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It's time to crown a champion! Who will sail on from The Smooth Sixteen to the Finals?! Will it be a Cinderella Story or an Aqua-Blue Blood? Was First Mate John's sealed-envelope prediction correct?

John O'Grady from Milwaukee Yacht Rock and the Hot Schyachts joins John and Tom to whittle The Smooth 16 down to the finals! Which song will be crowned the yachtiest of all time? Tune in to find out!

Which picks did they get wrong? Sound off on our Facebook page! facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast

Round 2 of the March Yachtness tournament to see who will move on to The Smooth Sixteen! Who are the Cinderella Stories surviving The Round of 32, and which Aqua-Blue Bloods will have their brackets busted? Will Tom have to exercise his veto power?

Captain Hugh and The Contessa from Yacht Rockin’ Radio join John and Tom to tackle The Round of 32 and help determine which yachty songs will sail on to victory. Who will survive and advance?! Tune in to find out!

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Part 2 of Round 1 of the 64-song March Yachtness tournament invites guest Jared Correia on the show to help John and Tom determine which yacht rock tune is the yachtiest of all time. Which songs were the “The Fatal Four” — aka, the “first four out?” Who will move on to The Smooth Sixteen? Who are the Cinderella Stories, and which Aqua-Blue Bloods will have their brackets busted? Which co-host will exercise his one-time veto power?

Jared Correia is a fellow podcast host himself, hosting The Legal Toolkit podcast and On the Road. Jared invited Tom onto his podcast to give his his lawyer listeners a yacht rock primer.

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It’s March! Time for the 64-song tournament to see which yacht rock tune is the yachtiest of all time! Which songs were the “The Fatal Four” — aka, the “first four out?” Who will move on to The Smooth Sixteen? Who are the Cinderella Stories, and which Aqua-Blue Bloods will have their brackets busted? Which co-host will exercise his one-time veto power?

Captain Juan Luv from Yacht Rock Miami joins Tom and John to tackle two of four first-round regions with some truly painstaking matchups. Who will survive and advance?! Tune in to find out!

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John provides an overview and encapsulation of his second reading of “The Gospel According to Luke,” authored by Toto’s Steve Lukather. The memoir tells the tale of how a group of high school friends formed the band in 1977 and went on to sell more than 40 million records worldwide. “Luke” also lifts the lid on what really went on behind the closed studio doors and shows the unique creative processes of some of the most legendary names in music.

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You know the convention: "You're on a desert island, and you can only pick three..." Well, if you spend enough time on a yacht, this just may become a reality! So to prepare you for the inevitable, John and Tom stump each other on this week's yacht rock podcast with a series of challenges to pick three, and only three, of the complete set. Such as:

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John and Tom scour the sea charts to find yacht rock's best guitar solos of all time. Who made the cut? Who are the true guitar heroes? How many times does Steve Lukather appear on the list? And does Tom really sing "O Sole Mio?" Listen to 22 of the rockin'-est guitar leads of all time.

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It’s back! We’re going back to the mountain, for an all-new yacht rock podcast debating the Mt. Rushmore of albums, sliced three ways:

What’s your Mt. Rushmore of yacht rock albums? Give us your mounts on our Facebook page: facebook.com/yachtrockpodcast

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John and Tom are back with another album focus, this time devoting an entire episode of the yacht rock podcast to perhaps Toto’s signature release, Toto IV. From historical significance to track-by-track analysis, listen in as our co-captains take a deep dive into one of the most iconic records from the era. But…is it yacht, or is it not?

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