Mellow Moods: Soft Rock For Summer Days

The Smooth Operators bring you a new episode of Mellow Moods: Soft Rock For Summer Days. This musical subgenre originated in the early days of rock and roll, developed into a separate radio format on FM in the early 70s. It can be described as a style of light, melodic, radio-friendly rock music. It employs clean, highly polished production values and arrangements. This mix features tracks from The Doobie Brothers, Fleetwood Mac, Pages, Looking Glass, Christopher Cross, Breeze, Mayer Hawthorne, Young Gun Silver Fox and many more. 

Tracklist:

Player - Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid (1981)

Con Funk Shun - California 1 (1981)

The Doobie Brothers - Dependin’ On You (1978)

Looking Glass - Brandy (1972)

Wendy Waldman - Long Hot Summer Nights (1978)

Ambrosia - Biggest Part Of Me

Mayer Hawthorne - The Valley (2016)

Night Plane - Who Knows (1982)

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin’ In Love (1975)

Young Gun Silver Fox - You Can Feel It (2015)

David Roberts - Wrong Side Of The Tracks (1982)

Larsen-Feiten Band - She’s Not In Love (1980)

Christopher Cross - Ride Like The Wind (1979) 

Carly Simon - Tranquillo (Melt My Heart) (1978)

America - Indian Summer (2006)

Pages - You Need A Hero (1981)

John Mayer - Rosie (2017)

Jethro Tull - Look Into The Sun (1969)

Heart – Dreamboat Annie (1976)

Breeze – It's Only A Matter Of Time (1978)

Jiva – Hey Brother (1975)

Mud – All I’ve Got To Give (1976)

Brandye – How Long (1978)

Archie James Cavanaugh – Light Unto The Sun (1980)

Deliverance – Leaving L.A. (1979)

Anne Murray – Shadows In The Moonlight (1979)

Anouk – Better Off Alone (2011)

Rita Coolidge – I Believe In You (1971)

The Lovin' Spoonful – Didn't Want To Have To Do It (1966)

Fleetwood Mac – Over & Over (1979)

Poco – You Better Think Twice (1970)

Geyster – A Place In The Sun (2017)

Kris Berry – Hold On (2017)

The Jeremy Spencer Band – Sunshine (1979)

Night - Hot Summer Night (1979)