Out of the Main

Climb aboard for artist interviews, music analysis + celebration...and even occasional tomfoolery. It's the #podcast for lovers of #YachtRock, west coast music from the late 70s and early 80s, and Modern Yacht alike! Listen along as we chat with the legendary artists themselves!

@RedsSuffering Our score: 95!

Today’s certified Yacht Rock song of the day: Nobody’s Fool Bill LaBounty 1982 Yachtski scale score 59.5 My score 85 Bill is one of my favorite discoveries on this smooth music journey. Absolutely loaded with elite session players (Chuck Rainey, Greg Phillingaines, Jeff Porcaro and Steve Lukather) with background vocals by Stephen Bishop and Patti Austin

🚨📺 **S7.E2: The 2026 NCAA Tournament! (Video Podcast)** 📺🚨 It’s March! There’s madness! Around these parts, March brings the usual—an NCAA Tournament! NCAA, this year, stands for the Nixon Competition of Album Artwork.

End.

Additional food for thought: What made the 70s and 80s special when it comes to album art? Did this, too, peak during the late 70s and early 80s like music itself? Let us know know your thoughts!

Jeffrey Osborne was born on this day in 1948. His first two solo albums contain several songs that are aboard the boat - “Stay with Me Tonight”, “Eenie Meenie”, “I Really Don’t Need No Light”, “New Love” and “Don’t You Get So Mad”. Both albums were produced by George Duke.

@RedsSuffering @in_yacht Come aboard…we’re expecting you!

@outofthemain @in_yacht Oh boy!! This is going to be appointment listening!!!

🚨🎙️ **SEASON 7 IS OFFICIALLY OUT TO SEA!** 🎙️🚨 Today in yacht rock, we bring on none other than @in_yacht himself! Want to know what happened on this day in yacht rock—or any other day? Johnny Gough from Oxford, MS is your man! It’s “Today in Yacht Rock” Day! 👇 👇 👇

@in_yacht Thanks for coming on! And protect that legal pad at all costs!

Really enjoyed talking with John and Tom about yacht rock. If you don’t already listen to their podcast, you are missing out. They are great. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out…

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your pods, or FIND, FOLLOW, LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE right here 👇👇👇 👉 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/outof…

Tune in this week to hear Johnny tell us his “origin story,” provide the history behind Today in Yacht Rock, and rifle through a veritable “lightning round” of Today in Yacht Rock fun facts! 👇

Season 7 drops Thursday! Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. But…

This is just the type of nerdy intel we need around @outofthemain, @Page99R 🤔…

ICYMI: Season 7 of @outofthemain is coming soon...for lovers of music from the 70s and 80s. Until then, reaching back into the archives to review some of our favorite episodes, like this one:

Let's do this! Stay tuned for S7.E1...and, oh yeah—how could we forget?... Ahoy, Polloi! ⚓🎶 📋 ✍️ 👉 Sign up here: outofthemain[DOT]substack[DOT]com

What's more, Substack combines the best of social media, blogging, email storytelling, community and conversation while eliminating the worst the internet has to offer: algorithms, advertising, and adversarial posturing. Sooo....JOIN US! Hinting at the link to get started next:

🚨SEASON 7 IS COMING SOON! 🚨 John and Tom Nixon are getting ready to dive back in 🛎️ and launch Season 7 of Out of the Main 🛥️! We've got some big things planned for 2026...and we want you to be a part of them! 👇👇👇 (details in following tweets)