“I’m surprised how few people snicker at us,” he added in 2009. The indie rock part of him felt “a little evil” making money off this type of music: “Sometimes I feel like I’m part of the problem, not the solution. And that’s bad.”Īt the time, Niespodziani wasn’t a fan of a lot of the songs. Too much reaction and you’ll rock the boat. RODNEY RODNEY RODNEY performing Elton John’s “Little Jeannie” while dressed in yacht-friendly outfits at the Dunwoody Beer Festival in 2009, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Niespodziani told the audience, “We appreciate your tepid response. Yacht Rock Revue performing at the Dunwoody Beer Festival in May 16, 2009.
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Glen Pridgen, who sang Rupert Holmes’ cheesy 1979 hit “Escape (”The Piña Colada Song)” that night, had a blast: “Even as an outsider, I sensed something special was happening, a chemistry among the band members.”īut nobody on stage had any idea this was the genesis of what would become Yacht Rock Revue, and that 14 years later, seven of the musicians from that 10 High gig (three of whom are named Mark) would play many of those same songs in front of 6,000 cheering fans at Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park. “I knew every word to every song, and I had no idea why because I never owned any of those records,” she said.
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Nicole Jurovics, a former 10 High talent booker, recalled feeling both bemused and oddly taken by the show. Something clicked that Friday evening at 10 High for the 150 inebriated, sweaty audience members and the band members on stage.
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The promotional poster for the first Yacht Rock show in 2007 superimposed the heads of Mark Bencuya (from left), Mark Dannells, Nick Niespodziani, Greg Lee and Mark Cobb on the heads of the band Orleans LP.