Posted on 06/26/2019 5:41:29 PM PDT by SamAdams76
So there are not many women in the world of Yacht Rock. Sure, you hear plenty of women doing backing vocals on Yacht Rock tracks but very rarely, if ever, do they take the lead vocal.
Not sure why that is. I mean women can be just as smooth and breezy as any man singing a Yacht Rock song.
Case in point is Midnight At The Oasis - a smash hit from back in 1973 - by a woman named Maria Muldaur.
I don't care what people say but this tune is a cornerstone of the Yacht Rock canon. I mean, the cactus is her friend and she's sending the camels off to bed. Good! It's about time those camels went to bed so that the two of us can slip off to a sand dune and kick up a little dust. I will be her sheik and she can be my belly dancer. Or something like that.
Just make it smooth.
Totally had the audience thrilled, Johnny was staring open mouthed, and I was truly awed at the range and clarity.
Have tried numerous times to go through the archives on you tube, cant locate it, bummed.
WTF is “yacht rock”
Almost a one-hit wonder...but I like the song and have the album it belongs to.
The song was good, but NOT rock; same as Muskrat Love, which came out about the same time.
“Melissa Manchester and Jennifer Warnes would be pretty good on Yacht Rock.”
Especially Jennifer Warnes!
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