Soft rock gets a bad rap in certain circles, but anyone who’s actually sat with the catalog — Christopher Cross’s Sailing, Toto’s Africa, the Doobie Brothers at their smoothest — knows there’s real craft buried in all that polish. The Yacht Lobsters know it, and they’ve been making the case for years with a live show that honors the precision and feel of the era without winking at the audience.
Night One of their two-night residency at Daryl’s House opens July 8 at 7:00 PM. Daryl’s House in Pawling, NY is one of the Hudson Valley’s finest small rooms — a converted roadhouse with a kitchen that takes the food as seriously as the music, and a stage that’s seen everyone from Levon Helm to Dr. John to a rotating cast of tribute acts that treat the room with respect.
The Yacht Lobsters deliver the songs that defined AM radio’s most comfortable era: Hall and Oates, Michael McDonald, Steely Dan, Kenny Loggins, and deeper cuts that reward anyone who grew up with these records. In a 200-person room with a good PA, these songs hit different than they do on a playlist.
Night Two follows on July 9. Tickets for each night are sold separately. If you can make both, do it — they don’t repeat the set.