{"id":1993022,"date":"2025-09-02T16:24:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1993022"},"modified":"2025-09-02T16:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:24:17","slug":"starbucks-bruce-blackman-discusses-5-songs-from-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/starbucks-bruce-blackman-discusses-5-songs-from-new-album\/","title":{"rendered":"Starbuck\u2019s Bruce Blackman discusses 5 songs from new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In 1976, \u201cMoonlight Feels Right\u201d reached No. 3 by Atlanta\u2019s septet <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/moonlightfeelsright.com\/\">Starbuck<\/a>, written by their lead vocalist and keyboardist Bruce Blackman. Now Blackman and team are back with <em>Beach Radio Hits, <\/em>which he discussed with <em>Goldmine<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>STARBUCK<\/p>\n<p><em>Beach Radio Hits<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Independent (digital format)<\/p>\n<p>The dozen song collection opens with a remastered version of \u201cMoonlight Feels Right\u201d followed by eleven new songs, beginning in the beach music style with the soothing \u201cOcean Drive Nights.\u201d Bruce Blackman told <em>Goldmine<\/em>, \u201cThis is a collection of tunes which have recently received beach music and yacht rock radio attention. The idea for \u2018Ocean Drive Nights\u2019 came from my wife Peggy and I being on Ocean Drive in Atlantic City and the good time we had there. Then I thought about Ocean Drive in Myrtle Beach and Ocean Drive in Miami Beach. Finally, I recalled that we were at a French resort in the Caribbean and on another Ocean Drive, and I reference it in the lyrics, \u2018Together on a lovers\u2019 beach, listening to the moon speaking perfect French.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Starbuck - Ocean Drive Nights (Lyric Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-g0ZxULMufU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;Ocean Drive Nights&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-09ebec109a4523c249b8c63ca660a9ea\"><strong>\u201cThis is a collection of tunes which have recently received beach music and yacht rock radio attention.\u201d <em>\u2013 Starbuck\u2019s Bruce Blackman<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the Sand\u201d also has a beach music sound, filled brass and a saxophone solo. Blackman continued, \u201cJay Scott plays the sax solo on this song about a guy who sees a girl on the beach and wants to ask her out, but he is afraid to do so. When he finally works up the nerve, instead of her saying yes, she drew a smiley face with her toes on the sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"On the Sand\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7omTDFC7s8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;On the Sand&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re the Reason\u201d begins with an organ, recalling Barbara Lewis\u2019 \u2018Hello Stranger,\u2019 and the instrumental break borrows from Percy Faith\u2019s \u2018Theme from \u2018A Summer Place.\u2019\u2019 Blackman shared, \u201cWhen I was in high school and college, you would go parking. Every town had a spot where teenagers would go. One time I borrowed a 1963 T-Bird from a good friend of mine, and he had a dashboard with a hula girl on it, which I reference, \u2018Little green light on the radio, on a cool summer night in our front seat chateau. I saw the hula girl moving her hips watching you before you touched my lips.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"You&#039;re the Reason\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QsSRLo_lcDU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;You&#8217;re the Reason&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seasons change to the \u201cColdest Night of the Year,\u201d vocally sounding most like Starbuck classics. Blackman explained, \u201cI played an instrument called a melodica on this song. My main instrument that I received formal training on was trumpet, and this combines my trumpet and keyboard experience. I use a trumpet mouthpiece with this small two-octave handheld keyboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Coldest Night of the Year\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NJzvWS8ja84?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;Coldest Night of the Year&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The soothing soulful finale, \u201cJones About You,\u201d references the group\u2019s biggest hit, with the line, \u201cWhat took you so long, Mr. Moonlight?\u201d Blackman concluded, \u201cIn my freshman year of college I heard a guy talking about a girl, saying, \u2018Man, I\u2019m Jones about her.\u2019 I understood what he meant and that phrase stuck in my head. The song is about a guy who just can\u2019t live without a certain girl.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jones About You\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L8wjCUzu2Pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">&#8220;Jones About You&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Links:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/moonlightfeelsright.com\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMN2bFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFyUHp1bHNRNm9zalJKMENEAR7Gi-qxOt_QRGZmX6KDbp_B3XxGEAFf-7-75TjqDM4SAjq9ZyVP6QsuOuUWnA_aem_1lnAzGtjzCQU19OaCHzHaQ\"><em>moonlightfeelsright.com<\/em><\/a><em\/><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goldminemag.com\/columns\/fabulous-flip-sides\/50th-anniversary-of-moonlight-feels-right-band-starbuck-with-bruce-blackman\/\"><em>Goldmine 2024: Starbuck&#8217;s Bruce Blackman interview<\/em><\/a><em\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get \u201870s music and more in our <em>Goldmine <\/em>store (see below):<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.goldminemag.com\/bqmzphjcpp\/uploads\/2025\/08\/26\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103824\"\/><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.goldminemag.com\/\"><em>Click here for the Goldmine store<\/em><\/a><em\/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.goldminemag.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1976, \u201cMoonlight Feels Right\u201d reached No. 3 by Atlanta\u2019s septet Starbuck, written by their lead vocalist and keyboardist Bruce Blackman. 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STARBUCK Beach Radio Hits Independent (digital format) The dozen song collection opens with a remastered version of \u201cMoonlight Feels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1993023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[45332,360542,360543],"class_list":["post-1993022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-album-reviews","tag-bruce-blackman","tag-starbuck"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Starbucks-Bruce-Blackman-discusses-5-songs-from-new-album.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}