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Dēacön Blü's Sea Of Fools Song Of The Day: Steve Eaton - Steve Eaton (Mountain Bluebird, 1979) “Without You” Ready your gullet for this smoothie... Straight from the #YachtRock prime of ‘79 we find Steve Eaton’s self-titled sophomore effort, getting migh-tee bonanza for a private label release from #Idaho [though, that’s likely due his membership with *partner* Bill La”Friggin”Bounty(@LaBountyBill) in ‘72 RCA artistes Fat Chance.] Speakin’ on that goldrush, we’ve got Leland “Lee” Sklar (@Leland.Sklar ), Steve “Luke” Lukather (@SteveLukatherOFFICIAL), Steve Forman, Jai “Jay Vending” Winding (@jwinding1950), Michael “Golden Fingers” Omartian, Larry Knechtel and more. The track gets a little SSW (singer-songwriter, natch) breezy, but bounces plenty to keep the Cuervo Gold flowin’ on-deck, replete with talk of (yep, ya guessed it)... Fools. [Eaton was also a one-time lead guitarist for Paul Revere and the Raiders, has scored hits with tunes sung by the likes of The Carpenters, The Fifth Dimension, Art Garfunkel, The Righteous Brothers and more, plus went on to acclaim as a jingle jockey.] #YachtSoul #WestCoastAOR #SeaOfFools #KeepTheFire #SmoothIsInTheHeart #GrownFolksVibes #PathwayToGloryDJs (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7QxZyCpLNb/?igshid=1df7b5byjcczu

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Dēacön Blü's Sea Of Fools Song Of The Day: Kiki Dee - Stay With Me (The Rocket Record Company, 1978) “Love Is A Crazy Feeling” Brit’n’Elton acolyte Pauline “Kiki Dee” Matthews delivers this mellow sender that arrives on a jangly note, which continues through the verses Rhodes smooth, but with an uptick chorus that’s the definition of bonanza’n’archetypal #YachtRock / #YachtSoul gold from thee ex-Tamla/Motown gal. Guitar lines behind the vocal playin’ cool and a guit solo that could be none other than Luke hissself only add to this fine delicacy, shipped on over from ‘cross the pond. There’s no per track personnel breakdown, but the liners read like a who’s who: Jeff Porcaro on drums, David Hungate and Bob Glaub on bass, electric guitars by Steve Lukather himself, keyboards by David Paich, Victor Feldman *and* Greg Phillinganes, synthesizers by Steve Porcaro, percussion—it’s important, y’know—by Victor Feldman, horns by Chuck Findlay and background vocals by David Lasley, Brenda Russell and much more. No matter your locale, #SmoothIsInTheHeart, sweethearts. #YachtSoul #WestCoastAOR #SeaOfFools #KeepTheFire #GrownFolksVibes #PathwayToGloryDJs (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7OLmrJpdAD/?igshid=jcpzed3l5ovz

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Dēacön Blü's Sea Of Fools Song Of The Day: Kokomo - Kokomo (CBS, 1982) “Let Me Have It All” This Brit-bred funk’n’soul combo, led by the femme fatale Dyan Birch, makes a stateside slide to the home of funk’n’soul to produce this smooth groove glide in the prime time of ‘82 (for #YachtRock / #YachtSoul, that is). Production wiz assistance—via #Chicago ’s own Leo Graham—shores up those smooth, sparklin’ and bouncin’ Rhodes across an ode to a foolish heart, dialin’ right into the desired vibes, sans proper “personnel”. Though vibe’n’rules vary slightly, Kokomo shows to harness, caress’n’impress with the sound of the West, you needn’t even be on the same continent. Smooth is in the heart, sweethearts. #WestCoastAOR #SeaOfFools #KeepTheFire #GrownFolksVibes #PathwayToGloryDJs (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7LtRZBpkH2/?igshid=plwxduhxf0bm

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Dēacön Blü's Sea Of Fools Song Of The Day: The Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute (Warner Bros., 1978) “What A Fool Believes” Building-block-basic Yacht... The point from which the “Doobie bounce” originated (Big Bang-style)... A certified 100 on Sir #GeneYachtski ’s scale (shouts to the #BYR boys)... The perfection point at the intersection of blue-eyed soul and “smooth”... The bright’n’shinin’ pinnacle of McD-era Doobies... One of thee all-time fave-rave choons of Mr. Blü... All these things and more, plus the leader of fools that led us to the sea. If you believe, you can feel it... #YachtRock #WestCoastAOR #SeaOfFools #GraybeardSupreme #YoungGunSilverFox #KeepTheFire #GrownFolksVibes #PathwayToGloryDJs (at Chicago metropolitan area) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7G7UbQpl0e/?igshid=16ughdfbbryfw