OUR STORY

Anchors Away was founded in 2018 as a passion project of founder/band leader and percussionist Jim Pallucci. Jimmy grew up hearing all of this music on the radio and it made a lasting impression. It inspired not only his growth as a musician, but his desire to bring the live performance of these songs to audiences who share his fond and lasting memories of this golden era of popular music. 

Knowing that this style can be the most technically challenging of the pop genre, Jimmy set out to recruit some of Chicagoland’s finest and most experienced musicians. Today’s lineup represents the culmination of Jimmy’s efforts to bring the best yacht rock experience to the music stages and venues of the Midwest. Anchors Away uses no “tracks” or pre-recorded music of any kind. What you hear is real music created in real time by real musicians. Every show is live, without a net! 

With only a couple of years’ worth of live performances (obviously hindered by the shutdowns of 2020), Anchors Away is rapidly gathering momentum, and emerging as the premier Yacht Rock band in Illinois. 

So, what is Yacht Rock you ask? 

The general online consensus sums it up like this: 

Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound, or adult-oriented rock) is a broad music style and aesthetic commonly associated with soft rock; one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, R&B, and disco, common stylistic traits include high-quality production, clean vocals, high musicality, and a focus on light, catchy melodies.