The Carolina Disco Turkeys will commerce of their saggy pants, polyester and glittering sequins for salmon-colored polo shirts, ascots and captain hats for one match this summer season. The crew introduced this week that they’ll play because the Yacht Rockers, altering the environment on the ballpark from Stayin’ Alive to Crusing.
Yacht Rock is what you’d get if 80s headbands and elevator muzak obtained married and had a child. It’s a musical style epitomized by the likes of Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins and Corridor and Oates: primarily smooth rock from the Seventies and Eighties.
“Yachtrock is campy and basic,” says crew proprietor and president Greg Sullivan. “It strikes in an odd approach…. Disco is that for some folks too.”
The brand, which Sullivan stated is “supposed to spark conversations,” was designed by illustrator Brittain Peck, who additionally created Disco Turkey’s flagship model. A part of that dialog since Thursday’s unveiling has concerned comparisons the blonde, sunglasses-wearing yachtsman has drawn to Chief Wahoo.
Whereas the birthplace of the Disco Turkeys, Winston-Salem, is not precisely dwelling to the our bodies of water the place you could find rock-worthy yachts, Carolina borders the Atlantic Ocean and is dwelling to main lakes and rivers.
The crew will put on Yacht Rockers uniforms and host a yacht rock live performance with the David Grogan Band on July 5 at Wake Forest College’s Sofa Ballpark.