Yachtley Crew
Yachtley Crew is the seven-piece SoCal band that burst onto the club scene in 2017, selling out countless local venues before igniting a nationwide Yacht Rock craze. Their success caught the attention of the legendary Jimmy Buffett, who signed them to his own Mailboat Records label.
The nautically suited and captain’s-hat-clad Yachtley Crew, otherwise known as “The Titans of Soft Rock,” is comprised of lead vocalist Phillip Daniel (Philly Ocean), drummer Rob Jones (Sailor Hawkins), bassist Chaz Ruiz (Baba Buoy), guitarist Thomas Gardner Jr. (Tommy Buoy), backing vocalist Curt Clendenin (Stoney Shores), saxophonist/flutist Paul Pate (Pauly Shores), and keyboardist Matt Grossman (Matthew McDonald).
Growing exponentially over the past few years, Yachtley Crew has toured cities throughout the U.S. and Europe and is currently gearing up for their 2024 "Full Steam Ahead" tour, which begins in March. The group will continue their third year of residency at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas and recently released their first EP, Seas the Day, on Mailboat Records. Seas the Day was produced and mixed by Grammy Award-winning Chris Lord-Alge (Stevie Nicks, Steven Tyler, Keith Urban, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day) and features the band’s first original song, “Sex on the Beach,” accompanied by a video with a guest appearance by Access Hollywood and iHeart host, Mario Lopez. The video was directed by Myles Erfurth (Dead Sara, Ice Nine Kills, Twiztid).
Yachtley Crew is managed by longtime industry icon Andy Gould (Rob Zombie, Pantera, Lionel Richie, Guns N’ Roses) and represented by Jim Lenz at TKO. Yachtley Crew has appeared on Andy Cohen’s Watch What Happens Live, helped ring in the New Year on KLAS and KTLA’s “Las Vegas Countdown to 2023” (the exclusive, Emmy-winning special syndicated program that reaches more than 16.5 million U.S. TV households), and performed on countless morning television and radio shows throughout the country. They have been featured on Fox News nationally and performed on SiriusXM’s Yacht Rock Radio “Yacht Rock 311” show as the first-ever Yacht Rock band to perform live at the station. They have also performed at numerous charity and special events over the years, including Mario Lopez’s Golf Classic Tournament in support of the Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center.
For the uninitiated, Yacht Rock encapsulates the revival of soft rock and Top 40 hits from the late ’70s to the early ’80s, which has become a nationwide phenomenon, inspiring fans to dress the part and sing along. Other songs on Seas the Day include fan favorites such as Boz Scaggs’s “Lido Shuffle,” Ace’s “How Long,” Robbie Dupree’s “Steal Away,” the Bee Gees’ “How Deep Is Your Love,” and all-time Yacht Rock pioneer Christopher Cross’s “Ride Like the Wind.” Other songs in the band’s set include Toto’s “Africa,” Looking Glass’s “Brandy,” and Rupert Holmes’s “Escape (The Piña Colada Song).”
Venue Information:
Key West Theater
512 Eaton St
Key West, FL, 33040
Key West Theater
512 Eaton St
Key West, FL, 33040