The Carolina Disco Turkeys will commerce their bell bottoms, polyester, and sparkly sequins for salmon polo shirts, ascots, and captain’s hats for one recreation this summer time. The staff introduced this week that they’ll play because the Yacht Rockers, altering the vibe within the ballpark from Stayin’ Alive to Crusing.
Yacht Rock is what you’ll get if ’80s hair bands and elevator muzak received married and had a child. It’s a musical style epitomized by the likes of Christopher Cross, Kenny Loggins, and Corridor and Oates—basically comfortable rock from the Seventies and ’80s.
“Yacht rock is campy and classic,” mentioned staff proprietor and president Greg Sullivan. “It kind of slaps in a weird way…. Disco is that for some people too.”
The emblem, which Sullivan mentioned is “meant to stir conversation,” was designed by illustrator Brittain Peck, who additionally created the Disco Turkey’s major model. A part of that dialog for the reason that Thursday unveiling has been comparisons that the blond, sunglasses-wearing yacht dweller has drawn to Chief Wahoo.
Whereas the Disco Turkeys’ hometown of Winston-Salem doesn’t precisely play host to the our bodies of water the place you would possibly discover rock-worthy yachts, Carolina at massive borders the Atlantic Ocean and is house to massive lakes and rivers.
The staff will put on Yacht Rockers uniforms and host a yacht rock live performance that includes the David Grogan Band July 5 at Wake Forest College’s Sofa Ballpark.
