BlueAbyss

Smooth yacht rock for sunset on the Shore.

A high-end yacht rock band of seasoned professional musicians. We bring the sound of sunset cruises in the Keys and Montego Bay to restaurants, clubs, wine festivals, community events and private parties throughout New Jersey.

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3+ yrsPlaying together

2027Booking into

Blue Abyss on stage under blue lights: Craig Beattie on bass, Damian Cremision, Patrick Martucci on drums and Scott Woska on keys.

Home waters 40 ft

Where we've dropped anchor

Most of our shows are on the Jersey Shore, at restaurants, yacht clubs, beach clubs, wine festivals and private parties. Here are some of the places we've played.

Crab's Claw Inn

Lavallette

A regular stop for us, with Friday and Saturday night shows through the year.

Eventide Grill

Sea Bright

Evening sets on the river, including Labor Day.

Barnacle Bill's

Rumson

The classic Navesink River bar and grill.

River Rock Beach Bar

Brick

Evenings on the beach bar stage.

Taylor Pavilion

Belmar

A benefit concert for the Belmar Cares Breast Cancer Support Group.

Waypoint 622

Brielle

Evening sets at the Brielle restaurant.

Shrewsbury in the Park

Shrewsbury

An outdoor summer concert in the park.

Sanford Wine Festival

Manahawkin

An afternoon of wine and smooth sounds.

Private beach club

Toms River

A members' event at the beach club.

Clinton Wine Festival

Clinton

Daytime festival set in Hunterdon County.

Private event

Clark

A show in Union County.

Yacht clubs, beach clubs, private parties, wine festivals, high school reunions, municipal borough events & corporate events

And more

Watch & listen 90 ft

See what you're booking

Black shirts, blue light, a Nord Stage on keys and a sax up front. Here's how the band looks on a real night out.

Damian Cremision singing, Patrick Martucci on drums and Scott Woska at the Nord Stage keyboard during a show. — Damian, Patrick and Scott in the middle of a set

Keyboardist singing at a red Nord Stage 4 keyboard, drummer smiling behind him. — Keys and vocals on the Nord Stage 4

Keyboardist singing into a microphone while playing. — Mid-set, mid-song

Lead vocalist in a dark suit holding a saxophone. — Lead vocals and sax

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The band 150 ft

Four players, decades on the road

Blue Abyss started almost by accident. Scott Woska and Damian Cremision were playing a duo set when someone in the crowd told them they were a yacht rock band. They took the hint. The full band, with Patrick Martucci on drums and Craig Beattie on bass, has been playing together for more than three years. The calendar is now booked into 2027.

The players have serious résumés. Damian Cremision spent most of his career as a touring musician, backing The Temptations, The Four Tops and Andy Williams. Scott and Damian also play together in Damian's original project, Damian and the DCQ.

Expect Toto, Don Henley and the rest of the smooth-sailing songbook, played the way the records were made: by musicians who know their way around a chord chart.

“I didn't know we were a yacht rock band, but I thought, that's not a bad idea.”Damian Cremision, to The Coast Star, 2026

Lead vocals & saxophone

Damian Cremision

Out front on the mic and on sax. A career touring musician who has backed The Temptations, The Four Tops and Andy Williams.

Keys & vocals

Scott Woska

Fender Rhodes tones, organ swells and vocals, all from behind the Nord Stage.

Bass

Craig Beattie

Holds down the low end and the smooth, steady groove the genre runs on.

Drums & vocals

Patrick Martucci

Steady, tasteful pocket behind the kit, plus harmony vocals.

Field guide 220 ft

So what is yacht rock, exactly?

If you've ever heard "Sailing" or "What a Fool Believes" and felt your shoulders drop an inch, you already know it. Here's the short version.

Yacht rock is the smooth, polished soft rock that ruled American radio from about 1976 to 1984. Most of it came out of Los Angeles studios, played by an elite circle of session musicians who also turned up on each other's records: members of Toto, Steely Dan and the Doobie Brothers among them.

Nobody called it yacht rock at the time. The name comes from Yacht Rock, a 2005 online comedy series that told fictional backstories of these songs and the men who made them. The joke stuck because it fit: this is music for a sunset cruise, a drink in hand and nowhere to be.

Today it's a favorite for summer parties, club evenings and cocktail hours, because everyone from 25 to 75 knows the songs.

yacht rock /ˈyät ˌräk/ · noun

Smooth, studio-polished soft rock of the late 1970s and early 1980s, blending pop melody with jazz and R&B harmony. "The band played two hours of yacht rock on the deck."
The feeling of a summer evening on the water, set to music.

Electric piano

The warm, bell-like Fender Rhodes sits under almost every song in the genre.

The sax solo

Smooth, soaring and right where you expect it. A yacht rock set isn't complete without one.

Jazz chords

Rich, sophisticated harmony borrowed from jazz and soul, in songs that still feel easy.

High harmonies

Stacked, silky background vocals, often in a soulful falsetto.

A short voyage through the classics

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Toto IV won the Grammy for Album of the Year. Toto's songbook is a staple of every Blue Abyss night.

What you'll hear from Blue Abyss

Classic yacht rock alongside the soft rock and blue-eyed soul that sits right next to it, tuned to the room and the moment.

TotoDon HenleySteely DanDoobie BrothersMichael McDonaldHall & OatesChristopher CrossKenny LogginsBoz Scaggs

Upcoming shows 300 ft

Catch a show, or claim a date

Here's where we've been playing this fall and where you can catch us next. Want Blue Abyss at your event? Send us your date.