Steely Dan's Donald Fagen brusquely rejected the director of the upcoming 'Yacht Rock' documentary when he called up the musician for an interview.

HBO’s original documentary “Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary” (not a typo there — though we don’t love the dual colons), directed by Garret Price (“Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage”) and executive produced by Bill Simmons ( “Andre The Giant” ), debuts Friday, November 29 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. It will be available to stream on Max.

Take a peek into the upcoming HBO Documentary Films production, “Yacht Rock,” which chronicles the rise of West Coast soft rock in pop culture, highlighting artists like Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan and more.

A DOCKUMENTARY” on November 21 at Newport Classical’s Recital Hall. newportFILM is hosting this one-night-only screening, giving locals a sneak peek at the film that dives into the soft rock craze of the late ’70s and early ’80s.

The rise, fall, and resurgence of Seventies soft rock is chronicled in the new trailer for the upcoming film, 'Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary.'

We're talking of course about the music of people like Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, Toto, Christopher Cross — pop songwriters at the intersection of soul, jazz and disco who were defiantly uncool for their day but are now recognized as the legends they are.

The subgenre, Yacht Rock, is a relatively new term given to easy-listening older tunes of the 70s, 80s and 90s. HBO has now released the trailer for a new documentary in their Music Box series. Directed by acclaimed director Garret Price (Daisy Jones & The Six;