invited Yacht Rock Revue back to the stage. The combined forces — which also included the return of Rock Monahan — then opened the Eagles’ songbook and unleashed a powerful cover of “Hotel California,” complete with the awe-inspiring multi-guitar outro, which seemed to leave every single person in the building buzzing with excitement.

Train setlist:

1. “Calling All Angels” 2. “If It’s Love” 3. “Get to Me” 4. “Save Me, San Francisco” 5. “Meet Virginia” 6. “Over the Hills and Far Away” 7. “Play That Song” 8. “Angel in Blue Jeans” 9. “Long Yellow Dress” 10. “50 Ways to Say Goodbye” 11. “Marry Me” 12. “Bruises” 13. “Hey, Soul Sister” 14. “Drive By” 15. “Hotel California” 16. “Drops of Jupiter”

REO Speedwagon setlist:

1. “Don’t Let Him Go” 2. “Take It on the Run” 3. “Keep Pushin'” 4. “Live Every Moment” 5. “Tough Guys” 6. “I Wish You Were There” 7. “Music Man” 8. “Can’t Fight This Feeling” 9. “Son of a Poor Man” 10. “Time for Me to Fly” 11. “Ridin’ the Storm Out” 12. “Keep On Loving You” 13. “Roll With the Changes”

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• Africa by Toto
• Baker Street by Gerry Rafferty
• Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass
• Escape (The Piña Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
• Heart to Heart by Kenny Loggins
• Kiss You All Over by Exile
• More Than a Feeling by Boston
• Ride Like the Wind by Christopher Cross
• Sweet Freedom by Michael McDonald
• Tropical Illusion

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